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Goodbye, Daddy: Tributes paid to murdered police reserve

CHRIST Church Cathedral was filled with sorrow yesterday as family, friends, government officials, and members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force honoured Reserve Inspector Lernex Williams, who was fatally shot during an attempted armed robbery last month.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

CFAL unveils $50m target for new private equity fund

A Bahamian investment house is seeking to grow its new private equity fund to $50m within five years of launching to local investors on July 21.


Shipyard 'business boost' from MSC as shareholder

Grand Bahama Shipyard will likely enjoy "more business" through the involvement of three cruise lines after Mediterranean Shipping Company's (MSC) "partnership" was confirmed yesterday.

Capo's last shot to get $600m Resorts World lawsuit correct

Resorts World Bimini's first developer was yesterday granted one final chance to perfect a $600m damages lawsuit against its Genting partner for allegedly turning the project into "a financial wasteland".

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Super Value hit by 29% electric bill increase

Super Value's president yesterday revealed the supermarket group has suffered "a big blow" after its overall light bill increased by 29.3 percent month-on-month and costs at some locations doubled.


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FNM Fox Hill candidate claims office break-in was ‘politically motivated’

DR Nicholas Fox, the Free National Movement’s newly ratified candidate for Fox Hill, says his medical office was broken into and vandalised in what he believes may be a politically motivated act — one he says sets a troubling tone for the upcoming election season.

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Snorkelling tourist injured after he was struck by boat while in Exuma

AN AMERICAN tourist screamed in agony after he was struck by a passing boat while snorkelling in Exuma, leaving the victim with horrifying injuries, according to a bystander.

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20-year prison sentence for rape of 23-year-old woman

A 38-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a 23-year-old woman at South Beach Canals in 2023.


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Family homeless after arson attack

TEARS streamed down Janet Dorsett’s face as she clutched her loved ones in front of the charred remains of her family’s 25-year-old Coral Heights West home, destroyed in a suspected arson attack yesterday.

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Efforts to draft new industrial agreement expected before year’s end, says union chief

BAHAMAS Nurses Union (BNU) president Muriel Lightbourn says the union is pushing to sign a new industrial agreement by the end of October.

How to face rise in suicides

IT was not always this way.


Needs for fire trucks in islands

GRATEFUL yet again for the opportunity afforded me to be able to raise these several tit bits contained in the caption, in anticipation of it being published for the benefit of the reading Bahamian public.

Kingsley’s name also unknown

NAME recognition in Bahamian politics can be an added bonus in one’s attempt to win a seat in the House of Assembly. West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Kingsley Smith understand this.

LETTERS: Protect our children

I write not merely to express outrage, but to confront the conscience of a society that continues to fail its most vulnerable—our children.


ALICIA WALLACE: Politics - full of sound and fury

The next general election is just down the road and around the corner.

TRIBUNE TECH: How ChatGPT and other AI tools are changing the teaching profession

FOR her 6th grade honours class, math teacher Ana Sepúlveda wanted to make geometry fun.

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Pro volleyball players Hepburn and Wilson looking to contribute

Back home after completing their past season on the professional circuit in Europe, Shonari Hepburn and Kyle Wilson are both eager to make their presence felt on the Bahamas men’s national team at the Caribbean Volleyball Championships.


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Powerlifter Turner-Bain delivers

BAHAMIAN athlete Aliczia Turner-Bain delivered a powerful performance this past weekend at the 2025 USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals, earning a 10th-place finish in the fiercely competitive 90kg weight class.

They made the cut! Nine talented kids accepted for ‘Tellabration: Lights! Culture! Action!’ Bahamian culture & acting workshop

The stage is set, the cameras are ready, and nine talented kids are about to bring culture to life in a bold, creative way!