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Conch poisonings spark warning

THERE have been four confirmed cases of conch poisoning and as many as six unconfirmed cases, Health Minister Duane Sands announced yesterday.

Just what the doctor ordered – poll gives support for medical marijuana

A RECENT Public Domain survey has found overwhelming support for medical marijuana among Bahamian residents across demographics of age, gender and income.

Urban Renewal summer camp begins

THREE weeks of fun and excitement have been planned for the youngsters enrolled in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development Urban Renewal’s annual summer camp.The camp kicked off Tuesday with an opening ceremony at Evangelistic Temple.Bi

Magistrate orders police to be charged with perjury

A senior magistrate has ordered two police officers be charged with perjury after video surveillance contradicted what they claimed happened the night they arrested a man in a nightclub for having an illegal firearm late last year.Senior Magistrate D

Taino Beach fails water standards

A popular beach on Grand Bahama has received a ‘no-swim’ alert by an international online organisation after failing to meet water quality standards.According to Swim Guide.org, water samples were taken on June 28 at Taino Beach by Save the Bays/Wate

Greene new track and field head coach for Kentucky Wildcats

BAHAMIAN track and field coach Rolando Lonnie Greene has accepted a new post at another elite Division I programme.Greene was introduced as the new track and field/cross country head coach at the University of Kentucky by Wildcats athletic director M

Crown told to prove link to business in fraud case

A MAGISTRATE yesterday ordered the Crown to establish that the user name purportedly used by former Ministry of Finance accounts clerk James Anwar Johnson was actually the user name connected to a local business receiving over thousands in unauthoris

Donald Thomas all set for Diamond League meet today

IN producing his season’s best performance in the men’s high jump on Monday night in Hungary, Donald Thomas said he only expects to jump higher as the season progresses.“I thank God for the many blessings and for leading me this far,” he said. “Compe

Bethel: Don't speculate, wait for the investigation

ALL necessary steps are being taken to ensure the deadly Exuma boat accident is thoroughly investigated with the government set to use the “highest technologies” to determine the cause of the onboard explosion, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yeste

Ten teams in Kalik Bowling battle

TEN teams are participating in the 2018 Kalik Bowling Team Tournament for a first place prize of $1,200, second place of $600 and third place prize of $400. The top male player in competition on Monday night was Lee Davis of The Advocates with a 251

Bahamas Olympic Committee enters new marketing age

THE Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) plans to implement stronger marketing strategies now that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has better equipped it to recruit and deliver maximum value to corporate partners.Clarence Rolle, a vice president

PM to students: Take advantage of opportunities in the Bahamas

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert A Minnis’ first order of business after he touched down at the Donald Sangster International Airport for the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was to meet with Bahamian

EDITORIAL: No more free rides – accounting needed

WE hope it was just political banter when Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, in a recent exchange with Opposition leader Philip “Brave” Davis indicated he would agree to pay from the public purse for Mr Davis’ tour of the islands to inform the people why government’s 12 per cent VAT increase was not necessary. However, Dr Minnis seemed to catch himself at the end of the exchange when he joked: “I have to speak to the minister of finance to see what’s there!”

PM's shuffle

All of the Ministers moved in the Prime Minister’s recent so-called and highly unimpressive shuffle have been flat footed, uninspiring runners on a ministerial hamster wheel that has led to nowhere. What’s more, there are more within the Cabinet who remain in positions that they, in my opinion, are unqualified to have.

After the firings

THAT was the week that was…no doubt last week was eventful…the Budget vote - firing of two Parliamentary Secretaries the imposing of the whip on the majority, governing party with a majority of 35 and BP&L ain’t got a clue what blacked the island out.

Balancing the books

BUDGET 2018 we have been told is the commencement of a focus to cause in three years as close to a Balanced Budget something never heard of previously except pre-1967.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The little shop with a window back on time

At the southeast corner of Bay & Frederick Streets stands a store that seems to defy time. The sign above the door reads simply A BAKER & SONS, ESTABLISHED 1894. If you were alive when it opened, you would be 124 today and probably not remember the day it opened. But for most of the rest of us, we cannot remember a time when it did not exist nor when we were not fascinated by the fact that it remains, a survivor of the days when men’s shirts and baby clothes shared the same kind of tight plastic see-through protective wrapping.

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