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Body found as police hunt for missing woman

POLICE found the body of a woman in a field off Cowpen Road shortly after 6pm yesterday.

Hunt for missing Exuma woman

POLICE are appealing to the public for its assistance in finding a missing woman in Exuma.Police are trying to find 22-year-old Jovan Amanda Sands of the Forest, Exuma.Ms Sands is described as being of dark complexion, about 5’7 tall, of slim build,

FIBA: Bahamas to face Dominican Republic tonight

COACH Mario Bowleg said the men’s national basketball team is prepared to put the devastating loss to the US Virgin Islands behind them and is eagerly looking forward to closing out play tonight against the Dominican Republic on a high note in the FI

CCCAN: Bahamas strong in water polo and swimming

BAHAMAS Aquatics has delivered strong performances thus far at the XXXI CCCAN Swimming Championships, both from its water polo and swimming teams at the event in Aruba.The Under-16 Water Polo team continues their path toward Youth Pan Am qualificatio

Tributes paid to boxing icon 'Elisha Obed'

The passing of Oswald ‘Elisha Obed’ Ferguson, the first and only Bahamian world boxing champion, has echoed the call for more prominent recognition to be given to the country’s iconic athletes who have excelled at the top of their sporting discipline

Hitmen beat Warriors 4-1

THEY didn’t get a hit, but the C&S Hitmen didn’t need one as they managed to outclass the BTC Elite Warriors in a exciting 4-1 victory in the men’s feature contest of the New Providence Softball Association’s double header on Saturday night.

THE DISENFRANCHISED: Omar is a symbol of hope

A FEW months ago, as I wrote a story for the Disenfranchised column,I relived three of the hardest losses of young Bahamian males in our country. Two of them had been murdered and another had been incarcerated for murder. It seemed to me and to many

Students head over heels to join the Rangers

FIFTY-FOUR students were inducted into the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Rangers programme on Grand Bahama during a recent passing out parade ceremony at the C A Smith Government Complex in Freeport.Attending the ceremony were Acting Permanent Secret

Firearm and drugs found by police in separate swoops

POLICE recovered a firearm, a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau on Friday.Shortly after 4pm on Friday, Drug Enforcement Unit officers, acting on information, searched a bushy area off Fire Trail Road, where they fo

Ecuadormigrants found at Freeport canal

SIX Ecuadorians, including a minor, were discovered by Bahamian authorities at a canal in Freeport.The five adults were charged in court with breaching the Immigration Act.Three men, two women, and girl were found in the Running Mon Marina area on Su

Six armed raids in one weekend

POLICE are investigating six armed robberies that occurred over the weekend, including one involving a woman who was robbed at knifepoint on a beach in Eleuthera. The first two incidents happened on Friday.Police said shortly after 10pm, a man and wo

Ready for Goombay

GOOMBAY Summer Festival will kick off on Grand Bahama on Thursday at Taino Beach - the beginning of four weeks of cultural celebration for residents and visitors here on the island.Sanique Culmer, manager of groups and events at the Ministry of Touri

Police and a matter of trust

FIRST I would like to reaffirm my support for our policemen. But this is not about me. It is about our young men who have absolutely no trust in the police. Not only the young men but many not so young men and women are not happy with the way the police are executing their duties. Many of them feel as if the police are setting up young people to fail We are all aware of the problems we have with gangs, but that’s not to say every young person is involved with gangs and the police should treat everyone differently.

EDITORIAL: A shift in the US court balance

THIS is the time of each year when the United States Supreme Court wraps up its yearly activity with a rash of judgments to mark the end of its latest term. Often, these decisions do not garner dramatic headlines, because the issues may touch on obscure constitutional points of law or practically not affect too many people.

INSIGHT: Speaking with forked tongues

WHILE the government’s decision to increase VAT has been the centre of the nation’s attention for the past six weeks, their plan to revamp the Oban Heads of Agreement was also announced in the latter part of last month. Clearly, this was a decision m

WORLD VIEW: Seeing President Trump in a pleasing light

US President Donald Trump did not sign “The Charlevoix G7 Summit Communique” in Canada in early June. In not doing so, he demonstrated doubts about the group in which the US participates with Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the Presidency of the European Union (EU). The presence of the EU, already represented by Britain, France, Germany and Italy, gives the EU an oversize and unwarranted voice.

Who says yes to the eyesores?

I would like to quote from a letter in your paper dated February 14, 2018, from W Thompson where he/she commented: “I totally agree with the writer Ms Pamela Burnside – the gross ugliness of the design of this hotel (The Pointe) is extraordinary and sends a warning to me – God help us when the Symonette-Bethell Group puts their proposal for the harbour front of their Tropical and east property.

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