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Mammogram programme given $25k donation

THE Mammogram Access Programme received a $25,000 donation yesterday from Jarol Investment Ltd to assist with the purchase of a mammogram machine.

Strict enforcement of COVID rules during visit

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville suggested yesterday that there will be strict enforcement of COVID-19 rules during the UK Royals’ visit to The Bahamas this week, while assuring that any potential exposure to the virus amid the trip “will be dealt with”.

FOAM leader plans protest to highlight gender issues

THE founder of advocacy group Families of All Murder Victims is organising a demonstration during the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to The Bahamas to shed light on gender issues in the country.

Abaco ‘seeing rebound’ in boating

ABACO is seeing a rebound of yachting and boating, and a strong demand for investment, said Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper.

Education Minister says graduation requirements are being reviewed

EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin says her ministry is reviewing graduation requirements for public high schools with a view to making them “more facilitative” for performing students.

Halkitis: We have no plans to raise VAT to 15 percent

THE Bahamas will not raise value added tax to 15 percent, Minister of Economic Affairs Michael Halkitis said yesterday.

Cooper: FNM claim on visa costs ‘political nonsense’

TOURISM, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper yesterday called the opposition’s assertions that the government was subsidising the cost of American tourists’ COVID tests “political nonsense”.

‘Public needs educated on gender violence’

LISA Rahming, State Minister for Social Services and Urban Development, says there is a need for public education on gender-based violence before new legislation addressing the social issue is brought into force.

Man shot dead in street in 32nd murder of year

A MAN believed to be in his early 30s was shot dead on Wright’s Lane last night, becoming the country’s 32nd murder so far for the year.

Royals ‘must reckon’ with reparations

THE Bahamas National Reparations Committee said the British Royal Family must reckon with its devastating legacy of slavery, death and colonisation not be treated with a trip funded in part by Bahamian taxpayers.

Time to clean up Downtown

DOWNTOWN Nassau desperately needs aggressive transformation, not the incremental changes that have defined improvements to the city over the years, Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday.

Father jailed for firearm offences

A FATHER was sentenced to 16 months in prison yesterday on firearm and ammunition charges.

Woman accused of vagrancy

A WOMAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for psychological evaluation after being charged with vagrancy yesterday.

Man ‘had items believed to be stolen’

A MAN was arraigned yesterday on charges of unlawful possession.

Smith: Deal with citizenship by constitution

GEORGE Smith, a former Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister, does not want the Davis administration to address unequal rights to citizenship through ordinary legislation.

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