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Historic deal signed over lighthouse

The Elbow Reef Lighthouse Society, a Bahamian non-profit organisation, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding last month with the Bahamas Port Department, Ministry of Transport and Housing.

What part can Bahamas play in sanctions against Russia?

THE closure of American airspace to Russian planes increases the likelihood that The Bahamas’ airspace will be used as an alternative route for Russian aircraft, according to former director of aviation Charles Beneby.

Rolle ‘not a good fit’ and should resign as president

FREEPORT businessman Darren Cooper believes Ian Rolle, president of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, is not “a good fit for the City of Freeport” and should resign.

Dame Marguerite at Exuma summit

FORMER Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling was the keynote speaker at the first Exuma Women’s Wellness and Empowerment Summit, where she urged those attending to become more involved in the development of the country.

Commonwealth Brewery supports International Women’s Day

COMMONWEALTH Brewery Limited joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day under the theme Break the Bias.

Officials monitor fourth wave

DESPITE a recent decline in COVID-19 cases, local officials say they are still monitoring current health data to determine whether the country’s fourth wave has ended.

Two die in separate shootings

TWO men were shot and killed in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the country’s murder toll for the year to 18, according to this newspaper’s records.

NIB union questions senior staff rehire

THE National Insurance Board has hired an “inordinate number of persons” even while telling staff that the difficult fiscal environment will limit what it can agree to during industrial agreement negotiations, according to Public Managers Union president Cassandra Lewis.

WSC to resume cut offs within weeks

THE Water and Sewerage Corporation will begin mass disconnections on March 28.

Diocese holds mission

THE Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands has started its Anglican Lenten Mission.

Man injured in police-involved shooting

A man is in hospital after a police-involved shooting early on Saturday.

Man dies after being shot outside his home

A man has died after being shot outside his home on Mildred Avenue, west of Golden Isles Road, in the early hours of Saturday.

Bahamian livelihoods could be affected if coral infection left untreated

LOCAL environmentalists on Friday doubled down on warnings about the threat of stony coral tissue loss disease, noting Bahamian livelihoods could be affected if the fast-spreading infection remains left untreated.

Man jailed for 18 months over weapons charges

A NEW father was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday over weapons charges.

Grand Bahama hospital visitation restrictions to be relaxed

GRAND Bahama Health Services has announced that hospital visitation restrictions will be relaxed beginning Monday as a part of its phased return to normal services.

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