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Atlantis to welcome guests back on July 7

Atlantis will welcome guests back to the resort starting on July 7.

JULY 1 - ALL EYES ON U.S. NUMBERS: Infection rates and mass protests raise reopening concern

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest has acknowledged concerns that ongoing protests and other factors in the United States may lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases there and have an impact on the country’s July 1 date for resuming commercial travel.

Family Island parents question exam ruling

SOME parents have reacted with fury at news that the national high school exams will take place next month after weeks of uncertainty, fearing the irregularity caused by the COVID-19 crisis will doom the performances of their children.

‘Time to bin Columbus memorial’

A PETITION to remove the Christopher Columbus statue at Government House has garnered nearly 8,000 signatures.

DPP wants new trial for Vasyli

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will petition the Court of Appeal to retry Donna Vasyli for the murder of her husband.

Three boys accused of breaking into a house

THREE boys were brought to court yesterday, to face charges of breaking into a house to steal a gaming system.

Two on drug charges in separate incidents

TWO men were charged with drug possession in two separate incidents in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Pair arrested after police raid

ABACO police discovered a “substantial” quantity of dangerous drugs, illegal firearms, and ammunition at a house that resulted in the arrest of two men on Monday evening.

Service station robbers caught on camera

POLICE are looking for two brazen thieves who robbed a Rubis service station on West Bay Street yesterday.

Turnquest defends budgeting policy

DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said government debt under the Minnis administration has increased by $977 million since taking office. He was speaking during the start of the 2020/2021 budget debate yesterday and was r

Grand Bahama businesses hoping to bounce back

COVID-19 has hindered economic recovery in Grand Bahama, but businesses are hopeful that things will “bounce back” as the economy moves towards full reopening. Retail stores reopened to the public for the first time last Tuesday since the March shut

Mother and child reunion

A MOTHER had an emotional reunion yesterday with her four-year-old son who was stuck in Cat Island for more than two months due to travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The boy, Leroy Hutchison, was only expected to have a short v

Ten-year-old victim remembered as a happy child

TEN-year-old Lorencia Simmons Walkes was remembered yesterday as a “loving, happy child” who always greeted her teachers with hugs.

Why borrow $252m from IMF, asks PLP’s Cooper

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party deputy leader Chester Cooper yesterday questioned why the Minnis administration will borrow $252 million from the International Monetary Fund.

‘YOU WERE TOLD - EXAMS GO AHEAD’: Lloyd insists lockdown was ‘not a holiday’ and state tests will proceed

DESPITE pushback from some quarters, the Ministry of Education remained firm yesterday on the July date for national exams, saying it was always known the tests were being postponed, not cancelled.

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