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Save Our Bahamas: We are against wording of referendum, not equality

SAVE Our Bahamas, the group advocating for a “no” vote on bill four during the upcoming gender equality referendum, has stressed that it was “never” against equal rights for men, women or children.

‘Why the focus on activists instead of Nygard issues?’

SAVE The Bays (STB) Legal Director Fred Smith, QC, yesterday sad he is “totally amazed” at the extent to which the government has been able to deflect from the real issues at the heart of the ongoing Peter Nygard controversy.

Damian Neville suffers spinal injury in rugby training accident

DAMIAN Neville, a well known local sportsman, suffered a serious spinal injury on Tuesday night after an accident during the Bahamas rugby team’s preparations for their match with Mexico next month.

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PLP chairman hits out at opponents to bill

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said the Save Our Bahamas group did not have any evidence to support its opposition of the fourth Constitutional Amendment Bill.

Resident: Gray sleeps while our island burns

A disgruntled Crooked Island resident yesterday criticised MICAL MP V Alfred Gray for the government’s poor reaction to massive fires on the island, as he lamented his family being subjected to inhaling “billows of thick black smoke” for the past three weeks.

Minnis calls on MPs to reveal BOB loans

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday called for all parliamentarians to immediately disclose whether they received any loans from the Bank of the Bahamas (BOB).

Witness says he was part of BEC bribe deal

AN insurance advisor told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that a former board member at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation struck a deal that allowed him to receive a third of some $600,000 as a paid informant for a French company seeking to obtain the New Providence Expansion Phase Two contract with BEC.

Religious leaders unite to call for ‘yes’ vote

TOP religious leaders across denominations united yesterday to declare their hope that Bahamians vote yes to all questions during the gender equality referendum on June 7.

Doctors walk out in protest

SCORES of doctors demonstrated outside the Cabinet Office yesterday morning demanding the Public Hospitals Authority and the Ministry of Health revisit “unfair and insulting” terms and conditions outlined in a proposal for a new industrial contract.

Laundromat robbers swiftly apprehended

QUICK response by New Providence police officers led to the arrest of two men early on Wednesday shortly after they committed an armed robbery at the Super Wash laundromat on Blue Hill Road South.

American kayaker missing off The Current, Eleuthera

A LARGE search and rescue operation has been mounted in Eleuthera for an American kayaker from Massachusetts who went missing on Tuesday night.

Postal workers angry over mould and rat infestation

BAHAMAS Public Service Union President John Pinder yesterday vowed to protest with his members everyday in Rawson Square until the government addresses the group’s key concerns, including “union busting” by the commissioner of police and the “mould and rat infested” General Post Office.

FNM secretary: Number of non-voters in chairman race overstated

FREE National Movement Secretary General Michael Foulkes has said the party is “disappointed” over the “wrong” public impression that the party’s recent chairman election failed to attract the majority of its eligible council voters.

Housebreaking suspect held after chase

POLICE arrested a housebreaking suspect shortly after 1pm on Monday.

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