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Norris Bain joins PLP to further the youth cause

THE Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) announced on Friday that a former Free National Movement (FNM) candidate in the Marco City constituency has joined the governing party.

All the fun of the Christmas Carnival

HUNDREDS of excited children and their parents descended on the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre on Thursday afternoon for the annual Island Luck Children’s Christmas Party.

PM signs $6.5m contract for new causeway at Fishing Hole Road

PRIME Minister Perry Christie signed a $6.5 million contract on Friday for a new causeway to be built at the Fishing Hole Road (FHR) to end years of flooding caused by tidal surges which have prevented access to West Grand Bahama.

Off-duty police officer and best friend killed in car crash

TWO best friends, including an off-duty police officer, are dead and a woman is fighting for her life in hospital after the car they were in crashed into a utility pole early on Friday morning.

Political party claims PM has sidestepped 'pertinent points' on oil exploration

THE Bahamas National Coalition Party (BNCP) on Friday claimed that "pertinent points" connected to oil exploration efforts in the Bahamas, the Petroleum Bill and the Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill have been intentionally sidestepped by the Christie administration during recent discussions in the House of Assembly.

Water supply repairs 'completed early Friday morning'

WATER and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) officials said repairs were completed on its failed water transmission main at Roberta Avenue in the early hours of Friday and supply immediately restored in most areas of New Providence.

Two held after 100 pounds of marijuana found

TWO men are in police custody after they were found in possession of 100 pounds of marijuana early on Friday morning.

Bahamas named 'leading wedding destination'

THE Bahamas has been named the leading wedding destination at the 2015 World Travel Awards.

Bahamians warned over online cruise ship job scams

BAHAMIANS are being advised by the Department of Labour to exercise caution if seeking cruise ship jobs via the Internet in order to avoid falling victim to online scams.

Murder accused offers alibi in court

A MAN offered an alibi in Supreme Court on Friday that suggested he was not behind the murder of the boyfriend of a leading anti-crime activitist earlier this year

Craters in the road at Potter’s Cay

MORE pictures have been coming in showing some of the worst potholes in The Bahamas.

Christmas at the Hilton

THE British Colonial Hilton helped to make the holidays a little brighter for a handful of students from the Salvation Army’s after school programme.

Increase announced in Junkanoo seed funding

JUNKANOO groups in New Providence are to receive large increases in seed funding, with the A groups to get $30,000 and B groups $15,000.

Lawyer: We must act now on climate change

WITH The Bahamas recognised as one of the most vulnerable countries to rising seas that could swallow up to 80 per cent of the land mass of the islands by the end of the century, a leading environmental consultant and attorney is calling for “immediate radical action” to stem the tide of climate change.

Roker says Gomez should clarify reasons for quitting

FORMER Immigration Minister Loftus Roker said yesterday that Central and South Eleuthera MP Damian Gomez should make the circumstances surrounding his resignation from Cabinet clear.

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