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US man admits credit card fraud

AN American man was fined in court yesterday after he admitted to committing credit card fraud while staying at the Sandals resort last month.

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Despite better academic performance women disadvantaged in workplace

WOMEN have lower labour force participation rates and are more likely to be unemployed than men despite generally better education and academic attainment — one of many gender-based disparities that put them at a disadvantage.

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Abaco concerned with disposal of hazardous waste as debris site burns

THE Abaco Chamber of Commerce president accused successive administrations of ignoring health and safety issues related to debris management after another fire erupted on a debris site over the weekend.

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Woman dies in West Bay Street car crash

A WOMAN was killed in a traffic accident when her car hit a tree on West Bay Street on Saturday morning.

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16-year-old girl sexually assaulted by two men

TWO men abducted and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a bush while she walked near Baillou Hill Road early on Sunday.

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Harbour Island firms owe govt $1.3m in tax

TWO Harbour Island businesses raided last week collectively owe the government about $1.3m in taxes, financial secretary Simon Wilson said yesterday.

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CITIZENSHIP BILL ‘A NO BRAINER’: Maynard-Gibson calls on govt to proceed with legal changes

FORMER Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson urged the government to pass legislation giving Bahamian men and women an equal chance to pass citizenship to their children and spouses, calling this a “no-brainer”.

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PM highlights importance of Bahamas National Youth Guard programme

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis touted the Bahamas National Youth Guard programme “as one of the most important initiatives on their roster of goals for this administrative term.”

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Student Layla Leathan is new Junior Director of Tourism for Grand Bahama

STUDENT Layla Leathan is the new Junior Director of Tourism for Grand Bahama and will compete in the Junior Minister of Tourism Speech Competition in Nassau.

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'Protecting women from gender-based violence not the same as ending it'

ACTIVIST Alicia Wallace said on Friday that protecting women from gender-based violence is not the same as ending it. She said more early educational intervention efforts are needed for the violence to be stopped.

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Two-and-a-half year sentence for stealing

A MAN was sentenced to 2½ years in prison on Friday after admitting to stealing over $2,000 worth of property from a restaurant on Market Street, twice in the same month.

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Man faces attempted murder charge

A MAN was sent to prison in connection with a failed murder bid on Farrington Road last month.

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Man charged with rape

A 19-year-old man was sent to prison on Friday after being accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Exuma after he had offered her a ride home from a club.

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Clubs and Societies – March 31th, 2023

Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith received the District Administrator for K-Kids Bahamas Kiwanis along with students in the programme who participated and won in their ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Independence. One Nation, Our Legacy, Our Future’ essay competition in a courtesy call at the Office of the Governor General on Wednesday.

Grieving mother still has no answers on the burns found on her son’s body

A grieving mother said she still has not received an explanation for the apparent burns on her child’s remains in the morgue.