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Our tangled relations with the US

In the almost 70 years since Sir Stafford Sands revitalised the Development Board (now the Ministry of Tourism), this country has spent well over $2bn dollars educating the world about our touristic charms.

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‘14 domes should be up by Friday’

WITH 14 of the government’s 250 dome structures expected to be completed by Friday, Chairman of the Disaster and Reconstruction Committee John-Michael Clarke said yesterday the government is still in the process of determining who will be allowed to live in those domes.

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'Why trust govt that has neglected Ragged Island?'

THE “blatant reckless neglect” of Ragged Island residents more than two years after Hurricane Irma devastated the small island has led to mistrust of the Minnis administration, area MP Chester Cooper has said.This situation, Mr Cooper said yesterday,

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A COMIC'S VIEW: Produce the document, Mr Pinder

I AM intrigued by the situation surrounding Mr. John Pinder, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MP for Central and South Abaco.

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Pilots blamed for Abaco crash

PILOTS who died in a plane crash in Abaco last month did not properly configure the settings on the aircraft for takeoff, investigators say in their report on the crash.

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Sick-outs still affecting healthcare services

AFTER more than a week of staff sick-outs, officials said on Friday that while normal operations resumed at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and at institutions in Grand Bahama, services at Princess Margaret Hospital continued to be affected by delays.

Decision delay on whether group must pay for security

A local advocacy group’s appeal of an order that it pay the government and a US developer $250,000 in security costs before a judicial review of the proposed construction of a marina was postponed yesterday.

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UPDATED: Hurricane warning in effect for Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini, and Berry Islands

NICOLE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…

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Investment deal's anatomy exposed

A south Abaco developer says "the numbers have changed quite materially" after documents emerged showing he and his family were investing just $10m, or less than 2 percent, of the required $718m.

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BY-ELECTION DATE REVEALED

PM makes announcement

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Another cyclist killed after traffic collision

A man in his mid-50s was killed late Sunday night after he was in a collision with a truck while riding his bicycle in Eleuthera.

Sentencing of murderer delayed

A MAN must wait a little longer before he learns what sentence a judge will impose on him in connection with a murder outside of a nightclub in Abaco.

Man jailed for 35 years to appeal murder conviction

A MAN sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment in connection with a murder outside of a nightclub in Abaco intends to appeal his conviction.

HIT ‘N’ RUN wins 2nd leg of the Bahamas Billfish Championship

HIT ‘N’ RUN, a 68-foot F&S owned by Byron Russell, won the second leg of the 2015 Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC) in Green Turtle Cay in the Abacos after a terrific second day when they released four white marlin, a sailfish and a blue marlin for a grand slam.

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ON DA HOOK

WHILE all the focus has been on the amazing Wahoo season and the early start to the Mahi Mahi season, it is easy to overlook fly fishing in The Bahamas, one of the top three destinations in the world for the sport.

CHAMPION AMATEUR BOXING SHOW

CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club hosted its 12th Annual Wellington ‘Sonny Boy’ Rahming Silver Glove Boxing Tournament at the Wulff Road Boxing Square on Saturday.

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Marijuana haul found by police

ABACO and Grand Bahama Police made a large drug haul this week, seizing over 200 blocks of suspected marijuana and arresting a male resident of Treasury Cay.

Why would killing raccoons be okay?

It has come to my attention that some people in Abaco and Nassau have decided it is ok to hunt and eat raccoons.

Exemption permit delay hurting manufacturers

Bahamian manufacturers are paying more than necessary in import duties due to delays in exemption permit renewals, a government minister has been told.

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Bran sends sympathy to Haitian families

DNA Leader Branville McCartney joined other political leaders in extending his condolences to the families of the 11 Haitians who drowned in waters off Abaco on Sunday night.