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Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis awarded CMG in Queen's New Year's Honours

DR MERCELINE DAHL-REGIS is among 24 Bahamians named in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours.

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45 Haitians charged in court

FORTY-FIVE Haitian nationals apprehended during a recent interdiction operation on Long Island were charged with illegal landing in the Magistrate’s Court this week.

EDITORIAL: The best way out is through

AS we near the end of a dreadful year, we hope that 2021 will bring better things.

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'They'll do anything to harm my name' – Ex-Sky chief hits out at airline's former financier

Sky Bahamas' former principal says efforts by the airline's main financier to discredit him by instigating police probes in The Bahamas and US "shows the lengths they will go to damage my name".

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A dinner to make people’s Christmas Day

AT a time when many persons on Grand Bahama are struggling, Elnet Maritime Agency delivered a full Christmas dinner to five needy families on Christmas Day.

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Man accused of false robbery complaint

A 39-year-old Freeport man was charged with stealing by reason of employment among other charges in connection with a false armed robbery complaint.

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'Diabolical' exam results threaten growth revival

A governance reformer is warning that the latest "diabolical" BGCSE exam results will further undermine efforts to grow the Bahamian economy at the faster pace needed to recover from COVID-19.

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‘Scooter’ dies on Boxing Day

MICHAEL ‘Scooter’ Reid, former high/long/ triple jumper turned basketball slam dunk champion and popular community activist, passed away on Boxing Day after spending the past eight weeks in the Princess Margaret Hospital battling cancer.

Nearly 100 staff return to Hilton

Just under 100 workers returned to the British Colonial Hilton when it re-opened a fortnight ago, the hotel union's president has told Tribune Business.

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Super Value gives $12,000

SUPER Value proved a little change can go a long way as store representatives presented a cheque for $12,000 to the Bahamas Feeding Network yesterday.

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Choir sings for senior citizens

MEMBERS of the Public Service Choir continued their annual tradition of singing Christmas carols to senior citizens in Grand Bahama yesterday.

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A helping hand in time for Christmas

San Jose Construction (Bahamas) Ltd distributed grocery gift certificates to primary schools in the Grand Bahama and Bimini district to assist students of struggle families during Christmas.

‘This will harm our business’

A BAHAMIAN seafood businessman fears the government’s new Fisheries Bill will hamper his business and lead to a loss of critical staff.

Baseball tournament brings economic boost to Grand Bahama

Grand Bahama received hosted a world-class international youth baseball tournament from December 17 until yesterday.

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Scaled down Christmas visit by Governor General

GOVERNOR General C A Smith was in Grand Bahama for his annual Christmas visit and tour of Rand Memorial Hospital last week.

New flare up over Fisheries Bill split

An advocacy group representing the fisheries industry's major wholesalers and processors is still crying foul over the Fisheries Bill 2020, reigniting divisions within the sector.

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Supt Henfield: Too many lives lost on Grand Bahama streets

Superintendent of Police Jeremy Henfield, the officer in charge of the Traffic Division, says too many lives have been lost on the streets of Grand Bahama this year and is appealing to motorists to slow down.

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Four charged with drug possession in Freeport

Four men were charged with drug possession in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Goodbye, good riddance Peter Nygard, your protectors can’t silence or frighten us any more

One-time glorified fashion mogul Peter Nygard sits in a Winnipeg jail, claiming he is innocent of what might be the most heinous charges ever brought against a resident of The Bahamas. The history-making accusations include a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct ranging from sex trafficking to rape, including drugging victims, according to documents filed in a southern New York court, often vulnerable young girls from disadvantaged homes.

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'Talk is cheap' warning over $1.5bn debt fears

The Government was yesterday warned that "talk is cheap" when it comes to The Bahamas' mounting fiscal and economic woes, as governance reformers demanded: "Let's see some action."