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Mayaguana councillor found dead during visit to Nassau

POLICE are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death of a local government official from Mayaguana who was found dead in a home in eastern New Providence on Saturday.

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Tropical wave 'not as wet and windy as originally predicted'

TROPICAL wave 'Invest 99L' will not produce as much rain and wind over the southeast Bahamas as was originally predicated, Deputy Director of the Department of Meteorology Basil Dean said Friday.

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Man stabbed to death

POLICE last night denied reports of growing tensions between Bahamians and persons of Haitian descent in Abaco.

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Jasrado one of the top prospects for the Arizona Diamondbacks

FOLLOWING a promising rookie season, Jasrado Chisholm has been projected as one of the top prospects in the Arizona Diamondbacks organisation.

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Two divers die ‘from bends’

TWO divers died on Saturday during a fishing trip off Rose Island, apparently after suffering from the bends.

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Five deaths, 93 COVID-19 cases reported on Friday

THE Bahamas recorded five additional COVID-19 deaths and 93 newly confirmed cases of the virus on Friday.

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Fox Hill student, 16, shot dead

AN 11th grade Government High School student was shot multiple times and killed late Tuesday night while hanging out with persons in the back of his Fox Hill home.

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Man’s remains found in fire debris

POLICE found human remains, burnt beyond recognition, in a house that was extensively damaged in a structural fire yesterday morning.

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62 new COVID-19 cases

THE Ministry of Health reported sixty-two new COVID-19 cases and four more virus-related in its Thursday dashboard.

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How Ardastra is putting a kestrel back in the sky

IT takes roughly five minutes and some prompting for the American kestrel – a small, colourful falcon –to realise it’s free. Discovered around two weeks ago flapping on the ground, a do-gooder brought the young bird to Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Centre believing it to be lacking the flight and survival skills that it would have been taught by its parents had it not fallen from its nest.

Changing the dialogue between customer and client

An interactive Bahamian web-based services directory is aiming to ‘change the way Bahamians do business’, its chief executive told Tribune Business yesterday.Benjamin Fox, chief executive and operations manager of The Island Shopper said his company’

Murder victim Edgar George Dart hailed as hero by family

British citizen Edgar George Dart, who was shot and killed while in Grand Bahama, is being hailed as a “hero” by grieving family members.

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PETER YOUNG: How is Britain controlled by European courts?

THE country of Rwanda, situated in the heart of the vast continent of Africa, has been the centre of attention in the British press this past week.

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PETER YOUNG: After scandal and blunders is the clock ticking loudly for Boris?

In Britain, it is said politicians as a species need to have the skin of a rhinoceros to thrive or even survive in the hurly-burly of their chosen occupation.

America wrestling with changing notions of race

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million - at least 1 in 14 - went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," "Haitian," "Mexican" and "mu

URCA sides with Aliv on BTC billing dispute

Aliv has hailed industry regulators for taking its side in a billing dispute with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) that could have threatened customer connectivity.Damian Blackburn, pictured, the mobile provider’s top executive, told Trib

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More Bahamians jobless than when govt elected

More Bahamians are jobless now than when the Minnis administration took office just over two years ago despite the national unemployment rate’s reduction to 9.5 percent.A closer examination of the May 2019 Labour Force Survey data reveals that some 2

Tax Coalition urges price control end

The private sector’s Tax Coalition has added its voice to those urging that Price Controls be abolished, warning that food store overheads would have increased by between 7.5-12 per cent under a 15 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT).

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Pharmacist dies as motorbike hits utility pole

A PHARMACIST died in a traffic accident in Long Island over the weekend when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a utility pole.

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One man dead, one injured in shooting

ONE MAN is dead and another in serious condition in hospital after they were shot multiple times while walking through Montell Heights on Tuesday night.