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Man fined for causing injury and damaging car

A MAN was fined in court yesterday and ordered to financially compensate a man he admitted to injuring and damaging his car on Arawak Cay.

Don't stifle debate

EDITOR, The Tribune. Regarding the Reuters article "Israel moves to outlaw use of Nazi symbols", January 11, 2012: The Israeli parliamentary initiative to eliminate all signs and symbols of the holocaust from man's consciousness via criminal law seems to

Don't stifle debate

EDITOR, The Tribune. Regarding the Reuters article "Israel moves to outlaw use of Nazi symbols", January 11, 2012: The Israeli parliamentary initiative to eliminate all signs and symbols of the holocaust from man's consciousness via criminal law seems to

Nurses labour dispute referred to tribunal

MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson has referred a trade dispute filed by the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) to the Bahamas Industrial Tribunal.

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Testing plan to escape COVID 'sledgehammer'

A non-profit coalition yesterday unveiled an "end-to-end" workplace testing and management solution in a bid to help The Bahamas to escape the "sledgehammer approach" of COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Otabor, Cartwright win

While some of the top elite athletes took care of business in China and Bermuda, a number of collegiate and local athletes were in action in various meets in the United States of America.

Why recovery garments are crucial for breast cancer patients

THE RATE of of breast cancer in The Bahamas is so prevalent that experts all over the world are taking a closer look at our country’s statistics. Our precious Bahamian women have been found as some of the most at-risk women in the world for breast cancer, with the appearance of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutated genes within our population.

Baha Mar now turned into a political football

AS IF the Baha Mar situation is not bad enough, the two persons who should be kept as far away as possible from any “negotiations” to get the $3.5 billion Cable Beach resort opened by the winter season, have now stuck their noses in where they should not be tolerated.

Let’s go to Delaware and avoid conflict of interest

CONFLICT of interest … in such a small country with so many Bahamians mixed up in each others businesses, conflict of interest will always be the out-sized elephant in the room.

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‘First-of-its-kind’ deal for $111m fraud victim

A Cayman judge has hailed a “first-of-its kind solution” that will enable a Bahamian financial institution and its clients to recover almost 70 percent of their $111m claim against “a serious fraud”.

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NHI $1,000 cost 'not pulled from out of thin air'

THE National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) chairman yesterday defended the $1,000 premium costing for its basic package, arguing it had not been “pulled out of thin air”.

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PLP CONVENTION: Day one

PLP Deputy Leader Chester Cooper – the final speaker of the night – is joined on stage by Party Leader Philip 'Brave' Davis and supporters. Don't miss Friday's Tribune for reaction from the day one of the PLP Convention.

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37th Hugh Campbell: Teams eliminated on day 4

DAY four of the 37th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic featured the first round of eliminations in this year’s event while several winning teams went head-to-head.

Arawak Port chief: Fees ‘in line’ with Caribbean

THE Nassau Container Port’s charges are “in line” with those levied by Caribbean ports of similar size, with Arawak Port Development Company’s (APD) chief executive yesterday saying its 20-foot equipment unit (TEU) landing fees were cheaper than Barbados and almost level with the Cayman Islands.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

THE Bahamas will have five competitors representing their respective schools in the NCAA Division 1 Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this weekend

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Indifferent to the point of complicity: Violence against women

A few weeks ago I attended a forum “Because We Have Mothers, Sisters and Daughters - a Forum on Men Stopping Violence”, organised by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs in partnership with the US Embassy, the Bahamas Crisis Centre and the Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN) Bahamas.

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Valencia’s no-hitter: SAC senior girl just shy of a perfect game

Not too many pitchers get to do what Valencia Gibson did to the Charles W Saunders Cougars’ senior girls yesterday.

‘Be honest if you want to play ball’

The private sector has been urged not to negatively interpret the director of labour’s comments about “employer hiring tricks”.

Residents stock up as Erika heads for New Providence

STORM preparation shifted into high gear across New Providence on Thursday as forecasters have now predicted a direct hit by Tropical Storm Erika this weekend.

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Nassau Rowing Club makes Bahamas debut at world's largest rowing race

A BOAT representing the Nassau Rowing Club plied the waters of the Charles River at the 50th running of the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest rowing race, on Sunday, October 19.