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Tributes to Havard Cooper Sr

THE Grand Bahama community is mourning the loss of well-known Grand Bahamian Havard Cooper Sr.

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Two more victims of COVID

THE nation’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 185 after two more deaths were recorded.

Inadequacy of the GDP measure

Throughout the world the Gross Domestic product of a country is used as the most important indicator of a country’s economic progress. One shortcoming of GDP is that it uses activities that are detrimental to the longterm economy like over fishing, deforestation, strip mining, and murders. GDP inventor Simon Kuznets was adamant that his measure had nothing to do with well being.

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Suspect accused of beating victim with a metal pipe

A 35-year-old man, accused of assaulting a man with a metal pipe last week, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Suspect accused of beating victim with a metal pipe

A 35-year-old man, accused of assaulting a man with a metal pipe last week, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Man shot dead hours after double homicide

A MAN was shot dead on Wednesday night just hours after a double homicide in the Pitt Road area.

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3,000 screened for TB in Eleuthera

HEALTH officials have concluded tuberculosis (TB) screenings of more than 3,000 residents in Eleuthera, diagnosing only four active cases, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.

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LONE KILLER SHOOTS DEAD VICTIM, 26

A 26-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim when he was shot early Saturday morning at an intersection. 

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Told to pay $600 for officer assault

A 20-year-old man was ordered to pay $600 or face two months in prison after he assaulted a police officer last month. Anderson Domalien appeared before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis charged with assaulting a police officer, using obscene la

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GUNNED DOWN: Widow of gangster shot dead by cops dies in GB driveby

THE wife of a dead alleged gang leader was killed in Freeport yesterday in a shooting that also left a man in hospital with serious injuries.

Cycling nationals all set for this weekend

THE Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation is slated to hold its annual National Independence Championships this weekend in Heritage Park. But there will be a new twist to the time trials and road race. According to federation president Roy Colebrook, f

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Royal Bahamas Defence Force Fun Run/Walk and Health Expo

CORAL HARBOUR BASE — RBDF - Mackey Williams and Branae Coakley were the first male and female runners to cross the finish line on Saturday past at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s annual Fun Run/Walk and Health Fair at Goodman’s Bay.

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21 years for people smuggler

A JAMAICAN man - who claims that he was born in The Bahamas and was being denied entry into the country after being deemed an “undesirable” - has been sentenced to more than two decades in a US prison for running a human smuggling operation.

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PLP to have its say on immigration bill

THE Official Opposition is planning to make recommendations to the government’s Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2018 now out for public consultation.

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Three Americans held over gun seizures

THREE Americans are in police custody after they were found with weapons over the weekend.

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US man held after failure to declare nearly $40k

AN American man was arrested when he failed to declare $39,905 in cash at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.Police said the man presented himself to a US Border Control Officer shortly after 7pm, but failed to declare the true amount of curre

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Ayton shines as Suns pound Knicks 121-98

NEW YORK (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 26 points and a career-high 21 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns pounded the New York Knicks 121-98 last night.

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Minister meets with US Secretary of State at CARICOM event

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his two-day working visit in Jamaica with CARICOM leaders this week.

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DNA Chairman criticises government over marijuana issue

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Chairman Omar Smith accused the government of using marijuana to deflect from the administration’s failures.

Another warning over contaminated lettuce

THE BAHAMAS Agricultural Food and Safety Authority is warning consumers about two US recalls of over 75,000 pounds of salad products and a variety of lettuces contaminated with E. coli. BAHFSA issued a press statement asking the public to dispose of