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End child labour

I am deeply traumatised that the Zimbabwean Government is in a struggle to end the persistent scourge of child Labour.

Furloughed

The plight of an Atlantis Furloughed staff member.

Clothing drive seeks to help teen mums

IN celebration of Occupational Therapists Day, the occupational therapists of Doctors Hospital held a clothing drive to assist the teen mothers who participate in the PACE (Providing Access to Continued Education) programme.Zenobia Neely, the clothin

Issues facing The Bahamas

PHA charges for handicapped persons and transport of patients to Dialysis Centre… The memo was true as yesterday was Wednesday, August 29….the charges would have started September 2nd.

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PMH set for major renovations

THE PUBLIC Hospitals Authority yesterday announced major renovations to prepare for the installation of state of the art equipment at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Funeral donation

FUNERALS - what is the respectable length of them?

Survival by any means

The British parliament voted to delay the Brexit deal and require Boris Johnson, the prime minister, to ask for a three months delay. Mr Johnson sent an unsigned letter asking for an extension of the deadline, but he sent a signed letter that states that to delay would be detrimental. Both the European Union(EU) and Mr Johnson are fighting for their political survival.

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RBDF holds training sessions to deal with virus threat

MEMBERS of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force are better equipped to deal with the probability of a local COVID-19 outbreak, after a series of preparatory and training seminars were hosted at the Coral Harbour base last week.

Do better than Disney

To think God gave us this place of untold beauty....and for the love of money we were prepared to spit in his face, there is no greater shame.

Time we had a dollar day

Minister Renward Wells, Minister for Transport, please hold a ‘dollar day’ to collect funds to offset the cost of purchasing for Road Traffic the plastic cards needed to print off new Driver’s Licences.

Avoiding the media

Is the post election honeymoon over and Government goes back to avoiding the media and the question?

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Remarkable showing from Freeport Rugby and Football Club’s under 10s soccer team

THE Freeport Rugby and Football Club’s under 10s soccer team recently had a remarkable showing for their first international tournament in Florida at the 2019 Sharks Soccer Cup & Showcase.

The potcake fiasco

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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Report highlights gay man's murder

A NEW human rights report prepared by the US State Department sites the unsolved 2011 murder of a gay man while pointing out that the Bahamas offers no protection against discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons.

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Believe in the Bahamas

HAVE you ever been in a relationship where the other person swore they cared about you and believed in you, but turned around and did things to break you down as a person?

'Las Vegas has nothing on us'

The long-awaited Gaming Bill will transform the Bahamas into “one of the world’s most pre-eminent” casino destinations, a leading industry executive yesterday saying this nation would now offer all the games Las Vegas and Macau possess.

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THE KDK REPORT: The measure of success is not in what you get, but in what you give

ADAM opened his eyes but quickly shut them. He’d been living in darkness for over a week because opening his eyes elicited such burning pain that his head felt like it would explode. His eyelids were swollen to twice their size and half of his face felt tight and twisted.

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STATESIDE: UAW strike appears imminent as they wait for a response from auto makers

EVERY year at the beginning of September, Americans pause as Labour Day, always celebrated on the first Monday in September, marks the end of another summer and the return to school for students and (at least traditionally) the return to the office or factory for white- and blue-collar workers alike.

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STATESIDE: Challenges facing Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy

A pundit was thus discussing the third person in the presidential succession in the United States today, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the honourable Kevin McCarthy, Republican congressman from California.

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FRONT PORCH: Disconnected youth presents a critical test for our country

THE American writer and philosopher William Durant (1885-1981), wrote extensively on history and civilisations, comparing different epochs and countries.