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Tourism to 'come out swinging' during 2020

The Bahamas will “come out swinging next year” with new tourism promotions and initiatives as it continues to rebound from Hurricane Dorian’s devastation.Bridgette King, the Ministry of Tourism’s executive director of sales, outlined the country’s am

Are we equipped?

A US-based Animal Service using infra-red vision and a drone found a dog, potcake, almost alive under the rubble of Marsh Harbour yesterday which has gone viral on network TV.

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Illegal migration case dismissed

A Haitian man who was charged with illegally migrating to the country had his case dismissed when immigration officials failed to appear to testify against him.

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Haitian man admits passport fraud bid

A HAITIAN man who tried to fraudulently obtain valid Bahamian passports for his children pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Men charged in Grand Bahama

Five men were arraigned on Friday in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court in connection with a number of serious offenses, including possession dangerous drugs, unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

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Freeport man on murder charge

A 25-year-old Freeport man was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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On Da Hook

SEPTEMBER has been living up to to the hype as the month that kicks off Wahoo season in The Bahamas.

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Beyoncé, Jay-Z 'eye private Bahamas island'

POP superstar Beyoncé Knowles could be getting her own island in the Bahamas.

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Lightning-Swift swim club on stream

THE Lucayan Lightning Swim Team has joined with Swift Swimming to produce swimmers that will be known as the Lightning-Swift.

Pair charged over drugs find

BY DENISE MAYCOCK

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Downpour forces airport closure

THE torrential downpour that plagued several islands for most of the day yesterday forced the closure of the Lynden Pindling International Airport for several minutes.

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Lords of the Deep fishing event

THIS year’s Lords of the Deep deep-drop fishing tournament was once again a huge success.

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SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 10.30am until 2.00pm

THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 10:30 AM EDT UNTIL 2:00 pm WEDNESDAY 09TH JULY 2014.

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‘Finishing touches’ on Bahamas Games

WITH just about five months left before the return of the Bahamas Games, the Games Secretariat is putting the finishing touches on the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the games.

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New home listings surge 1,025% on ‘right-sizing’

New home listings in the major Bahamian islands increased by 1,025 percent year-over-year for the 2023 second quarter, a major realtor disclosed yesterday, amid signs it is “slowly turning to a buyer’s market” after a “bonkers” post-COVID.

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Housing ‘crisis’ threatens to strangle Family Islands

The growing “crisis” sparked by a lack of affordable employee housing is threatening to impose a “stranglehold” on Family Island growth prospects, business and tourism leaders are warning.

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‘ALL HOMES MUST HAVE INSURANCE’: Leading insurer warns mandatory cover has to be on agenda after Dorian

Bahamas First's chief executive yesterday said laws making it mandatory for all business and residential property owners to have full catastrophic insurance cover "must be on the table for discussion".

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How The Mudd and Pigeon Peas were lost

PASTOR Wilson Isnord, a tall, youthful leader in the Haitian community, walked through puddles of water and piles of trash with a blowhorn in hand as rain fell from overcast skies, shouting a simple message in Creole and English: “Get out and evacuate.”

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'The perfect storm' for our economic viability

Hurricane Dorian was yesterday branded “the perfect storm” to derail an economic and fiscal turnaround that the government wanted to be natural disaster-free for “at least another year”. KP Turnquest, deputy prime minister, told Tribune Business

'Havoc': $125k tax bill for Long Island lot he didn't own

A senior realtor yesterday warned that real property tax billings are “causing havoc”, revealing how one client was hit with a $125,000 bill for a Long Island lot he did not even own.Mike Lightbourn, who heads the Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (B