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Lighthouse Pointe reopens on Grand Bahama after Hurricane Matthew

THE Grand Lucayan Resort has reopened one of its two hotel and hundreds of hotel workers on Grand Bahama are now back to work following Hurricane Matthew.

Andros murderers tell judge they have "difficulty adjusting to incarceration" at sentencing

TWO men convicted of the murder and kidnapping of an Immigration Department officer and his girlfriend in Andros have had difficulty adjusting to incarceration, a judge was told on Friday.

Bahamas can’t afford ‘another five years’ of secretive governance

The Bahamas cannot afford “another five-year cycle” of unaccountable government spending, a governance reformer warned yesterday, arguing that a Fiscal Responsibility Act should have “preceded” Value-Added Tax (VAT).

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Cooper and Bain are ratified to run for PLP

THE Progressive Liberal Party ratified insurance executive Chester Cooper and community leader Eva Bain last night to run in next year’s election.

McCartney demands due diligence over Baha Mar buyer

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday demanded the Christie administration reveal to Bahamians whether it has done due diligence in probing the dealings and business connections of proposed Baha Mar purchaser Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE).

DeAndre Ayton and the Bruins in ‘Sand Between Your Toes Showcase’

THE Bahamian public will have an early season opportunity to witness the top local basketball talent and a rarity of seeing one of its own Blue Chip prospects playing at home.

Food plan earns student $60,000 scholarship

AQUINAS College student Yasmille Moss’ plan to lower the country’s food import bill and inspire Bahamians to pursue careers in agriculture has won her a $60,000 scholarship to attend Elmira College in New York.

Fears that PLP convention may be as late as March

THE Progressive Liberal Party has yet to finalise a date for its national convention, nearly three weeks after postponing it, as some in the party fear the event will now be pushed back to early March amid difficulty finding available hotel dates in January and February.

Water plant deal dashes Bahamian investor ambitions

At least one Bahamian investor group’s ambitions were dashed last night after the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s chairman confirmed it had agreed a 15-year extension for BISX-listed Consolidated Water to operate the Windsor reverse osmosis plant.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Amazing Alfred twists and turns in ever darker shades of Gray

Hey there, friend. Have you ever wanted to see a politician turn into a pretzel?

Justin Roberts eliminated at Bluewater Bay Pro Circuit

COLLEGIAN Justin Roberts’ run in the men’s singles of the Bluewater Bay Pro Circuit came to an end yesterday at the hands of German Pirmin Haenle.

YOUR SAY: Trump’s triumph is further evidence of demand for change

We have perhaps witnessed one of the most controversial US Elections of recent history.

The Bahamas links up with network to measure rainfall

UNDER the umbrella of partnering with global entities to advance the cause of agriculture, The Bahamas became an official member of CoCoRaHS – the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network – this summer.

EDITORIAL: Bahamian minnows swim with the sharks

TENNYSON Wells, who could see only the financial gain, not the destruction of long line fishing to our fisheries when he was Agriculture Minister in the early nineties, seems to take the same view of the controversial $2.1 billion proposal to invite the People’s Republic of China to partner with Bahamians in our fishing industry. To facilitate this the Bahamas government pledged the lease of 10,000 acres of Crown Land at Andros for the venture.

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