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Munroe warns those committing crimes 'police will get you'

National Security Minister Wayne Munroe on Friday expressed confidence in the government's crime plan despite the country's murder count surpassing 100 fatalities.

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BEC 'falls down tremendously' by no live repairs

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) “falls down tremendously in applying best practices” because it does not carry out repair work on live lines, its former executive chairman questioning whether plans to introduce this by end-September had “died” with the general election.

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Liquidators to go after FTX Bahamas payouts

The joint provisional liquidators for FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary are “guaranteed” to go after any payouts to local investors if they violated the Supreme Court freeze imposed as the crypto exchange imploded, it was revealed yesterday.

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‘Send home staff who turn voters away over attire’

STAFF of the Parliamentary Registration Department who deny people the ability to register to vote because of their dress must be sent home, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said in the House of Assembly yesterday.

‘Last bastion of defence’ for Bahamian ownership

A local investor group yesterday said it has partnered with the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s management union to form “the last bastion of defence” for Bahamian ownership and management of this nation’s utilities and national resources.

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INSIGHT: Lost opportunity: A case of what could have been

Since the mid-1990s, The Bahamas has encouraged Chinese foreign direct investment.

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INSIGHT: Acklins gives up its WW2 secrets - in just a few hours

Found them. As extraordinary as it is, it’s really that simple.

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INSIGHT: With an economy on its knees, straight-shooter Sol arrived with a dream

Ex Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Sol Kerzner’s contribution to The Bahamas.

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Freeport: ‘The ball is in the govts court’

A prominent attorney yesterday charged that “the ball is in the government’s court” after it was presented with a “road map” for reviving Freeport and the wider Bahamian economy via “a radically different approach”.

US prison 'terror' behind financier's guilty plea deal

Bahamas-based financier, Derek Guise Turner, claims he only pled guilty to fraud after being “terrified beyond measure by the barbaric conditions” that existed in his US prison.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: ‘Build your hotel somewhere else!’

BALMORAL is a quiet neighbourhood on Sanford Drive in Nassau. Situated a block south of the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre that houses the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance, and just east of Liberty Overlook, the residence of the American Ambassador when there is one, Balmoral is a highly desirable residential community.

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STATESIDE – Fox News lesson: Never mix actual news with entertainment

DO YOU know what the letter “E” stands for, in ESPN?

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STATESIDE: Biden firm on Ukraine support - but alternative peace solution needed

LAST week, US president Joe Biden gave an address to the country that appealed for Congressional passage of another big package of military aid to Ukraine. Fox News, Newsmax and the more liberal cable outlets all interrupted normal programming to broadcast Biden’s mid-day remarks. The US continues to double down on Ukraine and on resistance to Vladimir Putin’s armed Russian invaders.

Atlantis 'strong': Up 27% with Baha Mar

Top Atlantis executives “feel strongly” that Baha Mar’s emergence will not impact their long-term performance after net operating income jumped 27 percent for the 2018 first quarter.The Paradise Island resort’s confidence in its ability to see-off it

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Bran says he wants another chance in Bamboo Town

DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday urged voters in the Bamboo Town constituency to give him another opportunity to represent them, as he suggested that the current area representative Renward Wells has undermined their trust.

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Minnis accepts invitation to be briefed on bankruptcy

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday formally accepted Prime Minister Perry Christie’s invitation to have a briefing on Baha Mar after the $3.5 billion resort’s shock Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in a United States court last Monday.

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PM ‘must do more’ on Baha Mar

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday she does not believe Prime Minister Perry Christie and his Cabinet have done all they can to ensure that mega-resort Baha Mar opens as soon as possible.

Baha Mar director says Chinese should drop guarantee demands

A Bahamian businessman and Baha Mar director yesterday blasted as “nonsensical” and “commercially crazy” the instance of a ‘back-to-back’ guarantee from the developer to cover a $400 million refinancing package, arguing that if the China Export Import Bank (CEXIM) insists on the retention of China Construction America (CCA) as the general contractor then it should also insist on a guarantee from its parent or drop the requirement.

Bran: Govt has been crippled by criminality during this term

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday criticised the Christie administration for its failure to arrest the rising murder count, stressing that the Progressive Liberal Party has been crippled by criminality during this term.