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Acting Education Director highlights Abaco issues

EDUCATION officials introduced the new Acting Director of Education Dominique McCartney-Russell yesterday.

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Teenagers accused over store robbery

TWO teenagers were sent to prison yesterday in connection with a failed armed robbery of a store late last month.

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St Augustine’s College Alumni Association makes donation to Bahamas Golf Federation Junior Division

IN its continued efforts of giving back, the Alumni Association of St Augustine’s College presented a donation to the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division.

Director of Education to demit office

EFFECTIVE October 10, Director of Education Dr Marcellus Taylor will demit office to join University of The Bahamas’ Government and Public Policy Institute as a senior policy fellow where he will contribute to the formation of public policy for national development.

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Probation for assaulting and threatening woman

A MAN was placed on probation for a year yesterday after admitting to assaulting and threatening a woman with a wrench.

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BUT president: Ensure there are sufficient teachers in Family Islands

BELINDA Wilson, who was recently re-elected president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers, called on the Ministry of Education to ensure there are sufficient teachers in Family Islands, particularly in Abaco.

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McPhee-McCuin and Rebels look ‘to go to the NCAA tournament every year’

EXPECTATIONS loom large for Yolett McPhee- McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball team for the upcoming 2022-23 campaign.

‘Confident’ over meeting teacher shortage

EDUCATION director Marcellus Taylor said officials are confident that they will be able to tackle the shortage of teachers in Abaco amid concerns over the issue.

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Escaped man is back in custody

A 25-YEAR-OLD man, who escaped from custody after he was sentenced to prison on Friday, was captured by authorities yesterday.

Wildcats sweep Truckers, advance

MAINSTAY pitcher Thela Stevens said the best is yet to come from her Sunshine Auto Wildcats.

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A year in jail over loaded pistol

A MAN was sentenced to one year at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday for having a loaded pistol.

Softball: QC Comets senior girls win 2 straight

IT was the second straight lopsided victory for the Queen’s College Comets, but their senior girls’ softball team still feel they have not yet produced their best efforts so far in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools 2022 season.

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‘Sick of the principal’ say teachers who skip work

THIRTY teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School did not report to work yesterday because they are “sick of the principal”, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president Belinda Wilson.

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A boot camp for beauticians

JASMINE Taylor has made a career out of bringing beauty into people’s lives, both as a professional make-up artist, facial aesthetician and as the owner of the Snatched Beauty Studio.

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$8,000 bail granted for man facing charges of $9,000 debit card fraud

A MAN was granted $8,000 bail yesterday after he allegedly racked up nearly $9,000 in fraudulent debit card charges for food, hotel and generator bills.

NPSA: Hitmen pull off 10-0 shoutout of Atlantis Titans

WHILE Martin Burrows Jr just missed a perfect game on the mound, third baseman Sherman Ferguson didn’t pass up the opportunity for a big offensive outing on Saturday night for the New Providence Softball Association defending men’s champions C&S Hitmen.

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Men charged with attempted murders

TWO MEN were were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on two separate cases of attempted murder.

Decision to reassign public school teachers upheld

EDUCATION Director Marcellus Taylor said the Department of Labour upheld officials’ decision regarding the reassignments of a handful of teachers at public schools.

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Escaped prisoner captured by police

A 30-year-old Jamaican man who escaped from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday was captured by police in the Seabreeze Lane area early Thursday morning.

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Union claims teachers reassigned in breach of industrial agreement

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson claimed a handful of teachers at public schools were reassigned in breach of the union’s industrial agreement.