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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to reset the moral compass of the Bahamas

ASTOUNDINGLY, we refuse to deal with the root causes of many of our social and economic problems here in the Bahamas and, frankly, those root causes are poor parenting, waste, inefficiency, greed and corruption.

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Historic ceremony for RBDF boats

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force held the largest commissioning ceremony in the service’s history on Friday at the John Alfred Wharf, bolstering its fleet with three new vessels and a 17-piece containerised mobile base as it upgrades its fleet to safeguard the Bahamas.

50th Lifetime Global Achievement Award for ‘Da Bahamian Dream’

OLYMPIAN Andretti ‘Da Bahamian Dream’ Bain made history when he became the first national champion in any sport for Oral Roberts University. Over the weekend, ORU recognised him for his achievement by presenting him with one of the 50th Lifetime Global Achievement Awards during its 50th Anniversary Gala on the school’s campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Live a Fulfilling Life: Three best ways to improve your health

Preventative medicine experts say that the single most important thing you can do to improve the nation’s health is simple – stay healthy.

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Equality referendum is ‘likely’ before July

IT IS likely that the government will hold its severely stalled equality referendum within the first half of this year, according to National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday, as he stressed that the vote “is still very much on the books”.

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THE FINISH LINE: ‘It’s time to pull the curtain down on 2015 and usher in 2016’

It’s not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.

Doctors tell Gov’t: ‘Verify’ $102m NHI primary care cost

Private Bahamian doctors were last night said to be demanding that the Government “actuarially verify” the costings it has developed for National Health Insurance’s (NHI) primary care and their compensation.

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Boys AND girls now in Simpson C Penn Mentoring programme

THE CRY for support throughout the Bahamas to help the development of the younger generation has become a major social topic that reveals a greater need for mentoring and discipline.

View of a Bahamian abroad

It is a weekday and I am in the Orlando International Airport waiting for Bahamasair flight 238 to taxi into place for a short trip home.

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Nottage says he didn’t blame FNM for crime

MINISTER of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday defended himself from criticism that his recent national address on crime lacked innovative ideas, saying his detractors do not understand the root of the vexing problem.

Asthma and childhood tooth decay

ASTHMA is the most common chronic childhood disease and is a major public health issue throughout the world.

Healthy living made simple

Dr Monique Thompson clears up common myths about nutritional supplements.

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A young girl's birthday wish to see again

ELEVEN-year-old Ravyn Deveaux’s birthday wish is to be able to see again after she undergoes surgery on her eyes for the fifth time.

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Tests by CDC confirm man died of malaria

THE CENTRE for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the Ukrainian patient who died in Doctors Hospital last week suffered from malaria and not the ebola virus – as was originally suspected.

Thugs are running our streets

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Call for off-duty police officers to be armed

POLICE Staff Association (PSA) executive chairman Dwight Smith yesterday called on the government to allow off-duty Royal Bahamas Police Force officers to be armed.

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Bill Cosby concert for women’s charity ‘will not be cancelled’

DESPITE growing controversy over renewed allegations that he sexually assaulted women in several incidents decades ago, American comedian Bill Cosby is still expected to perform in the Bahamas tonight in a charity event.

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Gaming consultation almost done - but VAT legislation to come first

THE GOVERNMENT has reached a substantial agreement with stakeholders over the revised Gaming bill, State Minister for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez said yesterday.

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UPDATE: POLICE MAKE FOUR ARRESTS

LATORE Mackey, Deputy Director of Bahamas Information Services and Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, was shot in the neck and killed early yesterday morning.

Fight depression and worries

By Rev Canon Sebastian Campbell