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Happy birthday, Mr Christie

Happy 72nd birthday. You are energetic as ever, bouncing around The Bahamas and world at one hell of a pace. You still look good. You must, as it’s disconcerting to me when young, attractive women ask me who is the older of the two of us. If Bernie sees even half of that energy, you are a bigger hero in the eyes of your two younger brothers.

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UPDATED: Rosewood bids to quit Baha Mar as govt argues for wind up petition

ROSEWOOD Hotel and Resorts International, a hotel brand at the stalled Baha Mar development, on Wednesday filed a motion in a Delaware bankruptcy court to terminate its license with the $3.5bn West Bay Street project.

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Roberts says Minnis did not declare

DOCUMENTS released yesterday by PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts purportedly showing that FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis did not declare his government contract when he registered as a candidate in the 2007 general election.

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30 years for cutting teacher’s throat

A MAN will serve 30 years in a correctional facility for the throat-slashing murder of a Spanish teacher.

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Nike brings ‘best of the best’

The Bahamas is hosting some of the best high school seniors and underclassmen in America at the Bahamas edition of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Camp.

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Former NBA guards teaching basketball fundamentals

PARTICIPANTS of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Bahamas camp have an opportunity to learn the game from a pair of former NBA point guards, one who now serves as a head coach in the league and the other a Hall of Famer.

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Minnis: I disclosed interests over govt contract

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday maintained that he disclosed his interests in a company that received a government contract when he was elected in 2007, but refused to further discuss the matter.

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Claim that Minnis ‘violated’ Cabinet code of conduct

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday alleged that Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis “violated” the Cabinet code of conduct by continuing to accept cheques for his company which had a contract with the Public Hospitals Authority while he was the minister of health.

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PLP Chairman dismisses Rollins’ manipulation claim

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday dismissed Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins’ claim that he was manipulated into accusing Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis of conflict of interest in 2013.

Judge reserves decision on whether she will approve bail for alleged drug lord

A JUDGE has reserved her decision on whether she will approve the bail application of an alleged drug lord fighting extradition to the United States.

Symonette urges govt to release details of all the buildings it rents

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday challenged the government to release the details of every building it leases or rents “once and for all” and allow the public to decide to what extent cronyism and conflicts of interest exist in front-line politics.

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Roberts: Baha Mar resort will still open before end of year

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday forecast that the stalled $3.5bn Baha Mar resort will still open before the end of the year despite the possibility of provisional liquidators being appointed at the property.

Women vow 'never to be bound again'

FOR all the young women hurting in the country, for all those looking for love in the wrong places, a special conference will be put on next week by members of Fresh Fire Outreach Ministries International.

FNM Chairman: Minnis conflict of interest claims are ‘nothing new’

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday maintained that the conflict of interest claims against the party’s leader Dr Hubert Minnis were “nothing new.”

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Rollins: I was lured into trap over Minnis

INSISTING that the conflict of interest claims against Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis were a distraction from government controversy, Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday said he was lured into a political trap when he first accused Dr Minnis of benefitting from a government contract while he was a Cabinet minister.

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Mourners say farewell to boy killed when handgun went off

The funeral service for four-year-old Denzell Joshua Demeritte - who died when a handgun went off as he and a ten-year-old child were playing with the weapon - was held on Saturday.

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Tureano Johnson takes on new management team

TUREANO ‘Reno’ Johnson’s middleweight professional boxing career has taken on a new management team heading into his return to the ring.

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Three of six champions crowned in the AID Claycourt

AFTER the completion of the first of the two-week AID Claycourt Championships at the Gym Tennis Courts in Winton Meadows, three of the six champions - two in singles and one in doubles - have been decided,

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Brian Miller denies murder of British dive instructor Gary Vanhoeck

A MAN denied murdering a British diving instructor in western New Providence when he was formally arraigned in Supreme Court on Friday.

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BAHA MAR STILL UNABLE TO PAY ITS EXPAT STAFF

BAHA Mar is still unable to pay its expatriate workers despite securing nearly $15 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) loans, according to the resort’s Senior Vice-President Robert Sands.