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Shenseea should be banned

A US-based online news site recently reported that The Bahamas leads the world in rape cases per capita. According to the site, the rate is pegged at 133 per 100,000 people. In the Caribbean country of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the rate is 112 per 100,000; while in Jamaica it is 51 per 100,000.

Cable Beach Post Office

I am driven to write to you in light of the utter chaos and madness that affects the post office box-renting public at the Cable Beach Post Office.

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Coach Yo and Ole Miss Rebels win second straight game

YOLETT McPhee- McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels will conclude a busy regular season schedule with three games over the course of the next seven days.

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Annual KPMG Youth Winter Championship rocks Montagu

THE annual K.P.M.G Youth Winter Championship was hosted by The Nassau Yacht Club and Bahamas National Sailing School (B.N.S.S.) with sailing in Montagu Bay February 19-20.

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WORLD VIEW: US security bill does not reflect interests of Caribbean nations

THERE has been a troubling development in relations between the US and the 14 independent nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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INSIGHT: Do we have the will to tackle domestic violence?

THE spectre of crime loomed large over The Bahamas last week.

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FRONT PORCH: Foundations for Transformation and Hope

During the back-to-back unprecedented national crises of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic, the domestic and international private sector, including non-profits, foundations, philanthropic individuals and volunteers, played a pivotal role to supply the material needs and offer hope to thousands of Bahamians and residents.

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Yolett McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss Rebels in win column

YOLETT McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels were back in the Southeastern Conference win column powered by another defensive effort.

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Six on drugs charges

SIX men were taken to court yesterday to face charges in connection with two separate drug seizures that took place on Moore’s Island and Ragged Island last week.

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McPhee-McCuin and Rebels lose two games against ranked opponents

AFTER earning its first Associated Press ranking for the first time in 15 years, the Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme dropped a pair of games against two of the top teams in all of NCAA Division I.

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Creating an identity as a true republic

IN this segment, we will explore the various impacts if The Bahamas became a Republic, and moved away from a constitutional parliamentary democracy. This discussion follows Barbados departing from being an independent dominion, in which the Queen acted as head of state as represented by a governor-general.

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Increase in Uriah McPhee attendance since education walkabout

EDUCATION officials have seen a marked increase in school attendance at Uriah McPhee Primary School since conducting a walkabout in the community targeting students who were otherwise delinquent.

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‘Coach Yo’ leads Ole Miss Rebels to No.24 ranking

Enters AP women’s poll for 1st time in 15 years

Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme continue their climb toward national recognition and are off to their best start in over a decade.

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Face-to-face learning ‘can no longer be delayed’

EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said face-to-face learning, which resumes in public schools across the country today, is necessary and can no longer be delayed as officials fight to address the “emergency” that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the education system.

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Police hunting for missing men

GRAND Bahama Police are searching for two missing men and are asking for the assistance of the public.

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McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss Rebels back in win column

YOLETT McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels have rebounded from their lone Southeastern Conference loss of the season with a pair of dominant performances, including a milestone win over an in-state rival.

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Man charged with murder of Leon Griffin and other killings

A 21-year-old was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of four people last year, including well-known businessman and former Bahamas Taxicab Union president Leon Griffin.

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WORLD VIEW: Commonwealth Caribbean countries – all republics by 2030?

BY 2030, it is more than likely that the eight independent Commonwealth countries which are still monarchical states, with Queen Elizabeth II as their Sovereign, will become Republics.

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COVID-19 surge forces NCAA Div. I Basketball programmes to postpone scheduled openers

The surge of COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant has forced several NCAA Division I basketball programmes to postpone their scheduled conference openers.

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Man shot dead by off-duty officers

OFF-DUTY police shot and killed a man who officers said “brandished” a gun at them outside a nightspot in the Fire Trail Road area on Sunday.