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STATESIDE: Is the Republican Party really still behind Donald Trump?

KAY and June had planned to go out for a late lunch on this rainy but still stubbornly humid day in a leafy New York City suburb. But host Kay had prevailed on her guest from Washington, DC, to stay in and have some tea and fresh orange and blueberry scones instead on her enclosed, air-conditioned porch. Kay started right in to get some capital-based insight.

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Developer sparks ‘500 leads’ with community’s sales start

A Bahamian developer yesterday disclosed it has generated “well over 500 verified leads” for potential purchasers in its south-western New Providence community just over a week after launching its sales drive.

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American woman charged with plot to kill husband

Lindsay Shiver, 36, of Thomasville, Georgia, made a bail variation application before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson.

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Tar washing up on beaches after oil spill

GRAND Bahama residents and visitors have encountered a black oily substance at Fortune Beach in the Lucaya area. This follows an oil spill believed to be from last week’s oil spill at the jetty off Pinder’s Point - but there are suggestions that there may have been a separate spill in the area.

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Team Bahamas wins two silver, two bronze medals

Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago

Team Bahamas competed in their final event yesterday at the Commonwealth Youth Games, amassing four medals in the competition.

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LUSCO aware of oil particles discovered on the shoreline following Buckeye oil spill

OIL particles were reportedly discovered this week along the coastline in several upscale residential communities in the Lucaya area.

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GB businessman Kenneth Symonette loses battle with cancer

Well-known Freeport businessman Kenneth Symonette died on Saturday in Grand Bahama after a battle with cancer. He was 63.

Water Corp managers in $2.3m industrial deal

Middle managers at the Water & Sewerage Corporation yesterday signed a three-year, $2.3m industrial agreement with the state-owned utility that will last until mid-2025.

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84-year-old woman dies in car crash in Grand Bahama

An 84-year-old Grand Bahama woman died in hospital on Sunday after a two-car collision on Saturday.

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A break-in – not a break-out – at court

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating a break-in at the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre, where three magistrates courts were broken into on Saturday morning.

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'Substantial progress' in fuel oil spill clean-up

Buckeye Partners are reporting "substantial progress" in the recovery and clean-up of the fuel oil spill at its marine terminal in Grand Bahama.

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High Rock Seafest this Monday

BAHAMIAN entertainers KB and D-Mac will be performing at the 17th annual High Rock Seafest on Monday, August 7, at the East End Primary School grounds in High Rock.

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Investigation ongoing after Buckeye oil spill

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller said investigations remain active and ongoing into the fuel oil spill at Buckeye Bahamas Hub off Pinder’s Point, Grand Bahama.

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Fishing Hole Road Bridge reopens after remediation

THE Fishing Hole Road Bridge reopened on Thursday following the completion of emergency remediation work of the causeway at Hawksbill Creek.

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Frank Rutherford proud of his Olympic bronze-medal feat

IT was 31 years ago that Frank Rutherford soared to the Bahamas’ first track and field medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. He felt the bronze has propelled the Bahamas to earning a medal in every Olympiad thereafter.

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Govt investigating oil spill at Buckeye Bahamas jetty terminal in Grand Bahama

INVESTIGATIONS are underway after an oil spill in waters at the Buckeye Bahamas Hub jetty terminal off Pinder’s Point, Grand Bahama.

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American woman and two Bahamian men charged with conspiracy to commit murder

AN American woman was granted $100,000 cash bail after she and two Bahamian men were accused last week of being a part of a plot to kill her insurance executive husband.

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More hotel rooms key to beyond COVID recovery

The Bahamas must increase its supply of hotel rooms and cruise passenger spending to maintain tourism’s growth pace beyond 2023 with industry earnings now “more than recovered” from COVID’s devastation.

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Atlantis’ tone softens on RCI beach project questions

ROYAL Caribbean International is nearing completion of its efforts to satisfy the requirements to have its Paradise Island Beach Club project fully approved.

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Police investigate an armed mugging in Grand Bahama and drugs in Abaco

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating an armed robbery incident in the Taino Beach area on Friday.