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E-pass system ‘introduced to improve hospital security’

DIRECTOR of the Princess Margaret Hospital Mary Walker in a move to quell concerns over the hospital’s new electronic-pass system said on Friday that the initiative was introduced to improve the facility’s security services.

Residents delighted after airport reopening

RESIDENTS of Staniel Cay, Exuma, yesterday said they are “jubilant” and “very excited” that the airport is now officially open after seven months of closure for runway repairs.

Staniel Cay Airport reopens after seven months

STANIEL CAY airport, which has been closed for seven months for runway repairs, reopened to air traffic yesterday, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation has announced.

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One in ten long island homes assessed so far are ‘completely destroyed’

MORE than one tenth of the homes assessed by teams dispatched by the National Emergency Management Agency in Long Island have been rendered “completely destroyed” in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin.

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Relief group distributes $20,000 of building supplies a week to Long Island

RELIEF group HeadKnowles has distributed up to $20,000 per week in building supplies to Long Island since it began “Operation Deliverance” earlier this month.

Justice – the kind that brings freedom and peace: Part 1

EMANCIPATION – August, for just under 200 years now has been celebrated as the month of freedom. Throughout the next few weeks we will plunge into the depth of this term – freedom – in our quest to be both educational and challenging.

Former US convict angered over comments on release by Cuba

A BAHAMIAN who claimed he was extradited from this country to the United States more than a decade ago after a conviction yesterday criticised Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade for saying he was not happy about the early release of Bahamian convicts from Cuba.

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Court hears Philip Vasyli died of stab wound to the chest

MILLIONAIRE podiatrist Philip Vasyli died of a stab wound to the chest and his wife, Donna, denied having any involvement in his death when interviewed in police custody, a Supreme Court jury heard on Friday.

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Police Commissioner wants public outcry on guns

POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade yesterday said he was “very concerned” that the country’s “terrible” murder rate has reached triple digits this year as he criticised the lack of public outcry over the volume of illegal weapons on the streets.

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Death of man, 64, now classed as a homicide

THE country’s murder count for the year now officially stands at 100 - after police yesterday classified the death of a man, whose family believes was beaten and robbed before he died in hospital last week, as a homicide.

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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to separate politics from public prosecutions

IT is high-time that an independent prosecutorial service is established in The Bahamas and the Director of Public Prosecutions is no longer situated within the Office of the Attorney General, subordinated and subject to the whims and control of any holder of that political office.

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New species of hummingbird discovered in the Bahamas

A NEW species of hummingbird in the Bahamas has been officially recognised by leading American ornotholgists.

Bahamians want Prime Minister to prove what side he is on

LAST week, Fred Mitchell, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister, invited the Mayor of Atlanta to Nassau, to give government some tips on how it could follow Atlanta’s lead to get its escalating crime under control.

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Bahamasair rated second worst

A GLOBAL airline rating agency has given Bahamasair, the country’s national flag carrier, a two-star ranking due to inconsistent service and low quality staff support.

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New bail hearing over viral video

A NEW bail hearing will take place for a man accused of brandishing a firearm and making indirect death threats in a video that went viral on social media.

Unemployment figures

I hope the Minister of Labour is not breaking out too much champagne, based on the recent unemployment figures, as the position is already reversed, with children leaving school – and do you classify the Baha Mar employees as unemployed?

POLITICOLE: Fighting for our freedom

I was born exactly 200 years (to the year) after the American Revolutionary War began. It was the beginning of the America we know today, and the beginning of its formalised civil liberties, creating examples for much of the rest of the world on how to protect individual rights and freedoms.

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Mother beaten to death outside her own home

A MOTHER of one was beaten to death outside her home on Saturday prompting police to launch an intensive investigation into the case.

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Prosecutor objects to bail for man accused of video threats

A CROWN prosecutor objected to bail for a man accused of brandishing a firearm and making indirect death threats in a video that went viral on social media.

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Man facing charges over online video ‘death threats’

A 32-year-old man is now facing charges in Magistrate’s court after he allegedly brandished a firearm and made indirect death threats in a video posted on social media.