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Fight for our country

Many persons know me as a youth advocate through my work as national director of the Governor General’s Youth Award. Post retirement, I have also come to identify as an environmentalist.

EDITORIAL: Good news - but omicron is on its way

FIRST, the good news – and there’s quite a lot of it to be seen.

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Fernander appointed deputy commissioner

GOVERNOR General Sir Cornelius A Smith swore in Clayton Fernander yesterday as Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

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BREA president taking stand against foreign realtor companies

THE Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president yesterday said she wants “law and order” in this country and made a stand on co-brokering with foreign agents as she justifies the need for BREA to have Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with foreign real estate associations.

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Taxicab Union warns against price gouging

Bahamas Taxicab Union (BTCU) yesterday cautioned against price gouging in the sector, encouraging visitors to check the rates prior to getting into a taxi.

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Mum-of-two dies in head on crash

A FAMILY has been left devastated after a young single mother was killed in a head on collision in Abaco on Sunday.

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CDC lowers our travel risk rating

THE United States’ Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered The Bahamas’ COVID-19 Travel Risk Advisory Rating from level three to level two, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness.

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Davis to address COVID concerns

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis will give a “national update” on Thursday on the government’s response to the fight against COVID-19.

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ATLANTIS 6,000 BACK AT WORK: Staff return to full hours as surge in bookings arrives

ATLANTIS Paradise Island has 6,000 staff members back to work for the holidays as the resort is reporting full occupancy well into the New Year.

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Stingers runners-up at Dynasty Hoops Classic in Orlando

THE Sunland Baptist Lutheran Stingers junior and senior boys’ basketball team made their trip to Orlando, Florida, a memorable one at the Dynasty Hoops Basketball Classic over the weekend.

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INSIGHT: Making Grand Bahama’s story available for all to read

The Groves family is continuing its philanthropic legacy in The Bahamas with the soft launch of a new digital Grand Bahama Museum – the first in the Caribbean region.

EDITORIAL: Accusation and counter-accusation over contracts

IT would seem any suggestion of bi-partisanship in politics is long gone.

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Pintard - who have you given work to?

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the Davis administration has breached the reporting requirements of the Public Procurement Act.

How income tax works

A letter appearing in your column of Friday the 17th of December, written by a Kim Sawyer, displays a common misunderstanding of the nature of the Bahamian economy.

Freeport’s airport

Now that the GB Port Authority and Hutchinson Wampoa have conveniently extricated themselves from the loss-making joint ownership of the Grand Bahama Airport, it falls upon the Government to undertake the massive task of rebuilding.

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Team Bahamas NACAC Age Group champions

On the strength of a gold medal from Keyezra Thomas, a silver from Keely Deveaux and a pair of bronze from Jamiah Nabbie and Kenny Moxey Jr, the Bahamas emerged as the overall champions of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships.

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Bahamas receives 48,000 COVID vaccine doses from PAHO/WHO, Canada and Colombia

The Bahamas received 48,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines under a collaboration between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Governments of Canada and Colombia.

Bank hands $5,000 to young achievers

COMMONWEALTH Bank yesterday donated $5,000 to Junior Achievement Bahamas to assist the organisation in meeting its goal of making all of their programmes available to every kindergarten, primary and high school student in the country.

Who can afford an income tax?

This past week on many of the Talk Shows callers were promoting Income Tax as their choice to pull our revenue out of the hole it is in.

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Man accused of incest

A 26-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with incest and indecent assault.