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Bank of Bahamas: $69m loss drove insolvency fears

Bank of the Bahamas’ shareholders suffered a $68.747 million net loss for the year to end-June 30, wiping out its retained earnings prior to Friday’s $100 million bail-out.

OPINION: Bank of Bahamas investors to enjoy bail-out boost

Let’s not mince words: Everyone in the commercial banking industry knew that Bank of the Bahamas has been in trouble for some time. The only questions were the size of the damage, and how the Government would fill the ‘hole’.

Lighting up the darkness

By REV ANGELA PALACIOUS

Body of missing policeman found

The body found in a Freeport canal has been identified as that of retired police officer Frank Pearson who was reported missing earlier this week.

Law firm stages client seminar

HIGGS & JOHNSON last Wednesday hosted its annual client seminar under the theme ‘Bankruptcy, Inheritance & Taxes’.

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Lavaughn, Cody help Hurricanes to league leading 9-1 record

HOLLAND College has become well known to the Bahamas for the recruitment of local players into its football and basketball programmes, and now Bahamians are at the focal point of the latest venture for the Hurricane’s athletic department - baseball.

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Aragonite ship is grounded to avoid sinking

THE Trans Cargo II was grounded off Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, after a leak was discovered onboard the vessel on Wednesday evening.

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Cuban officer held at Detention Centre classed as refugee

THE CUBAN military officer being held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre has been classified as a refugee by the United Nations, according to legal counsel for the detainee yesterday.

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Activist: Laws blocking same sex marriage are discriminatory

LESBIAN, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender activist Erin Greene said that the laws that prevent same-sex couples from marriage are discriminatory and added that calls for a constitutional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman are “diametrically opposed to the principles of democracy, equality and the Rule of Law”.

Man dies after being electrocuted

A 33-year-old man was killed after being electrocuted at a Lucaya resort on Saturday, Grand Bahama police reported.

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Man hunted after attack at ex-fiancee’s home

AUTHORITIES are on the hunt for a man who flew into a rage and chopped his ex-fiancée’s male companion several times on Monday night.

Unsolved murders on Grand Bahama still under investigation

TWO unsolved high-profile murder cases on Grand Bahama are still open and under police investigation, a senior police official told The Tribune yesterday. Inspector Terecita Pinder said the murders of British citizen, Edgar Dart, and local businessman, Sedric Hepburn, were still relevant months after they occurred.

No suspects and no motive in killing in fire of 73-year-old

POLICE are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine exactly what caused the death of 73-year-old Maud McCartney, Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said yesterday.

BahamasLocal staffer leads way on Internet marketing

A 27-year-old BahamasLocal staff member has become the first Bahamian to earn Internet Marketing Association certification.

BahamasLocal staffer leads way on Internet marketing

A 27-year-old BahamasLocal staff member has become the first Bahamian to earn Internet Marketing Association certification.

Public loses confidence as politicians juggle figures

THE Department of Statistics is now being dragged to the Mad Hatter’s Ball. First it was the crime statistics, now it appears that the Department of Statistics and National Insurance are out of step with the score sheet set for them by the politicians.

Probe ordered into cop's death

AN independent investigation has been ordered into the death of police officer Garvin Demeritte at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, in June.

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73-year-old woman's death in fire now classed as homicide

THE death of 73-year-old retired public servant Maud McCartney, whose body was found burnt beyond recognition inside her home last week, has been classified as a homicide, police said.