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POPE AND CANTERBURY ARCHBISHOP IN ROME

ROME Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI has presided over a ceremony in a Rome church with the Archbishop of Canterbury, saying he hopes their presence together will spur both Catholics and Anglicans to pray and work for unity. Benedict led a vespers ser

POPE AND CANTERBURY ARCHBISHOP IN ROME

ROME Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI has presided over a ceremony in a Rome church with the Archbishop of Canterbury, saying he hopes their presence together will spur both Catholics and Anglicans to pray and work for unity. Benedict led a vespers ser

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Man fined over failing to pay outstanding rifle licence fees

A MAN was fined $2,000 yesterday after admitting to failing to pay outstanding rifle licence fees.

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40-year-old man accused of soliciting sex from boy, 14

A 40-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of soliciting sex from a 14-year-old boy last week.

BTC targets key launches for 2015

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) will launch both its Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) business enterprise solution and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in mid-2015.

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PHA Supplies Management Agency distributes Thanksgiving lunches

The Public Hospital Authority’s Supplies Management Agency distributed Thanksgiving lunches to hundreds of residents in the Nassau Street community on Friday.

Sandals ‘surprise’ at full New Year period

Sandals Royal Bahamian’s general manager yesterday said full occupancy from late December into the New Year had come as a welcome surprise, with the resort projecting high occupancies from the end of January onwards.

Three migrants arrested

IMMIGRATION officials arrested three illegal migrants this week at a resort near Williams Town, Grand Bahama, where they were making plans to be smuggled into the United States.

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Mourners pay tribute to pastor Silas Napoleon McKinney at service

THE Governor General and the Prime Minister were among mourners at a state-recognised funeral for Pastor Silas Napoleon McKinney, former President of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, on Sunday at Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tonique Williams Darling Highway.

Phillando signs with Pittsburgh Pirates

WHILE there have been a number of minor league signings taking place in New Providence over the past few weeks, there was one held in Grand Bahama on Sunday in the Grand Lucayan Convention Center.

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Man charged with murder

A 37-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday with attempted murder.

VAT to 'definitely increase' Bahamian insurance premiums

Value-Added Tax (VAT) will “definitely increase” insurance premiums regardless of the tax treatment applied to the sector, a senior executive warning it will also “squeeze payment” terms throughout the industry.

‘Valiant effort’ to close BTC deal

The Government and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) still have not closed their ‘2 per cent’ deal over the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), despite making a “very, very valiant effort” to do so last week.

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Spanish Wells Bulldogs repeat as champions B team in 4-3 victory over Jordan Prince Williams Falcons

The Spanish Wells Bulldogs, splitting their team in two, repeated as the Bahamas Softball Federation’s Austin Knowles National High School Softball champions as the B team showed the A team how to do it.

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Exuma project pledging 300 jobs back on track

A $262m Exuma resort project, which is pledging to create 300 full-time jobs once build-out is complete, appears to be moving forward again with a public hearing on its environmental plans set for October 2023.

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Staff fume at salaries change

The hotel union yesterday warned "another fight" is brewing over the decision by Atlantis to switch from a weekly to bi-weekly staff payroll, a top official saying: "It's not sitting well."

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Roadrunners track club awards athletes of the year

MALCOLM Williams and Sabriya Farquharson, two of the athletes of the year, were proud that the Roadrunners Track and Field Club brought back its annual awards and presentation banquet after missing last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

'Fundamental concern' over $1bn current account deficit

The Bahamas must develop a long-term plan to address the “structural imbalance in its balance of payments”, a former finance minister describing this as his “most fundamental concern”.

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Bahamas to defend title in Nagico T20 cricket tourney

THE Nagico T20 Cricket Tournament is all set for May 24-25 at Windsor Field.

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Boxing team hopes to bring home more medals

THE three-member boxing team is heading off to Veracruz, Mexico, today where they hope to return from the XXII Cental American and Caribbean Games in two weeks with medals around their necks.