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Ground broken on $200m Grand Bahama hospital

GOVERNMENT officials broke ground for a new $200m hospital in Grand Bahama yesterday.

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Western Atlantic University School of Medicine holds white coat ceremony for 25 students

WESTERN Atlantic University School of Medicine (WAUSM) held its fifth white coat ceremony for 25 new students, including three Bahamians, on Saturday at the Grand Lucayan Resort.

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Labour director says jobseekers don’t know how to write resumes

LABOUR Director Robert Farquharson said many job seekers are unprepared for the job market –– not knowing how to write resumes, do interviews or dress.

Go Raptors: CH Reeves soak up GSSSA success

THE CH Reeves Raptors are no strangers to the winners’ circle and championship podium.

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Ann Marie Davis presents breadfruit trees to farm devastated by Dorian

ANN Marie Davis, wife of the Prime Minister, planted one of the 50 breadfruit trees gifted to the Ole Freetown Farm in East Grand Bahama on Friday.

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Investor forum puts Grand Bahama in the spotlight

THE eyes of the world are on The Bahamas when it comes to investment and conservation, a conference in Grand Bahama heard this week.

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Woman killed as car hits tree

A WOMAN has died in Grand Bahama after the vehicle she was driving hit a tree early Thursday morning in the Lucaya area.

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Govt to acquire 118 lots to build housing in GB

HOUSING Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis said the government would acquire 118 lots to construct homes in Grand Bahama.

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FTX EXTRADITION UNDER SCRUTINY: Bankman-Fried wants charges dismissed on claim US violated treaty

Sam Bankman-Fried yesterday sought to dismiss multiple fraud, bribery and corruption-related charges stemming from FTX's collapse on the grounds that the US has violated The Bahamas' Extradition Act and treaty.

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FNM GB Women Association donates food items to GB Children's Home

THE FNM Grand Bahama Women’s Association donated assorted food and toiletries to the Grand Bahama Children’s Home this week.

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Freeport man assisting police on marijuana find

GRAND Bahama Police made a drug arrest on Monday following the discovery of suspected marijuana at a residence in Freeport.

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FACE TO FACE: The Lindroth family; Bahamian at heart

HE was just 14 months old when he first set foot on Bahamian soil. Walking with the pitter patter that toddlers do, Magnus Lindroth wiggled his toes in the sand and got his feet wet on what is now called Paradise Island. Here, his views of the world would be shaped as he basked in island life.

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Exuma resident dies in motorcycle crash

EXUMA resident Jaden Goodman, 21, is the country’s latest traffic fatality victim. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday around 3.09pm.

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The Tribune welcomes new recruits

THE Tribune is delighted to welcome a number of recent recruits to the company.

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Regent Seven Seas cruise ship makes inaugural visit to Grand Bahama

A cruise ship made an inaugural voyage to Grand Bahama, bringing some 500 visitors to the island on the weekend.

Hundreds of athletes hit the track, field in Red-Line Classic

THE Red-Line Athletics Track Club held its youth and mult-events classic this past weekend at the original Thomas A Robinson national stadium.

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Coleby-Davis: Inspection units to determine roadworthiness coming soon

MOBILE inspection units soon will be brought to the Bahamas to ensure that vehicles are road worthy.

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Internal audit review underway on public service drivers’ plates

TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said that they are still trying to determine the number of inactive public service drivers’ plates in the country so they can bring relief to those people who are challenged by having to lease a plate.

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Eric Wiberg – 20 accidents at sea off New Providence

NEW Providence saw over 20 World War II aircraft ditch, crash, and explode into its adjacent waters. Most of these were to the south of the island, east, and north, and depended on direction of the winds, which air field was used, and complex night-time exercises using extremely bright Leigh Lights, and flying in formation. Mechanical failures from aircraft just delivered from American factories played a role as well.

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Taxi reforms to force 'boot straps pull up'

A senior hotelier yesterday voiced optimism that taxi industry reform will cure "the elevated level of complaints" from tourists by forcing a minority of offending drivers to "pull their boot straps up".