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Minister Bowleg produces comprehensive programme

With a 25 percent increase that pushes their budget allocation to little over $5.8 million, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg produced a comprehensive programme.

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‘Still among leaders’: But Bahamas’ FDI down 60%

The Bahamas is “still among the leaders” despite a United Nations (UN) agency yesterday revealing that foreign direct investment inflows to this nation declined by 60 percent year-over-year in 2021 to $360m.

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Deputy Speaker threatens to remove Opposition leader

DEPUTY House Speaker Sylvanus Petty threatened to have opposition leader Michael Pintard removed from the House of Assembly last night after the Marco City MP took exception to remarks made by North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish.

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$12m plan to upgrade Moore’s Island infrastructure

WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears said his ministry plans to invest more than $12m on much needed infrastructural upgrades and repairs on Moore’s Island, Abaco.

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‘Where did church’s Dorian funds go?’

THE Church of God has been asked in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court to account for $500,000 in Hurricane Dorian contributions it received to aid victims and churches under its umbrella that were ravaged by the Category Five storm in 2019.

Water Corp racked up $40m supplier debts

The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) racked up a $40m debt owed to its major reverse osmosis suppliers since Hurricane Dorian struck in 2019, an MP said yesterday.

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140 homes flooded in northern Bahamas

AT LEAST 140 homes in the northern Bahamas suffered flood damage due to heavy rainfall over the weekend, Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said yesterday.

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Coral killer will ‘decimate’ tourism, fisheries sectors

The Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) top executive yesterday warned that tourism and other coral reef-reliant industries will be “decimated” unless this nation rapidly arrests the spread of a killer disease for these key marine ecosystems.

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NEMA reacts as storm hits The Bahamas

THE National Emergency Management Agency gave a status report on the northern Bahamas after Tropical Cyclone Alex made landfall there this past weekend.

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Accused of fraud marriage to gain permit

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court last week after being accused of attempting a fraud marriage to gain a spousal permit.

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UPDATED: Tropical Storm Warning for northwest Bahamas discontinued

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Saturday noon update

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Saturday morning update

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Friday early evening update

From The Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Friday afternoon update

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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Tropical Storm Warning in effect for northwestern Bahamas

The latest from The Bahamas Department of Meteorology on the weather system in the Gulf of Mexico:

Legal aid project launched by Eugene Dupuch Law School

THE Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has partnered with the Attorney General’s Office, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (the Agency) to launch a Community-Based Legal Aid Project (CLAP).

EDITORIAL: Nurse dispute has gone on too long

BACK in October 2020 in this column, we wrote about a dispute between nurses and the Public Hospitals Authority.

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Flooded streets - and more rain on way

TORRENTIAL rains are on the horizon bringing most of us a wet holiday weekend.

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India donates $1m for Abaco shelter

THE government of India has donated $1m to assist with the construction of the Abaco community centre and hurricane shelter.  The funds are being facilitated through India’s United Nations Development Partnership Fund.