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Man, 47, dies in Long Island traffic accident

POLICE in Long Island and officers from the Traffic Department, New Providence, are investigating the circumstances surrounding an accident in Deadman’s Cay on Sunday night that has left a 47-year-old male resident dead.

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Man shot dead on Crooked Island Street

A man died after a shooting on Crooked Island Street early on Saturday morning.

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Haitian migrants land on Long Island

Police are reporting that shortly after 2:00pm today, a sloop landed at Long Island with a large number of Haitian migrants who escaped on land.

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Elderly woman dies in Cat Island blaze

THE body of an elderly woman was found burnt beyond recognition in her home in Cat Island early yesterday morning.

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National players visit ‘Briland’ to train with local school kids

BEACH soccer fever hit Harbour Island when the BFA, along with national players from Tahiti, Switzerland and The Bahamas, visited Harbour Island to train with local school kids.

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Colonial Group International (Bahamas) donates $100,000 to hurricane relief

THE Colonial Group International (Bahamas) has donated a total of $100,000 towards Hurricane Joaquin relief efforts to three organisations on the frontline of assisting residents to return to normal life in the impacted central and south eastern islands.

Joaquin-hit islands are ‘still struggling’

Residents in the southern Bahamas are still “struggling” to recover almost five months after Hurricane Joaquin’s Category Fiur winds and rain devastated several Family Islands.

VIEW FROM AFAR: The tax-free enclaves in The Bahamas

DID YOU know that there are islands of The Bahamas where you don’t have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT)?

UPDATED - VIDEO: US Coast Guard rescues man stranded on Bahamas island

AN American man adrift at sea for five days and subsequently stranded on an uninhabited island in the Cay Sal Bank was rescued by the US Coast Guard on Monday, Coast Guard officials said yesterday.

Bowe blasts ‘unconscionable’ overpricing in Family Islands

Price Control Commission (PCC) Chairman E J Bowe said that he found it “unconscionable” that bread baskets items were overpriced by more than $3 in some family islands, asking, “How do they expect people to survive?”

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‘Unacceptable’ says Cartwright as Acklins residents without power for four days

AFTER nearly a week without electricity, residents of Acklins had their power restored yesterday afternoon.

Festival dates are revealed

A SERIES of festival dates have been announced but the Ministry of Tourism - including the return of events such as the Goombay, Junkanoo Summer and Pineapple Festivals.

Christie: Ingraham worst PM

Christie: Ingraham worst PM By CHESTER ROBARDS Tribune Senior Reporter crobards@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Perry Christie claimed Hubert Ingraham has been the worst prime minister in Bahamian history. "Tell him Perry Christie said that for the f

Christie: Ingraham worst PM

Christie: Ingraham worst PM By CHESTER ROBARDS Tribune Senior Reporter crobards@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Perry Christie claimed Hubert Ingraham has been the worst prime minister in Bahamian history. "Tell him Perry Christie said that for the f

Christie: Ingraham worst PM

Christie: Ingraham worst PM By CHESTER ROBARDS Tribune Senior Reporter crobards@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Perry Christie claimed Hubert Ingraham has been the worst prime minister in Bahamian history. "Tell him Perry Christie said that for the f

NASSAU TO HOST FORUM FOR AVIATION INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

IN JUST four days, the 5th Routes Americas forum will take place on Nassau and Paradise Island. The industry networking event will be hosted by the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD), the Atlantis Resort and the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Bure

Christie: Ingraham worst PM

Christie: Ingraham worst PM By CHESTER ROBARDS Tribune Senior Reporter crobards@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Perry Christie claimed Hubert Ingraham has been the worst prime minister in Bahamian history. "Tell him Perry Christie said that for the f

$2m roadworks contract signed ahead of by-election

DAYS before a by-election in Bimini, the Davis administration signed a $2m road works contract on Friday to pave, reconstruct and repair roads and drains on that island.

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BPL completes investigation into recent outages

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) has completed its investigations into recent power outages on New Providence.

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PM announces curfew change: 11pm to 5am

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced that the curfew on New Providence has been changed to 11pm to 5am daily with immediate effect.