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Edison Key will retire from politics after 40 years

CENTRAL and South Abaco MP Edison Key yesterday confirmed that he will retire from politics in 2017 to end a 40-year long career as a parliamentarian.

Big marina, little harbour

LITTLE Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas...  four words that made up a big part of our lives in the early nineteen-nineties. We sailed in with our three-year-old boy, intending to continue the journey South. 

Little Harbour protest

A letter to the Prime Minister. I live on a sailboat and my husband and I have spent the past three winters sailing in your beautiful country.

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Commission of inquiry into response to Hurricane Dorian is ‘not ruled out’, says PM

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said a commission of inquiry over Hurricane Dorian has not been ruled out.

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Boy drowns on Abaco beach

A BOY drowned in Abaco, just days after Minister of Education Glenys Hanna Martin announced that the government would introduce swimming lessons in public schools this year.

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Small repairs on 2,500 homes ‘soon’

URBAN Renewal is expected to soon start small home repairs on about 2,500 homes in the northern Bahamas. Deputy director of Urban Renewal Senator Kirkland Russell said Urban Renewal Revitalisation will enhance several areas to improve the lives and bring relief to residents of the northern Bahamas.

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Claim of body found in Abaco

CONCERNS have been raised that law enforcement officials are trying to conceal crime statistics, more specifically instances of murder, to give the impression that government is succeeding in its fight against crime.

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Gambling referendum to take back seat to North Abaco vote

THE highly anticipated referendum on the legalisation of gambling will take the backseat to a potential North Abaco bye-election.

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'Pure greed' led to death of Haitians

BASRA Operations Manager Chris Lloyd said yesterday that the lack of boating experience and "pure greed" led to the deaths of Haitians in waters off North Abaco Sunday night.

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Company agrees to pay fine over Exuma oil spill

THE company responsible for last summer's Exuma oil spill has agreed to pay a fine for environmental damage caused following the incident, according to Attorney General Ryan Pinder.

Abaco airport is '60-70% finished'

CONSTRUCTION on Marsh Harbour's airport terminal building is set to be finished in five months, the project's contractor yesterday saying work was currently between 60-70 per cent complete.

Organisers must do better job to accommodate school events, says BBF chief

Organisers must do better job to accommodate school events, says BBF chief By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net FOR the second consecutive year, attendance was down in the Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic. And with the emergence

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Disney making school dreams come true

DISNEY Cruise Line (DCL) cast and crew members visited communities in Nassau, where DCL ships visit regularly, Abaco, where its private island destination Castaway Cay is located, and Eleuthera, where DCL is creating its new island destination, Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, recently.

Search for missing five suspended after capsize

SEARCH and rescue efforts have been suspended for the five people who were onboard a vessel that left Abaco and capsized off West End, Grand Bahama, last Thursday.

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RBDF sends condolences after death of pilots

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force yesterday expressed condolences to the families of Jason Allen and Lavan Paul, two former marines who died in a plane crash in Abaco on Monday.

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Defence Force calls off search for missing boater

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has called off the search for a boater who reportedly went missing on a journey to Abaco over a week ago.

Diversity and politics

THE lack of diversity in politics today is both troubling and wrong in a representative democracy.

Gov't grants $116m in Dorian tax breaks

The Prime Minister says the Special Economic Recovery Zones (SERZs) have provided more than $105m in VAT, Customs duty and Excise tax breaks to aid Hurricane Dorian reconstruction.

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24-hour weekend lockdowns to end for New Providence and Abaco

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced on Sunday afternoon that the 24-hour weekend curfew for New Providence and Abaco will be lifted – effective Monday.

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Indoor dining permitted on all islands except New Providence, Abaco, Paradise Island

THE latest Emergency Powers (COVID-19 Pandemic) Order permits indoor dining to take place on all islands except New Providence, Abaco and Paradise Island.