14 November 2013
The Bahamas ranks among the top 20 countries in the world in terms of the number of women with breast cancer. Officials from The Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative (BBCI) revealed the alarming statistics at a press conference last evening, adding that nine per cent of Bahamian women have the potentially deadly disease. The average age […]
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14 November 2013
Judicial and law enforcement officers and witnesses in trials will have greater protection against threats of harm through provisions the government has laid out in a number of crime bills. Leading debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, State Minister for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez outlined a number of amendments to the compendium of crime […]
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13 November 2013
The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) kick started its positive youth engagement exercises yesterday by educating students of the dangers of firearms and reminding them of their important role in the fight against crime. Officers attached to the Firearms Tracing Investigative Unit visited students from Aquinas College and R.M. Bailey Secondary schools and engaged them […]
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13 November 2013
Despite current financial challenges, countries have continued to pledge a significant amount of resources at the United Nations Pledging Conference. But while commending such efforts, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations, Dr. Elliston Rahming said such commitments remain well below current needs. “I would thus like to encourage all countries to renew […]
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13 November 2013
The government has set the stage to possibly jumpstart Grand Bahama’s still bruised economy. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Perry Christie yesterday met with Grand Bahama’s largest investors, the principals of Hutchinson Whampoa. During a meeting in London, the two sides discussed future investment prospects in the northern island, which has for years struggled […]
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13 November 2013
Come next month, the two major Junkanoo parades will be judged based on a new system; a change that has been rejected by the two largest groups. Leaders of the Valley Boys and the Shell Saxon Superstars claim they had not even voted on the changes. In a press statement yesterday, the two noted that […]
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13 November 2013
The identities of the victims killed in Sunday’s plane crash in Grand Bahama have been released as investigations into the ill-fated flight continued yesterday. Authorities have confirmed that they are American citizens Glen Steiner and Leslie Steiner both of Arizona, Cindy Miewzea and Anthony Wishart, both of Indiana. The group’s single engine aircraft crashed shortly […]
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13 November 2013
A 32-year-old man who once claimed he was a victim during last week’s double homicide, turned out to be the key suspect and was yesterday formally charged in connection with the crime. Atlantis cook Vera Berry and her 14-year-old daughter Indiana Forbes were fatally shot early last Wednesday while at their Woodes Alley apartment. At […]
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13 November 2013
The Bahamian film, Passage, recently opened the Portland Maine Film Festival (PMFF), captivating its residents and winning the Director’s Choice Award. The 15-minute film from director Kareem Mortimer was the first film screened at the 2013 festival. It was followed by the featured movie for opening night, How to Make Movies at Home, by Maine […]
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13 November 2013
Atlantis, Paradise Island is inviting everyone to get into the holiday spirit and give a new or gently used favourite children’s book in support of its annual Holiday Book Drive benefitting the Atlantis Against Illiteracy initiative. The endeavour, which is being spearheaded by the Atlantis Library and Scotiabank, is set for November 23rd from 11:00am […]
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