31 July 2019
Cabinet ministers yesterday toured four of nine schools that are undergoing extensive renovations, which according to Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd, come at a cost of approximately $9 million. The money for the work, he added, is available. “The resources are now being distributed as necessary and what we mean by resources is money of […]
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30 July 2019
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was found dead on Sunday. According to police, shortly before 5 p.m., they responded to Sea Breeze Drive, off Beatrice Avenue, Sea Breeze Estate, where a man was found unresponsive, with an injury to the head. Paramedics were called to the scene and […]
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30 July 2019
Police are investigating a stabbing incident which left a woman with injuries. According to police, shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday, a woman was in the parking lot of a bar on Rosedale Street, when she got into an altercation with another woman, which escalated, resulting in her being stabbed about the body. The injured […]
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30 July 2019
Police in Andros are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was struck by lightning on Monday. According to police, shortly after 12 p.m., a man and woman went on a fishing trip a few miles off Red Bays, Andros, when they were caught in an electrical storm. Police said the man […]
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30 July 2019
The ‘STOP DISNEY – Last Chance for Lighthouse Point’ campaign on Monday received more than 30,000 signatures in support of their petition against Disney Cruise Line to select an alternative site to construct their multimillion-dollar project at Lighthouse Point. The campaign garnered attention to the more than 20,000 people who had signed the petition within just […]
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30 July 2019
Police arrested a 50-year-old man on Saturday in connection with an altercation at Fusion Superplex which left an employee with injuries. The man also suffered from serious injuries to the body and was taken to hospital to be treated. According to police, on Friday a female employee of Fusion Superplex was in the employee parking […]
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30 July 2019
The contentious Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) Amendment Bill was a part of the compendium of bills passed in the Senate on Monday. The bills are aimed at helping The Bahamas meet the requirements to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force. Leading off the government’s contribution, Attorney General Senator Carl Bethel said the […]
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30 July 2019
An International Shark Symposium in its second day of a two-day Sharks and CITES Symposium: Prep for the COP (Conference of the Parties) focusing on the preservation of marine resources, more specifically sharks and rays. More feared than revered, sharks have long gotten a bad reputation as the apex predator of the sea. But researchers […]
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30 July 2019
Senator Fred Mitchell claimed on Monday that the Fox Hill Committee was sent a $46,000 outstanding bill by Bahamas Power and Light. Mitchell raised the issue in the Senate, where he explained that BPL negotiated with the committee to pay only $26,000 but this still left him irate about the situation. “It has always been […]
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30 July 2019
A 15-year-old boy identified by a relative as Ethan Miller allegedly drowned on Long Wharf Beach on Monday. According to police, shortly after 3 p.m., a group of juvenile males were swimming in waters at Long Wharf Beach, West Bay Street, when one of them became distressed and submerged in the water. He was retrieved […]
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