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Former Bahamas gangster turns his life around
Former Bahamas gangster turns his life around (Aug 31) Mark Beckford has a forgiving heart. The Taylor University college senior was shot a couple months ago in the Bahamas, but is now friends with his assailant.

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Couple explore paradise by boat in the Bahamas
Couple explore paradise by boat in the Bahamas (Aug 31) In May, we chartered a 35-foot Mainship Trawler to explore the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. Here we are at Hope Town on Elbow Cay. Elbow Cay is home to the most famous landmark in the Abacos: the red-and-white striped lighthouse.

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T.S. Hanna bears down on Turks and Caicos
T.S. Hanna bears down on Turks and Caicos (Aug 31) Tropical Storm Hanna moved toward the Turks and Caicos Islands Sunday with winds of almost 60 mph.

A tropical storm warning was in effect for the islands, where Hanna's outer rain bands were beginning to be felt, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. A tropical storm watch was in effect for the southeastern Bahamas.

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Pay Cuts For BTC Workers
Pay Cuts For BTC Workers (Aug 30) The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees who walked off their jobs two weeks ago - and used company vehicles to block the streets of downtown Nassau - could soon find that monies have been docked from their pay, according to BTC Executive Chairman Julian Francis. The BTC chief also said other employees who took part in the industrial action will likely be suspended.

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Storms Having Effect
Storms Having Effect (Aug 30) Tropical Storm Hanna emerged in the Atlantic near the Leeward Islands on Thursday and appears to be aiming for The Bahamas, just as Gustav – which is blamed for nearly 70 deaths in the region – grew into a Category One hurricane on its way out of the area.

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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9
TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9 (Aug 30) TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082008
500 AM AST SAT AUG 30 2008

...HANNA HEADING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

INTERESTS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HANNA.

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Million-Dollar Annual HIV Bill
Million-Dollar Annual HIV Bill (Aug 30) The government spends more than a million dollars a year on antiretroviral medication for approximately 1,600 people living with HIV in The Bahamas.

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Officers In Corruption Probe
Officers In Corruption Probe (Aug 28) Officers at the center of a corruption probe are under scrutiny again in connection with the assault of an inmate. Remand inmate Donald Lightbourne sustained a broken arm and head injuries during an "incident" in the cell block of the Central Police Station on Monday,

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Caribbean Political Union Proposed
(Aug 28) Four Caribbean nations have banded together to pursue the formation of a pan-Caribbean political union by 2013, but despite a recent visit from the regional leader promoting the idea, The Bahamas is not considering joining that union.

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PLP Report Addresses Ingraham Factor
PLP Report Addresses Ingraham Factor (Aug 27) The 2007 general election was driven in large part by the comparison between Hubert Ingraham's perceived "straight-talking, forceful" style and Perry Christie's "weak and indecisive" image, according to a secret post-election survey.

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Bahamas ambassador to talk business, tourism with Detroiters
Bahamas ambassador to talk business, tourism with Detroiters (Aug 27) Cornelius Smith, ambassador of the Bahamas to the U.S., will meet with Detroiters in the tourism, real estate and construction industries Friday at two Booker T. Washington Business Association events.

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Harkin rips McCain's houses, has home in Bahamas
Harkin rips McCain's houses, has home in Bahamas (Aug 27) A lot of attention was paid Tuesday morning to John McCain's inability to answer how many houses he owns.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the featured guest at the Iowa delegation's morning meeting, both took a poke at their colleague for his non-answer to a question from a reporter about his house holdings.

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Gustav weakens to tropical storm after killing 5 in Haiti
Gustav weakens to tropical storm after killing 5 in Haiti (Aug 27) Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, lashing the impoverished island with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing five people.

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Local Swim Federation Gets 8-New Officials
Local Swim Federation Gets 8-New Officials (Aug 26) At the recent Royal Bank Olympic Swim Trials Freeport Aquatic Swim Club (FASC) had eight entry-level stroke and turn judges that past the International Swimming Federation officiating course during the month of May worked their first major event at The Bahamas trials

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Back To School Retail Spree
Back To School Retail Spree (Aug 26) Despite the downturn in the economy, many retail stores catering to back to school supplies said sales are going extremely well.

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Stirke Ends At Morton's
Stirke Ends At Morton's (Aug 26) The Ministry of Labour and Social Development announced Monday evening that the strike action at the Morton Salt Company at Inagua has ended.

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Secret PLP Report Revealed
Secret PLP Report Revealed (Aug 25) A survey quietly commissioned by the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party, in the wake of a disappointing loss at the polls on May 2, 2007, reveals that 57 percent of respondents cited former Prime Minister Perry Christie's perceived 'weak leadership' as the reason they decided not to vote PLP.

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Medals per capita goes to the Bahamas
Medals per capita goes to the Bahamas (Aug 25) Just as England once lived under the Tudor, China once lived under the Ming and the American League East once lived under the Torre, we earthlings live under a dynasty these days.

It’s a benevolent dynasty, the Bahamas dynasty -- they do let us come visit their islands and serve us drinks with tiny umbrellas sticking out of them -- until it comes to the quadrennial test known as the Olympics, when they fluster the rest of us again.

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New RBDF Marines Charged with Safeguarding National Security
New RBDF Marines Charged with Safeguarding National Security (Aug 25) The new recruits of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were charged with protecting the country; particularly at sea, from illicit activities that threaten national security.


Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of National Security the Hon. Brent Symonette delivered the message as he addressed the Graduation Ceremony for New Entry 45 at the HMBS Coral Harbour this weekend.

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Axed Workers To Take Legal Action
(Aug 25) Labour attorney Obie Ferguson on Sunday claimed that employees who were recently terminated from a Baha Mar owned hotel on Cable Beach have been "grossly under-compensated".

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