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March 21, 2023
NO INQUESTS IN 74 POLICE SHOOTINGS: Human rights report highlights absence of Coroner's probes

THE latest US report on human rights in The Bahamas reveals that 74 police-involved shooting deaths are awaiting inquests at the Coroner's Court.

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March 14, 2023
BUT president says Abaco school 'needs special attention'

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson said a "band-aid" approach will not settle the "myriad" of problems at Patrick J Bethel High School, saying the union is very concerned about the ongoing school violence.

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March 13, 2023
Gas retailers plea for govt change of heart

THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association is pleading with  government to reconsider its position on not granting retailers a margin increase, calling on Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis to have a "change of heart".

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March 08, 2023
Pintard appeals for loyalty as Minnis speaks in Garden Hills

Battle lines appeared to have been drawn in the Free National Movement (FNM) last night as party leader Michael Pintard and former leader Dr. Hubert Minnis had what some viewed as a direct confrontation against each other, but at separate locations. 

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March 06, 2023
Pintard urges PM to own deficit mistake

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis should issue an "unfettered" apology to the public for presenting the wrong deficit figure in Parliament and "own" the mistake.

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March 03, 2023
Bell says employers should go to court on third violation

Minister of Immigration Keith Bell is pushing for a three-strikes immigration law which would empower the director of immigration to fine violators for the first two breaches before that individual is taken to court and charged if there is a third violation.

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February 28, 2023
CARICOM delegation heads to Haiti

A CARICOM delegation, consisting of representatives from The Bahamas and other countries in the region, left for Haiti yesterday to meet with politicians and other officials there to discuss security issues facing the crisis-torn nation.

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February 27, 2023
George Smith: PM did not deliberately mislead

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday came to the defence of Prime Minister Phillip Davis for comments he made last week about the 1972 constitutional conference, saying he did not believe that Mr Davis would deliberately seek to mislead Parliament.

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February 27, 2023
Bain and supporters try to demolish shanty homes

LINCOLN Bain and several of his supporters were stopped by police on Saturday when they went to a shanty town off Bacardi Road and tried to tear down illegal structures in the unregulated community.

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February 27, 2023
'Enough is enough' say gas dealers

THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association said to "stay tuned" as fuel retailers await government addressing a long-waited margin increase, saying the industry feels "enough is enough".

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