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March 07, 2023
Department of Immigration - Press Statement

On Friday (3rd March 2023) routine patrols and surveillance resulted in the discovery of a vessel carrying unlawful entrants from the Republic of Haiti off the remote western coast of Andros.

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March 06, 2023
127 Haitian immigrants apprehended in Andros

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A team from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Department of Immigration apprehended 127 Haitian immigrants following an illegal landing on the western coast of Andros. In a statement, the Department of Immigration advised that routine patrols and surveillance discovered a vessel carrying unlawful entrants from the Republic of Haiti off [...]

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Hometown heroes
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March 03, 2023
Hometown heroes

A. Charlene Gibson is described as a person who prides herself on having a direct and professional approach, but still retains an open-minded easy-going side. It was for this that she was nominated for a Baha Mar Hometown Hero award – in the area of community – and won. Gibson, the business manager at the Children's Emergency Hostel, was one of a number of winners.

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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
Bain and group attempt to tear down shantytown

Police had to intervene to prevent a group from demolishing homes in a shantytown on Bacardi Road on Saturday. Coalition of Independents Leader Lincoln Bain and a group of his supporters threatened to tear down the homes on behalf of the property owner, telling dozens of residents they had "15 minutes to gather their belongings". ...
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February 24, 2023
Cocaine Seized From A Grenada-flagged Vessel

GUADELOUPE - 435 kilograms of cocaine was seized from a Grenadian registered coastal vessel northwest of Guadeloupe during an air-sea surveillance patrol.
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February 24, 2023
'PM changes tone to suit his audience'

Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Clint Watson defended the prime minister's change in tone on how his government intends to deal with residents living in shantytowns, saying the prime minister is "eloquent and smart enough" to know which tone to present based on his audience. On Sunday, during a national address, ...
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February 22, 2023
Health And Wellness Ministry Refutes Alarmist Message Regarding An Increase In Illness Affecting Children And Insufficient Medication

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is refuting a voice note message issued by the Opposition Chairman Dr. Duane Sands which seeks to suggest that there is an alarming increase in the number of upper respiratory and gastroenteritis infections across the country, the majority of which are occurring in children.

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February 22, 2023
Prime Minister Philip Davis - Resolution on a Select Committee on Immigration

Madam Speaker,

As I believe everyone in this House is aware, the security situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, and as misery and fear rise there, the effects are felt here, with more and more Haitians fleeing the instability.

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February 22, 2023
Ministry of Health refutes claim from Sands of surge in respiratory illnesses

The Ministry of Health and Wellness said yesterday that a claim by Free National Movement Chairman Dr. Duane Sands, a former minister of health, that there is a surge in respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses among children and adults is false. "For the purposes of clarification, the ministry wishes to advise that the National Disease Surveillance ...
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