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March 01, 2024
'POLICE WHO BEAT ME MUST BE INVESTIGATED': Man calls for officers to be held to account after trial thrown out

A MAN whose armed robbery trial was thrown out after a judge refused to accept the prosecution's evidence of his confession, wants the officers who allegedly tortured him to be investigated and held accountable, saying it is not enough that the charges against him were dropped.

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December 06, 2023
Accounts of Sexual Violence In Hamas Attack Mount

ISRAEL - Israeli police say they are investigating possible sexual crimes by some of the few hundred people they have arrested after the Hamas attack on October 7th.

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May 29, 2011
Financial duties in public high schools to be transferred to accounting professionals

THE government is implementing recommendations from an internal audit of public high schools to transfer all financial responsibilities inside the schools to accounting professionals. In the new budget announcement last week, the government included provisions to appoint about 20 bursars to the new post at public high schools, according to Tribune sources.

"The financial burden that was placed ...

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January 29, 2011
Think twice before you upgrade your BTC account

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company won?t tell you this ? they didn?t tell me ? but there is a penalty for downgrading from one package to another.

This is not a $5 or $10 fee; it?s 50% of the plan you are downgrading from plus the cost of the package you are downgrading to. In my case, that meant $60 - 50% of 59.99 + $29.99.

So if you were thinking of being adventurous you might wanna ...

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March 28, 2024
A Chilling Account: Don Saunders Murdered

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – An elderly Gambier Village resident gave his chilling account of the murder of former politician Don Saunders who was gunned down Wednesday night outside of a business establishment. The resident said he heard gunfire erupt late last night and reportedly saw the alleged gunmen as they made their escape in what [...]

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February 08, 2024
CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS: Pirates Cove officals say surveillance footage conflicts with alleged victim's account

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Officials at Pirates Cove say surveillance footage from their property, where two American women alleged that they were raped, conflicts with the alleged victim's account of the incident. Property management said, in a statement released February 7, 2024, "Upon further review of the surveillance videos, the allegations made on site, and in subsequent [...]

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July 18, 2023
Financial and accounting officers promotional  exercise nearing completion, minister says

The financial and accounting officers promotional exercise is nearing completion, as 84 percent of submitted promotion requests have been processed and completed, according to a statement sent by Minister of State for Public Service Pia Glover-Rolle yesterday.

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March 08, 2023
Justice rules RBC excessive in freezing organization's bank accounts

A Supreme Court judge has ruled that a local commercial bank restricted a women's rights advocacy organization for an inordinate and excessive length, when it froze that organization's bank accounts for four months in 2016.

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February 22, 2023
WHY THE NO-SHOW AT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE? Pintard wants answers as Attorney General advises PS to stay away

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard is "concerned" that Permanent Secretary Luther Smith was a "no show" before the Public Accounts Committee yesterday.

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January 17, 2023
Bahamas shares accounts of pandemic maternal care in Global OB-GYN Newsletter: COVIDhighlighted the need for durable infrastructure

In the latest issue of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Global OB-GYN Newsletter, obstetricians and midwives from several countries, including The Bahamas, shared their stories of caring for pregnant women during the pandemic.

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