Man pleads guilty to stealing schoolgirl's bag and belt, ordered to pay $500 fine

A MAN was fined $500 yesterday after admitting to stealing a schoolgirl's bag and belt on Marathon Road earlier this week.

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One year under his belt

Prioritize effectively is the advice from National Merit Scholar Christopher Knowles to Bahamians commencing their freshman year at college/university. He says with all the newfound freedom they will encounter, that it is hard at first to set a laid-out schedule.

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Honda Recalling 500,000 Vehicles Over Seat Belts

USA - Half a million Honda vehicles are being recalled in the United States and Canada for faulty seat belts.

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Munnings, Warhawks?advance in Sun Belt Tournament

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Jointly advance Belt and Road cooperation and share development opportunities

The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation just concluded in Beijing. Nearly 5,000 foreign guests from over 150 countries and more than 90 international organizations attended the forum. The theme of the forum was, Belt and Road Cooperation, Shaping a Brighter Shared Future. [...]
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Battle of the Legends one-point black belt tournament a success

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Safety belts and texting warning after traffic deaths

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said the recent trend in traffic fatalities has raised public health concerns regarding how drivers practice road safety.His comments came hours after a motorcyclist in New Providence died in a traffic accident on Tuesday...

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Belt beating girl taken into care

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Belt 39did not have?DNA on it39

WHILE the belt found wrapped around pregnant schoolteacher Marisha Bowen's neck two years ago had blood on it and was "frayed", it did not have any traces of the DNA belonging to the man accused of killing her. Detective Sergeant Nathanial Lloyd, at

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The needed belt-tightening

During the last budget debate the government announced it had to borrow $722 million to cover the shortfall from the last fiscal year, along with what's projected for this one. That's a lot of money for a small country such as The Bahamas. With a debt-to-GDP ratio in the 70-percent range, we are quickly using up the last bit of debt headroom before we face serious problems.
Government spending nee...

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