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September 20, 2010
Teachers union elections today

By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE
Guardian Senior Reporter
kdl@nasguard.com

School violence and security, a lack of health insurance, accountability and leadership are among some key issues teachers would like to have addressed by the new slate of officers who will be elected today to head the Bahamas Union of Teachers for the next three years.
Some 4,000 teachers throughout the country are expected to partici...

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March 18, 2024
Putin Wins Russia Election in Landslide

RUSSIA - Vladimir Putin secured an unprecedented fifth term as Russia's President Monday, amidst tight restrictions on opposition and free speech.

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March 18, 2024
Trump Predicts End of U.S. Democracy if He Loses Election

DAYTON, OHIO - At a rally in Dayton, Ohio, former U.S. President Donald Trump launched scathing remarks against President Joe Biden, accusing him of political prosecutions.

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March 01, 2024
FNM Chairman Reacts: $100k Spent for Pre-By-Election Travel

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Office of the Prime Minister revealed a one-hundred thousand dollar payment to cover the cost of the Prime Minister's travel to West Grand Bahama and Bimini following the passing of former MP Obie Wilchcombe last year.

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March 01, 2024
'Investigate $100k travel expense at by-election'

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the Davis administration misused public funds when $100,000 was spent to cover travel for Family Island trips that included events encouraging people to vote for the Progressive Liberal Party's candidate in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election.

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February 29, 2024
Caribbean leaders say Haitian prime minister agrees to hold long-awaited elections by mid-2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders said late Wednesday that embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to hold general elections by mid-2025 as the international community pushes to raise money for a foreign armed force to fight gang violenc there.

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January 16, 2024
Decision Made to Certify BPSU Election Results

On Friday, 12 January 2024, in a letter addressed to the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU), I communicated the decision to certify the results of the BPSU election held on 27 September 2023.

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January 16, 2024
Pia Glover-Rolle certifies BPSU election overturning registrar's decision not to

PUBLIC Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle has certified the September results of a Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) election, overturning the decision of the registrar of trade unions, who declined to certify the results because of alleged irregularities in the voting process.

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January 16, 2024
Guyana: Date Set For Trial In Elections Fraud Case

GUYANA - A high-profile elections fraud trial in Guyana now set to begin on March 4, involving former Government Minister Volda Lawrence and others.

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January 16, 2024
IT'S OFFICIAL: BPSU President Kimsley Ferguson addresses certification of union's election results

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- President of the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) Kimsley Ferguson, while commenting on a recent decision made by the Ministry of Labour & Public Service to certify the union's election results, indicated that he remained confident that his "Workers Team," had done enough groundwork to win a clean election and had no [...]

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