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March 10, 2014
Authorities quiet on visa probe

Head of the Central Detective Unit Superintendent Paul Rolle yesterday indicated that he did not have all the details on a police investigation into the granting of visas to non-Bahamians...

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February 12, 2014
Davis quiet on bidders for BEC

WORKS Minister Philip Davis remained tight-lipped yesterday over how many bidders were vying for each of the two contracts expected to reform BEC operations and reduce the cost of electricity...

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January 22, 2014
A reset of the Quiet Revolution: Towards a new path

We have just marked (and for some, celebrated) the first national Majority Rule Day. Due to the lackluster treatment of the holiday, the significance of the journey to 1967 and the bravery of the faces of the Quiet Revolution must be understood and shared so as to gain a national understanding of why we should pause and reflect on that path in our nation's struggle.
Much can be said about the succ...

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November 19, 2013
Nottage quiet on reports of 12-hour shifts ending

Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage would not confirm or deny yesterday if police officers have been taken off 12-hour shifts.
Although there are reports that the extended shifts have been brought to an end, Nottage would not answer directly when asked about this yesterday.
He said he does not "prescribe exactly how police are deployed" but added that the Royal Bahamas Police Force (...

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November 15, 2013
Quieter first quarter blamed for brewery's profit fall

Kalik and Heineken brewer, Commonwealth Brewery Limited, saw a seven percent profit drop for the nine months ending September 2013, a fall it has attributed primarily to lower sales in its first quarter and higher marketing expenses.
The net income fall, to $13,425,689 for the nine months ending September 2013, compared with $14,421,275 for the same period in 2012, came even as the beer maker boos...

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November 09, 2013
Minnis quiet on Gaming Bill

The Free National Movement (FNM) has made its decision on whether to support the controversial Gaming Bill, but it is not yet prepared to make it known, Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said.
However, both Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn and Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said the party is not prepared to support the bill in its current form.
"I'm not supporting this bill," Butler-Turner to...

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November 05, 2013
Customs union quiet as deadline on govt passes

Despite giving the government a deadline of November 1 to resolve concerns regarding medical coverage for its members, the Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) has to date taken no action...

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May 27, 2013
RBPF reports a quiet night with no matters to report

THE R.B.P.F ENCOURAGES EVERY CITIZEN: To work together and

RECLAIM
OUR BAHAMAS...

 Encourage your family and friends to be outstanding
citizens by resolving conflicts through communication and not by acts of
violence, reporting criminal activities and abiding by all laws...

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February 28, 2013
Even a Quiet Giant Leaves Footsteps: In memory of T. Baswell Donaldson, C.B.E.

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a poem by Bahamian poet, Obediah Smith:

T. Baswell

Donaldson is dead,

his signature is affixed to my Fisk University certificate

he was chairman of the Board

he, like W. E. B. Du Bois, as well as John Hope Franklin

as well as Nikki Giovanni, were as well Fisk graduates

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February 27, 2013
Even a Quiet Giant Leaves Footsteps: In memory of T. Baswell Donaldson, C.B.E.

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a poem by Bahamian poet, Obediah Smith:

T. Baswell

Donaldson is dead,

his signature is affixed to my Fisk University certificate

he was chairman of the Board

he, like W. E. B. Du Bois, as well as John Hope Franklin

as well as Nikki Giovanni, were as well Fisk graduates

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