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For one Gambier family, every day a struggle to survive
In Gambier Village, a narrow alleyway - flanked on either side by houses and rendered invisible from the roadside - leads to a dilapidated one-room building that has been serving as a home to Pachino Thurston, Shauna Elliott and their five children. Some of the building's four windows are missing panes, and rats have chewed ...
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Fishermen concerned about future
Fishermen concerned about future
FREEPORT - Fishermen in Sweeting’s Cay, Grand Bahama say bad weather and low demand for seafood are threatening their livelihoods.
Township chairman Doral Pyfrom described to The Freeport News the plight faced by many of the cay’s residents who have been fishermen for most of their lives.
“This is a fishing village and the men depend on fishing. The weather hasn’t been too ...
Mass Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Mass Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Fellow Bahamians, Fellow FNMs:
There are more of us than there are of them!
We are meeting at the beginning of the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of our great Free National Movement.
'Bid reduction' in food imports
'Bid reduction' in food imports
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
Expecting a "tremendous reduction" to have been achieved in the Bahamas' food import bill in the past year due to increases in the farming of fruits and vegetables, the Minister of Agriculture yesterday said he hopes this nation will become an exporter of onions in 2011.
"Based on what we have seen from the packing houses, the produce exc...
Govt moves to clamp down on unauthorised signs
Govt moves to clamp down on unauthorised signs
THE government has called for the removal of all unauthorised signs and billboards erected on roadsides and roundabouts by the end of the year...
Pair arrested for breaking Saturday night curfew
Pair arrested for breaking Saturday night curfew
NEW Providence police arrested two men for breaching the 10pm curfew on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after midnight, officers from the Operations Unit while patrolling Claridge Road noticed a black vehicle being driven. The officers' suspicion ...
39It made me feel like a criminal even though I39m trying to do right . . . to stay out of harm39s way and to help my family39
GOOD Samaritans raised $700 to pay court fines for a teenager who was arraigned earlier this week and convicted for selling coconuts roadside without a business licence and in violation of the 24-hour curfew.
Prime Minister announces three new cases of COVID-19 and plans to extend state of emergency for eight days
Prime Minister announces three new cases of COVID-19 and plans to extend state of emergency for eight days
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis today in a live update on COVID-19 announced three more confirmed cases of the virus and plans to extend the state of emergency until 8 April...
Hudson Estates residents happy to see debris being removed
RESIDENTS of Hudson Estates are relieved and happy about the removal of debris piles in that private subdivision, which is beginning to see some sort normalcy two months after Hurricane Dorian. Damaged items which once lined the roadside have been h
Prime Minister Minnis Provides update on Abaco Recovery
The first batch of 100 RV trailers that will be used to house 300 critical government personnel are on the way to Abaco as part of the effort to rebuild devastated communities following Hurricane Dorian...