Eric Linton Sticks Symonette? Memorial Service

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Earl sticks to forecast path

9am - Hurricane Earl continues to head toward the west-northwest with little change in strength and is expected to pass just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands later tonight and early Wednesday morning.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Inagua, Mayaguana, Crooked Island and Acklins.
A Tropical Storm Warning mea...

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D'Aguilar: Disney would stick with Bahamas if Lighthouse Point deal fails

Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D'Aguilar said the government is not concerned that Disney would cancel The Bahamas as a port of call if it loses out on its bid to purchase and develop Lighthouse Point. "I don't think they have another option right [...]
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Short end of the stick

After receiving drip-drops of information, Bahamians expect to get a full reporting on the government's seriously risky purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort in Freeport when the House of Assembly meets today, but no one should be surprised if they still have questions after Prime [...]
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BNT sticks to position that it won't support Oban project

Despite the government's announcement that it will produce an amended heads of agreement for the controversial Oban Energies project in Grand Bahama, Bahamas National Trust (BNT) Executive Director Eric Carey said yesterday the BNT's position remains the same: It will not support the project. "Our [...]
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The carrot or the stick

I'm sure that most people have heard the expression used again and again when talking about getting someone to do something which they're quite reluctant to do, saying do we use the carrot or the stick? This expression came into being obviously when trying to [...]
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Short end of the stick

Early last year, we revealed in this space that a company owned partially by former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Minister Darrell Rolle, which received a contract for the female dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI, was incorporated on April 30, 2013, just in time to land a BAMSI contract.
Dr. Andre Rollins, at the time MP for Fort Charlotte, questioned what ...

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Former PM sticks to theft claim

Following up his claim that $860,700 was stolen from the Ministry of Finance, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham suggested last night at an FNM rally in South Abaco that the Ministry of Finance's admission of a "discrepancy" with an unspecified over-payment being made to a vendor, is loose wording for "tiefing".
While making his first address on the 2017 campaign trail in North Abaco on Monday ...

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Roberts tells Duncombe stick to religion

After leader of the Gatekeepers Pastor Jeremiah Duncombe confirmed that his group was in talks with Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner with a view to forming a coalition, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts suggested Duncombe "stick to religion" rather than venturing into politics.
"Pastor Duncombe needs to stick with what he knows best and that is religion," Rob...

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Road traffic runs out of stickers in Freeport

AFTER running short of inspection stickers and decals in Freeport, Acting Deputy Controller of the Road Traffic Department Ken Ferguson revealed that a new digital system will soon be implemented in Grand Bahama to prevent such issues...

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