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February 22, 2016
Memorial service today for 'Bud' Pritchard

A MEMORIAL service will be held for Sigmund "Bud" Pritchard at 6pm today at St Andrew's Presyterian Kirk. Mr Pritchard died at his home in Nassau on Thursday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's.

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February 19, 2016
Firearm Offenses: Nearly 20 arrested in 24 hours

NEARLY 20 people have been arrested over a number of firearm related offences in the Bahamas in the last 24 hours, police said on Friday.

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January 08, 2016
Turnquest: No confidence in new crime plan

Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday that he has no confidence in Prime Minister Perry Christie's new crime plan.

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January 04, 2016
Curbing gun violence in 2016

The story of 2015 has been written and the ink has now dried on the pages of history that recorded the events of a year of challenges.

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November 18, 2015
Downtown merchant applauds Global Blue implementation

Despite a "very challenging" implementation process, a Bay Street merchant yesterday applauded international tax refund system operator Global Blue for its handling of the government's value-added tax (VAT) free shopping system online.

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November 08, 2015
Secret NHI report revealed

Implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) as it is currently proposed has the potential to "seriously destabilize" both the public and private sectors of the health care system, risking the successes of NHI, a report completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has warned.

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September 22, 2015
Smoking and the danger to your feet

Smoking cigarettes has long been known to have detrimental health effects on the body, contributing to problems such as heart disease and lung cancer.

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September 09, 2015
Bostwick: 5M drone investment to protect border

There are no plans on the table to amend the country's value-added tax (VAT) legislation, Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis yesterday stated.

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September 09, 2015
No changes planned for VAT, Halkitis says

There are no plans on the table to amend the country's value-added tax (VAT) legislation, Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis yesterday stated.

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July 28, 2015
Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality Mobilizes to Improve Labeling of Goods and Products

As the Minister of Financial Services with responsibility for the recently established Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality, Minister of Financial Services the Hon. Hope Strachan announced that the Bureau?s work will begin on improvement of labeling of goods and products...

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