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February 15, 2018
House passes vote of confidence in speaker

After amending a motion tabled by the opposition seeking a no confidence vote in the speaker, government MPs yesterday passed a vote of confidence in House Speaker Halson Moultrie. The vote was taken before the speaker took the chair and apologized for his "hurtful" remarks [...]

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February 27, 2018
Pastors to vote on marital rape issue

Having reviewed the latest draft of the amended Sexual Offences Act, members of the Bahamas Christian Council will vote today on what position to take as a body on the proposed legislation that seeks to criminalize marital rape in The Bahamas. Attorney General Carl Bethel [...]

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March 16, 2018
Members of BPSU executive team seek vote of no confidence in president

A SHOWDOWN is brewing at the Bahamas Public Services Union that has put the job of President Kimsley Ferguson under threat.

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March 21, 2018
Bostwick to lead observers at Antigua and Barbuda vote

FORMER Foreign Minister and Attorney-General of The Bahamas, Janet Bostwick will lead a Commonwealth Observer Group to monitor the Antigua and Barbuda general election today.

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March 29, 2018
Pastor Leonard Johnson voted in as IAD executive secretary along with new president

Pastor Leonard Johnson has added another title to his resume. He was voted in as executive secretary for the Inter-America Division, and is now the associate ministerial secretary. Hours after IAD President Pastor Israel Leito announced his retirement, executive committee members voted to recommend Dr. [...]

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April 06, 2018
Bahamas Nurses Union firm on strike vote plan

The Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) hopes to apply to the Department of Labour for permission to hold a strike vote, BNU President Amancha Williams said yesterday. The union is threatening industrial action over a dispute with the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) regarding a shift system, [...]

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April 13, 2018
Nurses Union intends to proceed with strike vote

DESPITE filing a formal trade dispute with the Department of Labour, the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) intends to proceed with holding a strike vote.

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April 20, 2018
Prince Charles voted in to lead the Commonwealth, succeeding the Queen

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) wrapped up days of high-level intense sessions and agreed that His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, 69, succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth of Nations...

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April 20, 2018
Prince Charles voted in to lead the Commonwealth, succeeding the Queen

LONDON, England -- The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) wrapped up days of high-level intense sessions and agreed that His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, 69, succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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April 21, 2018
Prince Charles voted in to lead the Commonwealth, succeeding the Queen

LONDON, England — The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) wrapped up days of high-level, intense sessions and agreed that His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, 69, succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth of Nations. During the [...]

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