Some voters registered twice

Officials have found that some people have registered to vote for the approaching general election more than once, Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall revealed yesterday.
"We have noticed that people have been registered twice, so we have to delete their cards," said Hall at the Parliamentary Registration Department on Farrington Road.
"They were registered at one station today; tomorrow with ...

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Minnis' voter claims 'untrue'

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis claimed at a rally on Cat Island on Friday night that the computer system crashed at the Parliamentary Registration Department and erased the names of registered voters, but Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall said yesterday there is no truth to this.
Minnis made the claim while insisting the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is trying to "st...

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Po-Shen Loh presents a better way to do mathematics

Hundreds of students representing schools all over New Providence gathered at the Melia Nassau Beach resort on Friday to hear well-known mathematician Po-Shen Loh, who addressed the students, teachers and representatives from the Ministry of Education on a website that he is designing to make mathematics more approachable for students at all levels.
The event was sponsored by Templeton World Chari...

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The Bahamian political ostrich

Dear Editor,
"Any fool can turn a blind eye, but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand."
"In the land of the ostriches, the blind are king. When politicians bury their head in the sand, ignorance rules the country."
Regardless of the results of the 2012 general election the Free National Movement was a strong party, but the people were tired of its disrespect.
The present political climate i...

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'Govt pushing gay agenda'

Marco City MP Gregory Moss and his party, the United People's Movement (UPM), are accusing the Christie administration of pushing 'the gay agenda', months after the majority of people who voted in the gender equality referendum voted against several questions, including one that would have made it unconstitutional to discriminate against someone based on sex.
The party condemned the affirmative vo...

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'UN vote consistent with Christian values'

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said The Bahamas' vote at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last week was consistent with Christian values after several pastors urged Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell to direct the country's UN representative to vote against a resolution to appoint an independent expert (IE) on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation ...

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Plaintiffs demand computers in Ginn Sur Mer case

Attorneys representing investors in the former Ginn Sur Mer development are fighting to secure information on computers that they claim will reveal a conspiracy that brought down the $4.9 billion mega resort.
Credit Suisse, accused of imposing "predatory lending practices" on the original stakeholders at Ginn Sur Mer, is also implicated in the downfall of three other luxury resort projects in the ...

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Fitzgerald files appeal over parliamentary privilege ruling

THE battle over parliamentary privilege is now before the Court of Appeal as Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald has filed his appeal to have the landmark ruling and fine ordered by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles overturned.

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