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Review

Why's Ragged rebuild so slow

THE situation in Ragged Island remains ?absolutely critical,? Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper charged yesterday, as he slammed the Minnis administration for its ?slow? progress in his constituency months after Hurricane Irma decimated the island...

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Save The Bays applauds Ragged Island Green Rebuild Plan 'Most Progressive Measure in Region to Prepare for Climate Change', Seeks Progress Report

Outspoken environmental advocacy and education organization Save The Bays today redoubled its support for the government?s plan to rebuild storm-ravaged Ragged Island with sustainable design and renewable energy sources, creating the first fully green island in the region...

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Negotiation and consultation right way forward to resolve South China Sea Issue

The international community has become increasingly concerned about the South China Sea dispute, in particular the South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Republic of the Philippines, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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Debate on Gaming Bill expected in January

Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday the government hopes to begin debate on the Gaming Bill in January...

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MJF (Make Jesus Famous) magazine launched

MJF (Make Jesus Famous) magazine, the newest Christian magazine in the country is now on newsstands...

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13-year-old case put off

The trial of two court employees accused of stealing from the government was unable to proceed yesterday because of a scheduling conflict with a lawyer's calendar.

Carla Anderson and Laverne Butler are accused of falsifying a receipt to show that a defendant had paid a $200 fine back in 2000...

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Appeal court suggests Penal Code amendment should be reconsidered

The Court of Appeal has suggested that the government reconsider an amendment to the Penal Code which purports to define a life sentence.

The appellate court highlighted problems created by the 2011 amendment that was designed to remove the uncertainty of a life sentence by defining it as the remainder of an offender's life, in the case of Angelo Poitier, who was sentenced to life for the Octob...

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Greene disappointed at commission's decision

Human rights activist Erin Greene said yesterday she was disappointed that the Constitutional Commission did not recommend to the government that discrimination based on sexual orientation be declared unconstitutional.

The commission instead noted that minority groups can be protected through ordinary legislation...

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DNA expert reports on findings in murder case

The DNA of Marco Archer was found on a T-shirt cutting that also contained the DNA of Kofhe Goodman, the man on trial for his murder, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

Goodman, who is also known as Edwardo Ferguson, is accused of the murder of 11-year-old Marco, who went missing on September 23, 2011. Police found his suspected remains in bushes behind Goodman's home on September 28...

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