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Going . . . going . . . gone: Controlled sinking of HMBS Yellow Elder (video)
HER Majesty's Bahamian Ship Yellow Elder was sunk as a "dive wreck" yesterday by Stuart's Cove Dive Bahamas, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force said.The vessel will be used as an artificial reef site for visitors.Commissioned on November 20,1986, HMBS Y
33 Chinese dead in boat sinking off Thai island, 23 missing
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) -- Thai authorities on Friday evening suspended the search for missing tourists who were on a boat that sank during a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket, as the death toll rose to 33, all of them Chinese nationals. The [...]
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Divers hunt for 4 after Missouri duck boat sinks, killing 13
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- Divers are searching Friday for four people still missing after a duck boat packed with tourists capsized in high winds on a southwest Missouri lake, killing at least 13 people. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace said 14 people survived, [...]
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M Davis Joins in Observance of the Anniversary of the Sinking of HMBS Flamingo
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis said, on May 10, 2023, that the tragedy of May 10, 1980, reinforced the importance of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), illustrating why the late Sir Lynden Pindling was so adamant to establish such an agency to defend the territorial sovereignty of The Bahamas.
Remembering the sinking of the HMBS Flamingo
Remembering the sinking of the HMBS Flamingo
FLAGS will be flown at half-mast today across The Bahamas in tribute to the HMBS Flamingo.
Govt pursuing its objectives even while the ship sinks
Dear Editor,
One of the reasons this nation flounders in third world status with a burgeoning national debt and so many government projects failing to fulfill their potential is that too many of these projects are on a manifesto checklist.
Search called off as four more bodies found after boat sinks
THE Coast Guard said yesterday that it had found four additional bodies in its search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off Florida but would suspend its rescue operations at sunset if it doesn't receive any new information.
Art depicting Flamingo sinking wins UK award
Art depicting Flamingo sinking wins UK award
KISHAN Munroe, the acclaimed Bahamian visual artist and the youngest artist to mount a solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, is the winner of this year's prestigious Bridget Jones Award for Caribbean Studies for his multi-disciplinary artistic work, "Swan Song of the Flamingo".
Call for govt probe after barge sinks
Call for govt probe after barge sinks
LOCAL environmentalists are calling for government to launch investigations into a sunken barge that was spotted off Goodman's Bay last week, citing concerns about its potential environmental impact.
Rising oil prices could sink Bahamas recovery
Rising oil prices could sink Bahamas recovery
Businesses should begin to "plan for the inevitable", with conditions coming together to create a "perfect storm" of high oil prices that could threaten a Bahamian economic recovery in 2011-2012, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce's president warned yesterday.
"We are going right back to where we were at the beginning of the crisis. People forget that of all the influences in the start of the rece...