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PRETTY IN PINK RAISES $17,000 FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS
Pretty In Pink raised $17,000 for the Cancer Society of The Bahamas during its 11th Annual event held at John Bull’s flagship store, Bay Street.
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AG FACES BACKLASH OVER BID TO CUT PARALYSED MAN’S AWARD
ATTORNEY General Wayne Munroe is facing a wave of backlash over plans to reduce the compensation awarded to a man left permanently paralysed by a police bullet.
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FREEPORT: NOW IS TIME FOR CHANGE
PRIME Minister Philip Davis declared last night that the present way of governing Freeport will come to an end, branding the 71-year-old Hawksbill Creek Agreement colonial.
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REALTOR CALLS FOR SCHOOL ON PARADISE ISLAND
A LONGTIME Paradise Island resident and real estate professional is calling for the establishment of a school on the island, arguing that the absence limits its potential as a year-round residential community.
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JUDGE UPHOLDS $500K IN GIFTS EXECUTORS REFUSED TO PAY
TWO men in charge of the estate of Mary Carolyn Papai, were wrong to treat $500,000 she left to a church and four other organisations as void, a Supreme Court judge has ruled.
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‘NO DISAGREEMENT IS WORTH A HUMAN LIFE’
THE brother of a 36-year-old man shot dead during an argument over a debt says the killing has left four young children without their father, and that no disagreement is worth a human life.
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BRIDGE REPAIRS DELAYED AS BUSINESSES SUFFER
A CENTRAL Andros businesswoman says the closure of the Fresh Creek Bridge forced her to shut down her business last month, and she now spends her days waiting for any work that comes her way.
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FNM TRY TO PLOT RETURN FROM ELECTION LANDSLIDE
THE Free National Movement will hold its long-delayed inquest into its crushing election defeat behind closed doors this weekend.
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MALL’S PEAK HOURS DISRUPTED BY ‘AGGRESSIVE’ IMMIGRATION EXERCISE
THE BAHAMAS’ largest retail mall yesterday asserted “there has to be a better way” after shopping was disrupted by Immigration enforcement actions branded “very aggressive” and heavy-handed.
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NURSE TRANSPORTS PATIENT IN JEEP AMID AMBULANCE SHORTAGE
A NURSE has been filmed sitting in the back of a jeep with her legs stretched over a patient in Mangrove Cay, an island that nurses say has been without a working ambulance for more than a decade.
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WOMEN’S ADVOCATES DEMAND OVER HAUL OF POLICE HANDLING OF ABUSE CASES
A WOMEN’S rights advocate has called for a complete overhaul of the system after a young mother said officers at East Street South Police Station refused to take her complaint.
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‘THEY JUST LET HIM LAY AND DIE’
A FATHER whose family claim a Princess Margaret Hospital surgeon admitted damaging a vein during an operation, has died, just days after an air ambulance company offered to fly him to Florida for treatment free of charge.
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PROBE LAUNCHED AFTER POLICE STATION 'IGNORED' MOM'S ABUSE COMPLAINT
THE RBPF has launched an investigation after a mother accused officers at East Street South Police Station of refusing her complaint that she was beaten by her son’s father and his aunt.
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MAN CHARGED IN TEEN’S MURDER GUNNED DOWN IN PINEWOOD
THE man accused of killing 16-year-old Davinique Gray, who was shot while charging her phone in 2024, was himself gunned down outside his Pinewood Gardens home on Friday.
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PHA APPEALS BABY DEATH RULING DESPITE PLEDGE NOT TO CHALLENGE
THE PHA is appealing a Supreme Court ruling that found PMH negligent in the death of a newborn girl, two months after the managing director stated the decision would not be challenged.
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GARDINER: I WANT MY $30,000 BACK
Jonathan Eric Gardiner has asked a US federal court to order the return of $30,000 seized during his arrest, including cash in an envelope marked with the name of a high-ranking Bahamian politician.
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TAXI UNION DEMANDS $5 FARE HIKE AMID RISING FUEL COSTS
THE Bahamas Taxi Cab Union is seeking another meeting with Prime Minister Davis over unresolved grievances, including demands for an increase of at least $5 on most taxi fares amid rising fuel costs.
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PINTARD SLAMS GOVT OVER HOSPITAL SHORTAGES AMID $39M SURPLUS
FNM Leader Michael Pintard has accused the government of celebrating a nearly $40m fiscal surplus while patients allegedly die from shortages of essential supplies at public hospitals.
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SENIOR CITIZENS’ HOME OWED OVER $200,000
“They let the bill run up,” Ms Moxey said. “And if the person happens to pass away they say ‘oh after the funeral I’ll sort you out.” She added but “you’ll never hear from them again.”
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RASTAFARI GROUP PLANS PROTEST DURING KING CHARLES’ VISIT
A Rastafari group plans to rally during King Charles III’s visit to The Bahamas, calling for reparations and a formal apology concerning injustices against people of African descent.
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