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Read storyOn August 30 this year, The Bahamas will host the Miss Universe Pageant, which attracts millions of viewers.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said the event would expose the country to "a larger global audience that at any time in the history of The Bahamas”.
Atlantis will be the primary venue for the show but the Prime Minister said the entire nation would receive exposure as contestants will tour the family islands before the final show.
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Read storyDespite the liquidation of the CLICO (Bahamas) insurance company, policy holders should keep paying their premiums, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham told the House of Assembly yesterday.
He said if the company is bought, the buyer will only take policies that are up to date. Those that are not up to date will be dealt with "somewhere down the line in the liquidation process".
Four Bahamian insurance companies have expressed interest in buying CLICO - Atlantic Medical, British American, Colina Imperial and Family Guardian.
In his speech, Ingraham outlined some of the mistakes that led to the government's decision to liquidate CLICO, including CLICO's decision to lend $73.6 million to a Florida real estate company that ultimately compromised its financial integrity.
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Read storyABACO: The Bahamas' second television station was launched over the weekend.
The Bahamas Christian Network was opened in Abaco by Pastor Silbert Mills and his wife Dolly.
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Read storyLocal animal activist Jane Mather has been threatened over her campaign to stop the catching of sea turtles.
She has received several calls during the last week including one that said "We know where you live".
Mather said while unnerving, it is not the first time she has been threatened.
She and her husband are tightening their home security and police are investigating.
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Read storyThe National Insurance Board filed more than 100 cases against businesses and persons who owe payments to the board.
Businesses of "just about every type" were delinquent with payments, according to NIB director Algernon Cargill.
He said the board is taking a proactive approach to ensure that everyone who owes, pays.
The board is obligated to pay employee benefits even when one of the country's 16,000 employers is not making payments.
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Read storyABACO: The editor at an Abaco newspaper was told he will no longer receive crime reports because it makes the police look bad.
Dave Ralph, editor and publisher of the bi-weekly Abaconian, said Superintendent Sean Smith, the officer in charge of the Abacos, told him the paper would not be getting any more crime reports because they don't "reflect well on police efforts".
Ralph said he did not include the crime report from January in the most recent edition of the Abaconian after Smith asked him not to.
Ralph said he expects a lot of angry letters from his readers concerning the police decision.
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Read storyWorkers will now have to get employers to fill out a form when they apply for certain National Insurance benefits.
In the past only the applicant and doctors were required to provide information on claims for sickness, maternity leave and injury benefits.
But according to a statement from the National Insurance Board, this often led to workers collecting supplementary income even though they were still going to work and collecting income.
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