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Commissioner Brandy informs Richards its unethical to change police reports

Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy has informed Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards that he cannot ethically alter a police report as it relates to the last lap bar incident that mentions Richards’ name. Richards claimed in recent weeks that his name being mentioned in the police report in the matter where Tourism Minister Lindsay Grant […]

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Hamilton disagrees and warns of the implications of the Party’s move

  Government Minister and Constituency representative for constituency 8 has disagreed with the position taken by his party the People’s Action Movement and partner the Concerned Citizen Movement to write to the Governor-General seeking to oust Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris as leader of the government. Hamilton in a letter to his party’s leader Shawn […]

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Govt Wants Flexible Framework for Local Participation in Cryptocurrency Sector Paige McCartney

LinkedIn Share via Email by Paige McCartney Attorney General Ryan Pinder said in addition to ensuring Bahamians are trained and educated for employment in the emerging cryptocurrency industry, it is paramount that Bahamians can also benefit from direct participation  Nassau Guardian- Noting the existing exchange control impediments to Bahamians wanting to invest in digital assets, […]

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WORLD VIEW: Mariupol Mass Grave?, More RockThrowing in Jerusalem, Musk’s Twitter Bid, More

Trending | View in Browser April 22, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local […]

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IMF Says Guyana on Track for 47.2 % 2022 GDP Growth

Guyana’s economy remains resilient in the face of global economic tensions, and is on track for 47.2 percent growth in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its most recent edition of the World Economic Outlook released this week, the Washington-based financial institution […]

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Calls for Slavery Reparations Takes Glitter Out of Royal Tour No. 2

Newsweek- Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, face a series of objections as they begin a tour of the Caribbean islands this week, with renewed calls for slavery reparations. The royals’ tour, celebrating the queen’s Platinum Jubilee, follows Prince William and Kate Middleton‘s tour of Belize, Jamaica […]

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Brazilian Sets Record by Working at Same Company for 84 Years

BRUSQUE, Brazil, April 21 (Reuters) – A 100-year-old man from the southern Brazilian city of Brusque has entered the Guinness World Record book for working the longest in the same company: 84 years. Despite his extraordinary accomplishment, Walter Orthmann’s advice for those looking for a long and fulfilling professional life are surprisingly routine: do what […]

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Peru’s Castillo Hardens Stance on Mining Protests as Eonomy Sumbles

By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA, April 21 (Reuters) – Peru’s leftist President Pedro Castillo has signaled a tougher stance on protests against mining companies that are roiling the Andean nation, the world’s second largest copper producer, mobilizing the army in a sharp tactical shift from a previous conciliatory approach. Mining activity has been halted at Southern […]

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