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  • PM suggests jobs boom on horizon

    Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he will officially open the Resorts World Bimini Casino on June 28, a development that he said will bring 400 jobs and more spin-off opportunities for entrepreneurs on that island. Christie said the $24 million casino is just one of several developments underway that will create hundreds of jobs. "What is happening in Bimini augurs so well for ...

  • Defence force officers to assist in crime fight

    Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage announced yesterday that he has directed the commodore of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) to deploy up to 150 officers to assist the police force in fighting crime. "Mr. Speaker, we are not going to take it any more," said Nottage, while contributing to debate on the 2013/2014 budget. Nottage said the Defence Force officers can ...

  • Cuban ambassador No reports of custody beatings

    Cuban Ambassador to The Bahamas Ernesto Soberon Guzman said yesterday he has seen the video purported to show Cuban detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre being beaten by Bahamian officers, but would not make a judgment about its authenticity. Guzman said Cuban detainees continue to express concern about the living conditions at the facility. But he said they have not reported ...

  • Coroner recommends disciplinary proceedings after custody death

    The coroner who presided over the investigation into the custody death of Aaron Rolle has suggested that the officers who had contact with him face internal disciplinary proceedings. Rolle, 20, died at the Southern Police Station on February 9, two days after his arrest on suspicion of armed robbery and escape. Constables 2126 Akiel Smith and 2468 Carl Smith said they had to forcefully ...

  • Policeman in murder case says he was in fear for his life

    A policeman claimed that he was in fear for his life when a suspect pointed a gun at him during a chase. Sergeant 1988 Frank Burrows was testifying in the retrial of Stephen Stubbs, Clinton Evans and Andrew Davis, who are on trial for the murder of Constable Jimmy Ambrose and the attempted murder of Constable Marcian Scott at the now closed Club Rock Disco on West Bay Street. Evans alone is ...

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Sarah's Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah)

Sarah's Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah)

Sarahs Key (Elle sappelait Sarah) is a consistently engrossing, sometimes stunning, but emotionally uneven film that literalizes its thematic insistence on the importance of storytelling in maintaining historical memory by making an often neglected chapter of the Holocaust the ... ...

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  • Nottage calls for ‘cash for gold’ closures

    Amid rising jewelry and copper theft trends, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage yesterday called for the closure of all cash for gold businesses and a temporary ban of copper exports. Nottage petitioned members of the opposition to support him on both fronts as he revealed crime statistics which suggest that there is a relationship between stolen goods and cash for gold businesses. ...

  • Govt wants to increase number of judges

    The government plans to bring legislation to Parliament that would increase the complement of Supreme Court justices to 20 and allow for 10 criminal courts to operate simultaneously, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the House of Assembly yesterday. Christie said this would be an important tool in the government's crime fighting arsenal. He lamented the country's crime problem as he ...

  • Villa Clara Will Represent Cuba in Caribbean Baseball Series

    Havana, June 19 (PL) Cuban fans celebrate today the victory of Villa Clara in the national baseball championship,becoming the first team that will represent this island in the Caribbean series,after 43 years of absence. Of course, the biggest joy is appreciated in the central Cuban province that gives its name to the champion, known as the orange team. The team mentor, Ramon More, attributed ...

  • China and Cuba seek greater cooperation

    Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...

  • Colombian Govt Guerrilla Resume Talks in Cuba

    8 de junio de 2013, 11:39 Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) presented their considerations in this capital today of convening a Constituent Assembly in that country, after resuming peace talks with the ...

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