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Golden Jubilee Flag Relay continued on Andros

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NICHOLL’S TOWN, North Andros, The Bahamas – The Golden Jubilee Flag Relay touched down on the main settlement on the island referred to as “The Big Yard,” just nine days to 50.
The National Independence Secretariat has been facilitating the Flag Relay throughout the island communities in which a Flag Raising Ceremony is held on major islands, leading to the 50th Independence Anniversary of The Bahamas on July 10, 2023.Lindsay Thompson, on behalf of the National Independence Secretariat, stated the aim of the relay is to hoist the Flag throughout the island communities in a show of unity and national pride.
Family Island Administrator Beverley Laramore for the North AndrosDistrict brought other officials of Local Government, and residents together for the ceremony held at the Administrator’s Complex on Saturday July 1, 2023. She noted the things indigenous to Andros and what makes residents proud to call “The Sleeping Giant” their home.The ceremony included the participation of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Royal Bahamas Police Force as a joint colour guard for the hoisting of the National Flag to the song “One God, One People”, followed by the singing of National Anthem, March On Bahamaland, by residents who also recited The Pledge.
Students of B.A. Newton Primary School, Red Bays, performed a dance routine.  Reverend Raymond Neilly, President of North Andros Christian Council administered the opening prayer, and Reverend Vanda P. Rahming, First Vice-President of Zion United Conference for The Bahamas, performed the benediction.  Both gave thanks to God for 50 years as an independent nation, and for continued pride and honour to our Flag flown at theceremony.
That same Flag will be hoisted at the national service on New Providence at Clifford Park on July 9, 2023 to usher in the country’s 50th Independence on the morning of July 10.
The Flag Relay started May 21 in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, which began the ’50 days to 50′ countdown to Independence.  Over the past weeks, the islands where the Flag Relay touched down were: Abaco, Bimini, The Berry Islands, Exuma, Rum Cay, San Salvador, and Cat Island.PHOTO CAPTIONS
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Header: Residents assembled at the Administrator’s Complex on Saturday, July 1, 2023 for the Golden Jubilee Flag Relay-Flag Raising Ceremony.  Pictured among the group are Family Island Administrator Beverley Laramore, North Andros District; Lindsay Thompson, National Independence Secretariat; and Family Island Administrator Marlon Leary, Central Andros.
1st insert: The children also joined in the Golden Jubilee Flag Relay- Flag Raising Ceremony at the Administrator’s Complex on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
2nd insert: Members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force salute – after jointly hoisting the National Flag during the Golden Jubilee Flag Relay- Flag Raising Ceremony at the Administrator’s Complex on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
3rd insert: A Bahamian folklore dance routine was performed by students of B.A. Newton Primary School Students, Red Bays, during the Golden Jubilee Flag Relay- Flag Raising Ceremony at the Administrator’s Complex on Saturday, July 1, 2023.

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Husband Murder Plot foiled in The Bahamas; Wife and two others arrested 

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Rashaed Esson

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#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – An American woman has been arrested in The Bahamas, accused of conspiring with two men, one of them alleged to be her lover, to murder her estranged husband.

The woman, 36 year old Lindsay Shiver and the two men, 28-year-old Terrance Bethel, the alleged lover and 29 year old Faron Newbold, were taken into custody last week following police investigation of a reported burglary at Grabbers Bar and Grill restaurant on Great Guana Cay.

The police looked into their cell phones and found WhatsApp messages detailing the assassination plot to kill her husband.

The couple, who built a life in South Georgia have three children and are home owners on the island in the Abacos.

News outlets throughout the US have reported on the scandalous story, including that a nasty court battle over the couple’s reported, $5 Million dollar fortune and three children was underway.  Shiver, an entrepreneur is a former beauty Alabama queen, her husband a former football player was an insurance executive.

According to US media, the husband, Robert, recently filed for divorce from Shivers after a decade of marriage upon discovering she had an alleged extra-martial affair with Bethel whom she met in The Bahamas.

While the husband claims infidelity on the part of his wife, the wife claims he was abusive.

The suspects Shiver, Bethel and Newbold appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley on Friday July 28th.  Their next court date is set for October 5th.

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Alarming Sexual Assault cases raising fears in The Bahamas

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Rashaed Esson

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#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – The Bahamas is now facing an unfortunate reality as sexual assault has become and is a growing issue since 2023.  Women and girls are said to be living in fear for their safety from these perpetrators.

The Royal Bahamas Police force has reported on instances of assault in press releases found on their Facebook page.

One report spoke of a 50 year old they were searching for after he burglarized a home and sexually assaulted an elderly woman, 82 years old.  She was reported to be asleep when he woke and assaulted her.

This took place on Tuesday July 11th, 2023 at the home in the Centreville area of Nassau.

There is another incident that took place on July 17th, 2023 which the police are seeking in catching the suspect as they investigate.  It involves a man believed to the perpetrator in for an armed robbery and sexual assault.

According to preliminary data, he approached the victim, a female, with a firearm, robbed her and sexually assaulted her.  He proceeded to enter the house and robbed a male and escaped.  This happened in the Cowpen Road area; also in Nassau.

The assaults continue to grow in number as the police reported that they were investigating two other incidents that took place on July 24th.

The first had to do with a female, 30 years old who reported she was driving on West on Marshall Road when two men approached her after she slowed down near Faith Avenue.  One of the males with a firearm, forced her from her vehicle and took her to nearby bushes where they sexually assaulted her after which they escaped.

The second incident involved à 32 year old woman who was sexually assaulted by a male known to her.  It is reported that she was walking in the Fleming Street area when she accepted transportation from the suspect, who drove her to a dirt road off Gladstone Road where he presented a firearm and proceeded to rape her.

Furthermore, another assault, this time involving a 9 year old girl, was reported.  As revealed by preliminary information, the victim was playing with friends outside where she lives on Saturday July 29th, 2023 when the suspect, a 42 year old male of Summerset Estate, driving a white Nissan Skyline, arrived and gestured to her to enter the car.

She entered the car after which he took her to an unknown location, threatened her and sexually assaulted her.  She was later found somewhere in Spikenard Road; this also happened in Nassau.

Fortunately, he was caught and arrested for abduction and sexual assault on Sunday July 30th by officers affiliated with the Drug Enforcement Unit.

There are other reports of sexual assault throughout The Bahamas as well as rape and attempted rape during the earlier parts of the year, dating back to as early as February.

 

CAPTION: Women Leaders, including Ann Marie Davis, wife of the Prime Minister filled the gallery of The Bahamas Senate this week as members of the upper chamber debated the Protection Against Violence Bill 2023.  The debate came just as the country experiences a spike in sexual assaults against women and girls.  Photo by Patrick Hanna, BIS.

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Premier Misick received a courtesy call from the Bahamas Leader of the Opposition

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#TurksandCaicos, August 5, 2023 – On August 3rd, 2023, Premier Misick met with the Leader of the Opposition of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Honorable Michael Pintard. The discussion was highly productive, and they delved into matters of mutual concern between their neighboring nations. Hon. Pintard was accompanied by other opposition members, including Senator the Honorable Darren Handfield and Mr. Joshua Sears.

 

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From Left to Right: Mr. Joshua Sears, Senator Hon. Darren Hendfield, Premier Hon. Charles Washington Misick, Bahamas Leader of the Bahamas Hon. Michael Pintard and Deputy Premier Hon. Erwin J. Saunders.

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