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Daily storms pop into Florida forecast for week of Fourth of July. What to know
WKMG 6 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – A stretch of active and unsettled weather is settling in across Central Florida, bringing daily storms, intense heat and the growing potential for localized flooding. Monday The first rainmaker is an upper-level low over the...
‘We commend our Crew’: Dad & daughter safe after going overboard on Disney Dream cruise ship
WDBO 107.3FM 580AM - Florida
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June 30, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. — A man and a child are miraculously safe after going overboard while on the Disney Dream cruise ship. It happened Sunday as the ship was sailing between The Bahamas and South Florida. According to reports, the incident involved a...
CAF Consolidates its support for the Caribbean with Major Approvals for Antigua and Barbuda and others
Antigua News Room
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June 29, 2025
AF Consolidates its support for the Caribbean with Major Approvals for The Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda Board meeting in Seville sees historic loan to The Bahamas, approval of the issuance of Series C shares to Saint...
Minister Bell ddresses meeting escalating housing needs
Magnetic Media
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June 28, 2025
By Stirling Strachan Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas — “This Budget is not just a national document,” said the Hon. Keith Bell Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal during his contribution to the 2025/26 budget debate in the House...
EU deepens strategic partnership at Caribbean Investment Forum 2025
The Daily Herald
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Caribbean Export Development Agency Executive Director Dr. Damie Sinanan. MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica--Montego Bay will take centre stage as a hub of opportunity and innovation when the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2025 opens its doors at the Montego...
Prime Minister Philip Davis’s Budget Contribution Closing 2025/2026: Expanding Opportunities, Island By Island
Bahamas Press
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June 19, 2025
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Despite all the headwinds we’ve faced, despite all the hardship, we are now a country on the move. Together, we are confronting our most difficult challenges, the ones that have held us back for too long – and it is the...
Diving in the desert: Tucson’s scuba community is bigger than you might think
The Arizona Daily Star
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Near the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Prince Road, red and white PADI flags flap in the air like a fish out of water, flying above the dirt, dry bushes and cacti near the intersection. The striped flags of the Professional Association of...
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANNOUNCED
The Bahamas Journal
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June 20, 2025
Posted on 20 June 2025. by Jones Bahamas BY CLEMIA NEELY Journal Staff Writer The Member of Parliament for Carmichael, Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal, Keith Bell, said that for far too many Carmichael residents, homeownership remains out of...
Chinese Embassy Nassau donates assistive devices to the National Commission for Persons with Disability
Bahamas Local
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Officials of the Chinese Embassy, Nassau, led by Ambassador, Her Excellency Yan Jiarong, recently donated 7 wheelchairs, 14 walking canes, and 10 walkers to the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, marking the fourth consecutive year...
Australia's CbCRs to shine light on multinationals tax
interest.co.nz
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By Kerrie Sadiq* The beginning of the financial year means for the first time in Australia the public will see previously unreleased tax reports produced by multinational taxpayers. These documents, known as country-by-country reports, or CbCR for...
Clearwater Ferry crash thrust Jeff Knight into the spotlight. Who is he?
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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Jeff Knight boarded the 37-foot boat docked behind his six-bedroom house on the Intracoastal Waterway. Four women had come for a sunset cruise. Knight’s 1,050-horsepower Statement center console — a $400,000 vessel good for fishing, going fast and...
Local resident reveals heartbreaking reality of popular tourist destination: 'I'm not waiting to be killed'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 24, 2025
"I'm impressed by how much more interested many islanders are in trying to generate solutions rather than sympathy." by Kristen CarrJune 24, 2025 The effects of rising sea levels may seem to some like a problem for the future, but the low-lying...
‘All the Sharks’ might be the friendliest competitive shark show you’ll see this summer
Los Angeles Times
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July 3, 2025
It’s been 50 years since “Jaws” ruined that summer, spawning a fleet of increasingly dreadful sequels and knockoffs, turning a simple fish into a movie monster, and a dozen since “Sharknado” turned the monster into a joke. Sharks had been swimming...
Ex-employee reveals P Diddy's demands for 'Wild King Nights' preparation
Irish Star
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July 3, 2025
Staff who worked for Sean "Diddy" Combs have opened up about their experiences following his conviction for conspiring to transport individuals across state lines to engage in prostitution. Mia O'Hare Showbiz Reporter and Demetria Osei-Tutu 15:23...
The public sector can’t do it alone: A new era for global development
El País
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June 27, 2025
When world leaders meet this week in Seville for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, they’ll face a new global development landscape. Governments’ fiscal space is more limited, and the gap between their desire to...
NIB Confronts Delinquent Businesses and Self Employed
The Bahamas Journal
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June 27, 2025
Posted on 27 June 2025. by Jones Bahamas By Gerrino J. Saunders Bahama Journal News Editor Similar to The Department of Inland Revenue, the National Insurance Board (NIB) has run out of patience with delinquent businesses not paying contributions...
A Splash of Color: BAMSI Graduate Finds His Voice Through Art
ZNS
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June 26, 2025
With a quiet nudge and a single flyer, the course of Ryshon Bethel’s life began to take shape. The flyer, presented by his mother shortly after high school graduation, highlighted BAMSI’s Art and Environment programme — and with that, a spark was...
88 children at Louisa County camp taken into protective custody
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Iowa
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What hurricane season was like the year you were born What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and...
El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.
El Salvador in English
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July 3, 2025
El Salvador continues to position itself as a rising destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America, registering an inflow of $322.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 alone—a 64% increase compared to the same period in 2024,...
Ten affordable UK beaches that are exotic dupes of Thailand and Australia – with 3-night stays from £36pp
The Sun
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July 1, 2025
WHITE sandy beaches, turquoise waters and palm trees gently swaying in the breeze - sounds exotic right? Except you don't have to hop on a plane to get there. The UK has more than 7,700 miles of coastline and around 1,500 beaches, with some of...