National
Today In History: June 9
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history in 1966 – an Act of Parliament was passed incorporating the Telecommunications Department. It was named the Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (BaTelCo). The company would later become known as BTC.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history in 1966 – an Act of Parliament was passed incorporating the Telecommunications Department. It was named the Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (BaTelCo). The company would later become known as BTC.
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The in 2007 – at the French Open, Bahamian Mark Knowles and his partner Daniel Nestor of Canada won the Men’s Doubles championship defeating Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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In 2016 – following the overwhelming defeat of the gender equality referendum that year a group of local pastors called it a victory against the relentless onslaught of an LGBT agenda forced on The Bahamas by the international community.
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And finally, in 2022 House Speaker Patricia Deveaux lashed out at head of National Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Steven Russell over the response in the aftermath of tornadoes in the capital.
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