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Rollins ‘would run against Loretta’

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner could face an independent challenge by Fort Charlotte MP Andre Rollins if voters on the island urge him to do so, the controversial politician said yesterday.

FNM announces four more candidates for 2017 election

THE Free National Movement (FNM) announced the ratification of four more candidates ahead of the 2017 general election, with FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis hailing the lot as integral cogs in the party’s “better governance” machinery.

‘Man stabbed girlfriend, then told her he loved her’

A MAN returned to his apartment after stabbing his girlfriend multiple times to tell her he loved her, a Supreme Court judge heard from a probation officer yesterday.

Privilege probe will move ahead despite appeal by Fitzgerald

HOUSE of Assembly Committee on Privilege Chairman Arnold Forbes confirmed yesterday that the probe into Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on the limits of parliamentary privilege will move ahead despite the recent appeal filed by Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald in the matter.

26-year-old woman dies in Yamacraw car crash

A 26-year-old woman became the country's latest traffic fatality after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a tree in eastern New Providence early on Thursday morning.

UDP will unveil new candidates this month

UNITED Democratic Party Leader Gregory Moss said the party would begin to strategically unveil between five and 10 of its candidates at a time starting this month, and another batch at the end of year.

Accused gets court appointed lawyer

A MAN scheduled to stand trial in 2018 on murder and attempted murder charges received a court appointed lawyer to represent him against the allegations.

Three in court over Deputy PM robbery

THREE men awaiting trial in connection with the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ home appeared in Supreme Court for a status hearing on their case.

DNA stages protest outside Bahamas Power and Light

THE Democratic National Alliance protested outside Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hill Road headquarters yesterday, taking issue with a proposed rate hike and shoddy service by the company in recent months.

Local retailer exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7s after global recall

AT LEAST one local cell phone supplier has started exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following a global recall over the device’s reported propensity to burst into flames due to a battery defect.

Immigration Dept to conduct Abaco checks

THE Department of Immigration has announced that it will conduct checks beginning November 1 on employers in Abaco to ensure their workers have the proper documents to live and work in the Bahamas.

Call for international observers for committee’s probe

SAVE The Bays (STB) has appealed for international observers to oversee the House of Assembly’s Committee on Privilege’s probe into the landmark ruling by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles over the leak of its private emails in Parliament.

QC: Probe into parliamentary privilege ruling is an ‘affront to the separation of powers’

A Queen’s Counsel yesterday called the probe by the House of Assembly’s Committee on Privilege into Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on parliamentary privilege an “affront to the separation of powers”.

Baha Mar payouts start September 27

FORMER employees of Baha Mar will start receiving cheques from the Claims Committee established to administer payouts on September 27, according to a notice published yesterday.

Several hurt in BPL plant explosion

ONE person is in hospital and several others received medical attention after an “explosion” at Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hills Plant, officials said yesterday.

Post office flooding prompts union threat

BAHAMAS Public Services Union President John Pinder threatened yesterday to “shut down every post office” in New Providence if the government does not immediately relocate employees from the “unsanitary” General Post Office on East Hill Street.

Minnis expected to endorse Butler-Turner as Long Island candidate next week

ACTING on his repeated pledges to support MP Loretta Butler-Turner as the candidate for the Long Island constituency in the 2017 general election, FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis and party executives are expected to endorse her next week during a town meeting on that island.

Murder victim in ‘wrong place at wrong time’

THE grief sparked by the murders of the two men who were involved in a triple shooting on Tuesday evening has been far reaching, with one of the victim’s employers telling The Tribune it is hard to understand why he was killed during the prime of his life.

Teens charged over spree of armed robberies

FOUR teens, including a minor, were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a recent spree of armed robberies that targeted a number of businesses and civilians.

On Da Hook

BRINGING fish caught recreationally in the Bahamas back to Florida by water became a little easier this week.

Manhunt for two men after triple shooting

POLICE have launched an island-wide manhunt for two men they want to question in connection with Tuesday’s triple shooting, which left a child in hospital and two men dead.

Facebook scam uses Labour Minister’s identity

LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson is raising the alarm about a Facebook scam that is conning Bahamians out of money while using his identity.

Samsung planning software update for overheating Note 7s

SAMSUNG, the world’s largest smartphone maker, plans to issue a software update for its recalled Galaxy Note 7s that will prevent them from overheating by limiting battery recharges to 60 per cent.

Justice system set for new procedures to handle juveniles

NEW judicial procedures that govern the way juveniles would be processed and handled by the justice system going forward should be implemented “soon”, according to Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson.

AG’s office yet to decide how it will proceed on Kofhe Goodman case

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said yesterday that her office has not yet decided how it will proceed in handling the Court of Appeal’s recent overturning of the conviction and death sentence of Kofhe Goodman.