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Status hearing for man accused of rape

A MAN awaiting trial in the knifepoint robbery and sexual assault of a woman during a home invasion in 2008 appeared in the Supreme Court for a status hearing yesterday.

Woman charged in connection with gun seizure

A WOMAN was remanded to prison yesterday after she was arraigned in connection with a recent gun seizure by police.

Bahamian awaiting sentencing for hacking celebrities ‘planning to write book’

A BAHAMIAN who pleaded guilty to hacking over 100 celebrities and stealing unreleased movie and TV scripts, social security numbers and private sex videos, is reportedly planning to write a book on celebrity secrets.

FNM ‘working round the clock’ to vet candidates

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said since the party’s July convention more than 30 additional persons have submitted applications in a bid to run on the FNM’s ticket in the 2017 general election.

FNM’s hidden Baha Mar documents petition ‘gathers 1,092 signatures’

THE Free National Movement’s online petition to measure Bahamians’ level of displeasure over the hidden Baha Mar negotiation documents has to date gathered 1,092 signatures, The Tribune was told.

Man arrested after marijuana found

POLICE arrested a man in Andros after finding him with a quantity of marijuana on Sunday.

Post Office closed due to flooding

THE GENERAL Post Office on East Hill Street was closed on Wednesday morning and services suspended for the day after the building was flooded.

UPDATED: Two men dead, child injured in Peardale Street shooting

TWO men were killed and a child was shot after three gunmen ambushed a group of people standing outside a home off Peardale Street, near Wulff Road yesterday afternoon.

Fitzgerald says all Bahamian Baha Mar creditors ‘will be taken care of’

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald, one of the government’s lead negotiators in the effort to remobilise construction at Baha Mar and pay creditors, objected to criticism yesterday that there are discrepancies between Prime Minister Perry Christie’s confident pronouncements that all Bahamian creditors will receive money owed to them and the Claims Committee’s assertion that payment is not guaranteed.

Senior PLPs back PM to win leadership contest

TWO senior Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet ministers are certain that Prime Minister Perry Christie will emerge undefeated at the PLP’s November convention, one of them going so far as to suggest that Mr Christie could not be replaced as leader.

Baby found in bushes will stay in hospital for eight weeks

THE newborn baby boy, found in bushes in southwest New Providence last week, will remain in the Princess Margaret Hospital for eight weeks before becoming a ward of the state, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin said yesterday.

Fitzgerald files appeal over parliamentary privilege ruling

THE battle over parliamentary privilege is now before the Court of Appeal as Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald has filed his appeal to have the landmark ruling and fine ordered by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles overturned.

Marco City FNMs host back-to-school fun day

MEMBERS of the Marco City Free National Movement Association, along with former party Chairman Michael Pintard, hosted a back-to-school fun day and giveaway for hundreds of children at the Jack Hayward Gymnasium on September 3.

Bran: DNA will not form coalition with the FNM

DESPITE several requests from senior Free National Movement members and “private citizens not affiliated with any political party,” Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said his party will not be forming a coalition with the Official Opposition.

Govt’s claims committee involvement ‘limited’

THE Christie administration’s involvement with the Claims Committee it established to administer Baha Mar payouts is limited, committee Chairman James Smith said yesterday, highlighting the independence of the group.

FIX MY STREET

THE New Providence pothole plague, the scourge of motorists throughout the island, continues to anger and frustrate residents with some “craters” in the road causing damage to cars.

‘GRAND AGAIN’: Major projects take shape on Grand Bahama

MINISTER for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville said Grand Bahama is on its way to becoming grand again through the initiation of several major government projects here on the island.

Grand Bahama to serve up a treat at Culinary Fusion Expo

THE Culinary Fusion Expo 2016 will be held soon and organisers are gathering the best in the food and beverage industry to feature what Grand Bahama has to offer.

Former MP says consult residents before making boundary changes

FORMER Exuma MP George Smith yesterday urged members of the recently appointed Constituencies Commission to consult residents before making any formal recommendations for boundary changes ahead of the 2017 general election.

Second man taken into custody in connection with teacher’s killing

POLICE have taken a second man into custody in connection with the homicide of Marisha Bowen, the 35-year-old C W Saunders School teacher whose body was discovered by police at her apartment on Friday morning, The Tribune was told.

Man convicted of armed robbery has to convince court appeal should be heard

A MAN convicted of accosting an elderly man at gunpoint was told by the Court of Appeal yesterday that he would have to convince the court that his appeal should be heard notwithstanding that it was filed late.

Two found with ‘firearm, ammunition, drugs’

TWO men were arrested in Abaco after they were allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and a quantity of dangerous drugs, police reported.

Man to appeal new sentence for murder from 25 years ago

A FORMER death row inmate will return to the Court of Appeal in October to contest a new sentence imposed on him for a murder that occurred 25 years ago.

Bar Association president denies he’s seeking FNM nomination

BAHAMAS Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday denied reports that he was seeking a nomination from the Free National Movement.

Horse racing book is a winner with the Governor General

TWO YEARS of research into the historic importance of horse racing in the Bahamas received the seal of approval by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling yesterday.