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No injuries as Flamingo Air plane crash lands

A Flamingo Air plane crash landed at the airport in South Bimini on Monday afternoon after the wheel under the right wing collapsed, The Tribune was told.

Rental generators arrive to end load shedding

THE first set of rental generators secured for Bahamas Power and Light have arrived and Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard said the utility provider will no longer be load shedding.

Teenager attacked by shark says there was no ambulance - but hospital has no record of call

PUBLIC Hospitals Authority officials yesterday said there was no record of a “shark attack emergency call” placed into the National Emergency Medical Services dispatch centre the day an American teenager became the victim of a vicious shark attack.

Murder suspect says he was forced to confess

A MAN arraigned on a murder charge yesterday alleged that police forced him to sign a confession he did not voluntarily give.

Trial over schoolboy’s murder due to begin in court today

THE trial into the murder of a 12th grade Doris Johnson Senior High School student is expected to proceed today in the Supreme Court.

$10,000 reward offered after store hit by armed robbers

NASSAU Pawn is offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the recovery of items stolen during an armed robbery at their downtown location last month.

Keeping island clean is focus of summer camp

THE Keep Grand Bahama Clean (KGBC) committee has officially concluded its annual puppet show summer camp presentations.

Shipyard worker dies in road crash

AN employee of the Grand Bahama Shipyard is dead following a traffic accident in Freeport on Monday morning.

Break-in suspect shot by police dies in hospital

A MAN died in hospital Friday night hours after he was shot by police after stabbing and injuring two officers as they attempted to foil a home invasion on East Street north.

Charging anyone over a song would be ‘anti-democratic’

THE Grand Bahama Human Rights Association said yesterday that it would be “anti-democratic” to charge anyone in connection with the song that refers negatively to Prime Minister Perry Christie and his family.

Catastrophic fund ‘to only help 25 to 30 people’ - Sands

LEADING surgeon and Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that “thousands of Bahamians will continue to die” under the government’s primary care phase of National Health Insurance.

Darville: End contempt efforts over leaked emails

SAVE The Bays Chairman Joseph Darville yesterday urged House of Assembly Speaker Dr Kendal Major to “call off efforts” to have certain members of the organisation held in contempt of Parliament.

Men arrested over song are released from custody

THE two men, who were arrested by police last week in connection with a song that makes negative comments about Prime Minister Perry Christie and his family, have been released from custody and plan to sue the government, The Tribune has learned.

Endorsement for the Independent Provider Association slammed as 'deceptive'

MEDICAL Association of the Bahamas President Dr Sy Coolidge Pierre has denied that the Trade Union Congress and the Bahamas Independent Provider Association has entered into a partnership to advance National Health Insurance discussions, calling the purported agreement “distasteful and deceptive.”

$315m lost in Baha Mar tax

IT is estimated that the government has lost $315m in tax revenue from the beleaguered Baha Mar resort due its opening delays and the court appointed receivership process, according to an economic impact report of the $3.5 billion property obtained by The Tribune.

Apartment to be used by medics as clinic renovated

DESPITE their pleas, health practitioners in Andros have been told to offer services from an apartment complex as proposed renovations to the island’s clinic have stalled.

Still no new leads in two-year probe of British man’s murder

AFTER two years, there are still no new leads in the murder investigation of a British man who was shot to death in Grand Bahama, according to the island’s police chief.

Medical waste came from hospital

THE Public Hospitals Authority announced on Friday that it had completed its investigation into the improper disposal of biohazardous waste at the New Providence Landfill, and has introduced several measures at the Princess Margaret Hospital to mitigate against this infraction.

Five million dollars worth of suspected cocaine seized in Freeport

FIVE million dollars worth of suspected cocaine was discovered at the Freeport Container Port on Friday - the largest drug seizure this year in Grand Bahama.

Two in court on armed robbery charges

TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court on Friday, charged with two counts armed robbery.

Couple fined $3,500 each for posting of nude photos

A MAGISTRATE on Friday fined a Filipino couple $3,500 each for their involvement in a criminal defamation case where it's alleged the pair were responsible for the posting of several nude images of the husband’s ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

Two in custody over 'vile' rap song

POLICE have two adult males in custody in connection with a song that negatively references Prime Minister Perry Christie, his family, Members of Parliament and Democratic National Alliance leader Branville McCartney.

UPDATED: Man shot after stabbing police officers

A man was shot by police after stabbing and injuring two officers this afternoon as they attempted to foil an armed robbery at a house on East Street north. 

Bishop: Killing pregnant woman should be a double murder

BISHOP Simeon Hall yesterday called on parliamentarians to enact legislation that would allow persons guilty of killing pregnant women to be charged with double murder.

Anger at Turnquest questions over NHI

MEMBERS of Parliament engaged in a heated argument in the House of Assembly yesterday over whether the Christie administration’s National Health Insurance scheme represents a paradigm shift for healthcare or if it will mirror what is already available under the public healthcare system.