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Couple to be sentenced over posting of nude photos

A FILIPINO couple will return to Magistrate’s Court today to face sentencing for criminal defamation concerning the husband’s posting of several nude images of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

Archdeacon slams Lightbourn and calls for family planning

ARCHDEACON James Palacious said yesterday that while Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s proposal for state-sponsored sterilisation as an anti-crime initiative is “completely repulsive,” the country needs to engage in a national family planning programme to prevent the “madness” of multiple children being reared in undesirable circumstances.

Smith: Sears campaign not dead in the water

FORMER Cabinet minister George Smith said Progressive Liberal Party leadership challenger Alfred Sears should not be considered “dead in the water,” saying a leadership race is healthy for democracy.

Father stabbed and left to die

A 58-year-old father of two became the country’s latest murder victim when he was stabbed multiple times and left to die in a public park early yesterday morning.

Emails ‘should not have been tabled’

HOUSE Speaker Dr Kendall Major admitted yesterday that he should not have allowed Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald to read and table the private emails of environmental action group Save The Bays in Parliament.

Butler-Turner confident of Long Island victory

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday dismissed concerns over potential challengers to her bid to be re-elected in that constituency. She said that she will retain her Long Island seat in the upcoming general election.

Human Rights group condemns Montagu MP

A DAY after South Beach MP Cleola Hamilton chastised the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association for not rebuking remarks about female sterilisation from Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn, the group released a statement asserting its condemnation of the comments.

Monitoring tag removed from man cleared of trafficking charges

A JUDGE yesterday ordered the removal of the electronic monitoring device and return of the passport to an American man acquitted of human trafficking charges.

Arrests made as police hunt for boat theft ring

SEVERAL persons in Abaco who are suspected of being involved in a boat theft ring on that island have been arrested, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour told The Tribune.

Ministry of Education announces support for homeschooling

THE Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is taking a bold step to regularise homeschooling in the Bahamas.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - The Viva! Bahamas Cycling Invitational event is this weekend. Come down to Jaws Beach parking lot to view the races.

Rollins says government is scrambling to fool the people

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday accused the government of scrambling to put together the primary care phase of National Health Insurance in order to “fool the Bahamian people” into thinking the government has delivered on an election campaign promise.

U.S. judge tells Bacon to pursue case in the Bahamas

A NEW York judge ruled yesterday that billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon ought to pursue his $100m defamation case against his Lyford Cay neighbour in The Bahamas rather than in US court.

Hamilton accuses the FNM of being misogynistic

SOUTH BEACH MP Cleola Hamilton said last evening that she believes if there was no public outcry to Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s “tube tying” comments, that the Free National Movement would have taken steps to enforce that “outdated” policy.

People ‘can keep existing coverage under NHI’

BAHAMIANS who are satisfied with their existing health insurance coverage won’t be affected by the implementation of National Health Insurance although they may be able to renegotiate their private insurance plans in order to pay a lower price, Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez said yesterday.

Mitchell says Haitian ambassador incorrect over policy on tackling illegal immigration

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday that Haitian Ambassador Jean Victor Geneus’ critique of the Christie administration’s new immigration policy to clamp down on illegal migration was “materially incorrect”.

Lifeless body found in Christie Park, police on scene

POLICE are reporting they are on the scene of a murder in Christie Park, Nassau Street, on Tuesday morning.

Wilchcombe: Christie to win by a landslide

PRIME Minister Perry Christie will win the Progressive Liberal Party’s leadership race by a “landslide” because he not only continues to resonate with party delegates, but he has proven that he has what it takes to keep the organisation together, West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Obie Wilchcombe has predicted.

UPDATED: First Zika case is confirmed

THERE is now one confirmed case of the Zika virus in the Bahamas, Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez announced yesterday.

Help for Bain and Grants Town scholars

THE Bain and Grants Town Scholarship Fund has made it possible for four local residents to have the financial backing to complete post-secondary pursuits.

Unions offer support to health plans

AS parliamentary debate on the highly anticipated National Health Insurance Bill started yesterday, several of the country’s foremost medical and trade unions claimed that they have committed themselves to a partnership that seeks to make the NHI vision a reality.

Marion Bethel ‘ready’ for responsibilities as husband challenges for PLP leadership

ATTORNEY Marion Bethel, the wife of Progressive Liberal Party leadership candidate and former Attorney General Alfred Sears, said she is “ready” for the responsibility and accountability that comes with her husband’s announcement that he intends to challenge Prime Minister Perry Christie for the party’s top post.

Ten out of 12 murders solved in Grand Bahama, say police

OF the 12 murders in Grand Bahama, ten have been solved and police are assiduously searching for two wanted men – one for last Saturday’s stabbing incident and the other in relation to a fatal shooting on May 29.

$140,000 scholarship for star student

OVER 20 high school graduates were yesterday awarded as winners of the All Bahamas Merit and National Merit Scholarship Award, something Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald called a positive step towards the “development of our nation” by the country’s “bright, young leaders of tomorrow.”

Murder trial discontinued

MORE than five years after a man was charged with murder, prosecutors yesterday produced a written directive at trial from the attorney general requesting that proceedings against him be discontinued.