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Three accused of killing student to face trial in 2018

THREE men will stand trial in Supreme Court in May 2018 concerning the murder of a 16-year-old honour roll student at Government High School.

Call for ‘mature approach’ to parole

A well-known attorney yesterday dismissed the idea that were challenges in presenting the concept of parole to victims or persons affected by serious crime, claiming that the country’s “wholly unsatisfactory” system of early custodial discharge is essentially parole without the requisite parameters.

Call to implement laws in honour of Marco Archer

ACTIVISTS are harnessing the power of social media to demand the creation of a sex offender register and the activation of the MARCO Alert system for missing children in a viral protest today.

Ministry ‘aware’ of rise in passport applications

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration said it is aware of the increase in the number of passport applications during the summer period at all the Passport Offices in The Bahamas and overseas offices.

Clubs and Societies: 07222016

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides, east, morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive.

Drivers angry at lengthy repairs to Wulff Road

EXTENSIVE road repairs being carried out on a mile-long stretch of Wulff Road this month have vexed scores of motorists forced to find alternative routes to offset traffic woes and poor driving conditions.

THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy

With fears that the country's credit rating could be downgraded by Wall Street rating agency Moody's

BREAKING NEWS: Bahamas women's 4x400m relay team will compete at Olympics

THE BTC Bahamas Olympic team has been increased by four members with the women's 4x400 metres relay team being added on Thursday to the original list of 28 athletes announced on Wednesday by the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC).

Honesty rewarded for clerk in $10,000 mix-up

FOR Tiffany Eldon, a 29-year-old clerk at The Linen Shop, the day started like any other when she opened the company safe to get out the bundle of $1 bills to make up the cashiers’ floats for business.

DNA: Loretta Butler-Turner has nothing to offer on economy

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance finance spokesperson Youri Kemp yesterday criticised Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner’s recent statements on the country’s economy, charging that she has “little or nothing” to offer on the issue other than “empty statements and glittering generalities without substance”.

FNM chairman: Convention to be on the frugal side

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday the party’s upcoming three-day convention will be on the “frugal side” with the convention committee focusing less on the “bells and whistles” regularly associated with such events and more on policy and substance.

Killer named by dying victim sentenced to 40 years in jail

A MAN was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for a murder a judge said only served to underscore the “wave of uncharacteristic and unprecedented violence” in the Bahamas.

Rollins: PM making up reasons to stay in power

THE fallout from Prime Minister Perry Christie’s suggestion that the Progressive Liberal Party would become unstable if he were to step down as leader continued yesterday with Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins saying Mr Christie has “manufactured” a sketchy reason to substantiate his decision to remain leader.

Galanis: PM bordered on delusional

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party MP Philip Galanis yesterday chastised Prime Minister Perry Christie over his recent assertion that the party could become unstable without him at the helm, saying this was the “height of nonsense” and bordered on “delusional”.

Police hunt for missing woman

A 26-year-old Eight Mile Rock woman has reportedly gone missing and police are asking the public for its assistance in locating her.

Concerns raised among voters in Long Island

AS the Free National Movement hunkers down for a leadership battle, another storm looms in Long Island between supporters and detractors of representative Loretta Butler-Turner.

Student named to St John’s Dean’s List

DAVID Johnson III, a first-year communications major at Saint John’s Unviersity in Collegeville, Minnesota, has earned the distinction of being named to the Dean’s List for the 2016 spring semester.

‘Asinine’ to claim FNM hoping for downgrade

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday hit back at Sir Franklyn Wilson for suggesting that the Official Opposition is rooting for a downgrade of the country’s credit rating, calling it “the most asinine statement somebody could make.”

Jury hears evidence in drive-by shooting case

A JURY yesterday listened to nearly two hours of closing arguments from Crown and defence counsel on whether two accused men were the shooters or at least played a role in the drive-by shooting of a man at a funeral repast.

PM called on to release review of Rubis leak

MORE than a year since the government promised them a full and frank explanation, Marathon residents are no closer to understanding why they were left in the dark about a dangerous toxic fuel spill in the centre of their community, according to environmental advocacy group Save The Bays (STB).

Olympian helps Rotary celebrate 40th anniversary

THE groundbreaking Rotary Club of South East Nassau is celebrating 40 years of existence this week, with Sir Durward Knowles, 98, who played a part in the founding of the organisation, joining an anniversary lunch yesterday.

Radio host calls on young Bahamians to destroy status quo

LAWYER and radio show host Jeff Lloyd impressed upon a group of young Toastmasters this week that they must help to destroy the status quo that is causing The Bahamas to slip into a failed state.

Environment group puts forward FOI amendments

THE environmental movement Save The Bays has submitted several recommendations for amendments to the proposed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including what it considers the most critical change to the draft legislation - establishment of an apolitical, independent Information Commissioner and unit.

On Da Hook

BAHAMAS Sport Fishing Network (BSFN) expert David Rees had a close encounter with an angry 14-foot shark after taking its dinner while fishing for Tuna in Abaco at the weekend.

Groups handed $70,000 by Lyford Cay Foundation

DURING the Lyford Cay Foundations’ most recent grants awards cycle, a total of $70,500 was awarded to 15 non-profit organisations, the majority of which provide summer enrichment activities for young Bahamians.