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Bahamian Karen Rigby honoured by US for fight against human trafficking

A BAHAMIAN official has been honoured by the US State Department for efforts in the global fight against human trafficking.

Two women among three arrested over $100,00 marijuana catch

TWO WOMEN and one man are in police custody after they were discovered with nearly $100,000 worth of marijuana on Thursday afternoon.

Minnis 'failed' to reach the voters: Lightbourn backs Butler-Turner and Sands

MONTAGU MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday said that FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has failed to connect with the Bahamian electorate as he endorsed Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner and Senator Dr Duane Sands as his choices for the party’s two top posts.

Miller: Open Baha Mar or be seen as lame ducks

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday implored senior PLP members “to do all they can” to jumpstart the stalled Baha Mar project, suggesting that without it the party could be entering the 2017 general election as “lame ducks”.

Two charged with murder outside nightclub

TWO men were charged in court yesterday in connection with the shooting death of a father of two outside a nightclub on Elizabeth Avenue last Saturday morning.

Bahamas meets standards over human trafficking

THE US State Department released its global report on human trafficking yesterday, saying the Bahamas “fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”

Deadline passes for appeal of $16m police overtime ruling

THE deadline has passed for the government to appeal a landmark ruling in an overtime case that could result in as much as $16m being paid to police officers, Wayne Munroe, attorney representing the Police Staff Association in the case, said yesterday.

'Why is there still no report for Carnival?'

NEARLY two months after the highly controversial Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was held in the country, FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest questioned why the government had yet to produce the festival’s financial performance report.

Larger plane for BA direct flights from Heathrow 'very significant'

THE MINISTRY of Tourism has told The Tribune that the introduction of a larger plane on British Airways’ direct route between London Heathrow and Nassau will be “very significant” for the Bahamian economy.

Fitzgerald: Election will be test of voter's view on PLP

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald admitted yesterday that some Bahamians are “angry” and “unhappy” with the performance of the Christie administration but said he believes the true test of the PLP’s effectiveness will be at the polls next year.

Minnis 'ignorant' of education improvements

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald yesterday criticised FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis’ “careless and reckless” statements about the government’s educational investments, claiming that Dr Minnis is “ignorant to the facts of the progress made in education”.

Butler-Turner heads to Grand Bahama for support

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said she is actively seeking the support of the 400 plus delegates who will be voting at the FNM’s upcoming convention.

Poll workers still waiting for pay after referendum

PROCESSING delays in payments for poll workers in the gender equality referendum have renewed calls for the disclosure of the government’s funding of the YES Bahamas campaign.

Bid to reinstate former president in BUT race fails

AN officer of the Bahamas Union of Teachers brought a motion during the union’s annual general meeting to reinstate suspended BUT President Belinda Wilson after a forensic audit revealed that more than $100,000 was overpaid to a contractor under her watch.

Man found dead with multiple gunshots wounds off Mackey Street

A MAN was shot multiple times and killed late on Thursday night while walking in the Mackey Street area of Nassau.

Loretta Butler-Turner confirms FNM leadership bid

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner has declared that she and running mate Senator Dr Duane Sands will make the “strongest team” to not only contest the top two leadership posts of the FNM, but to turn the country around.

Wells says fellow FNM MP was disrespectful to him

BAMBOO Town MP Renward Wells went on the defensive yesterday, criticising Central Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant as disrespectful for his comments that criticised his performance during the 2016/2017 budget debate.

PM open to election debate

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday the country had “reached the level of sophistication” that warrants public debates among persons vying for public office, hinting that he would be open to such a move.

Baha Mar fails to gain control of legal claim

SUPREME Court Justice Ian Winder yesterday dismissed a petition Sarkis Izmirlian’s Granite Ventures filed as part of its process to get the Supreme Court to require Baha Mar’s Deloitte & Touche receivership team to surrender control of a $192m legal claim the company has against China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).

Mitchell asks for patience ahead of more passport office delays

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday that the Passport Office is experiencing the “summer from hell” as he announced delays of more than 12 weeks for e-passports.

Father-of-three found hanged

A 48-year-old father of three was found hanging from the ceiling of a wooden shed attached to his Hillside Estates home early yesterday morning.

'Too early' to tell effect of Brexit on The Bahamas

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday while there will “likely” be an impact for The Bahamas and the Caribbean of Britain’s vote to exit the European Union, it is “too early to say” what that impact will be.

'Cut down on plastic bag usage'

THE Raising Awareness Bahamas Landfill (RABL) group is organising a Facebook photo contest on Sunday - “International Bag Free Day” - to raise awareness of the dangers and negative environmental impacts of plastic bags usage.

South Africa factfinding trip for NHI Secretariat

MEMBERS of the National Health Insurance Secretariat went to South Africa in mid-June to observe and evaluate best practices for the implementation of universal health coverage in The Bahamas.

Minnis slams govt one year on from Baha Mar bankruptcy

ON the anniversary of the Baha Mar bankruptcy filing, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis declared that “there is no opening in sight” for the resort as he criticised the government for offering “empty rhetoric and broken promises”.