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‘Pay back student loans - or face court’

THE Education Loan Authority (ELA) is owed over $100m in outstanding loan payments for its student loans cheme, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald said yesterday.

Cyclist dies after collision

POLICE in Abaco are investigating a traffic accident that has left a man dead.

Mitchell takes issue with Tribune editorial on Baroness Scotland

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday defended his support of the new Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland following a Tribune editorial that raised questions about the decision making process behind his support for her.

Accused man’s desire to stay in The Bahamas ‘gives him no right’

MATTHEW Sewell’s desire to remain in The Bahamas amid legal disputes does not give him the automatic right to be here, a prosecutor said yesterday.

Lawyer claims extradition after a decade ‘unjust’

THE extradition of five men to the United States to face drug trafficking charges on an invalid indictment after a decade-long delay “would be unjust and oppressive”, a lawyer argued in the Supreme Court yesterday.

Man accused of murder and causing grevious harm

A Freeport man was charged on Monday with murder and causing grievous harm in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court.

Sentencing of McCartney killers delayed

SENTENCING for a former couple convicted of having a role in the killing of businessman Kurt McCartney did not proceed yesterday as scheduled.

Attorney General calls on women to campaign for equality

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has urged women to get involved in the gender equality referendum campaign and vote yes “for our sons and daughters.”

Butler-Turner supports plan for FNM convention

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said holding a full convention this year will not only ensure the Free National Movement “votes for and presents the best team to the Bahamian people” but will also give the party an opportunity to “gather behind closed doors and become stronger.”

‘Strategic’ approach to Carnival marketing plan

MARKETING to ensure the success of the second Junkanoo Carnival will be very strategic, Bahamas National Festival Commission CEO Roscoe Dames said yesterday.

Mother of Bahamian who died in Haiti slams ministry

THE mother of Christopher Adderley, a Bahamian man who died in custody in Haiti last September, believes her son would still be alive if Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials had “listened to her and done their job” instead of ignoring her pleas for help.

VIDEO: Protesters block access to Paradise Island

DOZENS of irate Cabbage Beach vendors blocked the traffic flow to the Sidney Poitier Bridge yesterday in protest over the “sudden” closure of the main easement access to the popular beach, resulting in violent clashes with police.

Smith: Don’t lay a finger on Cubans

ATTORNEY Fred Smith has warned Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell not to “lay a finger” on the two Cubans authorities are searching for, more than a week after the men were released from prison for being held there unlawfully for nearly three years.

Rollins: Gender vote will fail

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday said that the proposed gender equality referendum will become “a victim of the extreme unpopularity” of the Christie administration, adding that he fully expects it to fail.

Bridge toll rise delayed

THE toll increase to cross the Sidney Poitier Bridge has been postponed to Sunday, May 1, a press release from the Bridge Authority said.

Three drown in separate incidents

GRAND Bahama police are investigating three separate drowning incidents that occurred in Grand Bahama and Bimini.

Two in hospital after stabbing

POLICE in Grand Bahama are investigating a stabbing incident that has left two men in hospital.

Sands fears govt will ‘cherry pick’ NHI fund access

LEADING physician Dr Duane Sands said yesterday because of the government’s “history with cronyism and victimisation” he finds it hard to believe the Christie administration won’t “cherry pick” who has access to National Health Insurance’s $25m catastrophic fund.

Union concerned about Cuban hospital doctors

A UNION has taken issue with the recent hires and reported royal treatment of Cuban physicians by the Public Hospitals Authority, according to a statement released over the weekend.

DNA unveils campaign bus and headquarters

THE Democratic National Alliance ratified four candidates to compete in next year’s general election during the opening of its new headquarters on East Street South on Friday.

Couple held over fake visas

A Haitian couple was arrested at Lucayan Harbour by immigration officials in Grand Bahama after it was discovered that they had fraudulent US visas in their passports.

Man held after being shot by police during shop breaking

Police shot and arrested one man and are searching for three others after a shop breaking incident.

19 arrests in island-wide anti-crime operation

POLICE made 19 arrests, seized a firearm and recovered dangerous drugs in an island-wide anti-crime operation on Friday.

Three Chinese men, one Haitian man apprehended by immigration officials

THREE Chinese nationals and a Haitian national were apprehended by immigration officials at an apartment in the Freeport area on Wednesday.

Fred Mitchell: Released Cuban men 'trying to enter US illegally'

THE two Cuban men who were released from prison last week under a Supreme Court Justice’s order are believed to be attempting to illegally enter the United States, according to the Department of Immigration.