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Gray defends BAMSI contract for former PLP minister

AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister V Alfred Gray has defended the Christie administration’s decision to award a former PLP Cabinet minister a construction contract at BAMSI, saying the government will do as much as it can for the people who supported them.

Student designs winning logo

TO get a younger demographic thinking and talking about disabilities and related issues, the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities launched a logo design competition in all secondary and high schools last October.

Four discharged in Bimini rape court case

FOUR of seven Nassau men accused of gang raping a Bimini woman two years ago were discharged after a nine-man jury was directed by the judge to bring back a not guilty verdict against them.

PM declines to provide details of equality referendum plans

PRIME Minister Perry Christie was noncommittal yesterday about the proposed constitutional referendum on gender equality, providing no specifics on when a vote on key legislation concerning the matter will be taken in Parliament.

Ex-cop ‘admitted in interview’ to sex with teenage girl

EDMUND Lewis Jr allegedly admitted, in his record of interview with police, to filming his sexual encounters with a teenage girl he had met in September 2014, a magistrate was told yesterday.

Bahamas has worst total in region for rapes

THE Bahamas leads the Caribbean in the number of recorded rapes followed by St Vincent, the Grenadines and Jamaica, a new report by the National Task Force for Gender Based Violence revealed yesterday.

Butler-Turner angry at snub

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner has rebuked FNM Chairman Michael Pintard over accusations that he and other party executives were planning to hold an executive meeting in her constituency on Friday without consulting her, which she said is in contravention of the FNM’s protocols.

FNM to press over Ruffin’s unpaid taxes

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said the opposition will press Prime Minister Perry Christie in Parliament about billionaire investor Philip Ruffin’s failure to pay millions of dollars in owed casino taxes.

Resorts World Bimini donates to local clinic

BIMINI’S primary health care facility will soon be better equipped to meet the needs of the island’s residents and visitors thanks to a donation by Resorts World Bimini.

Cicely Tyson to be given honour at BIFF party

CICELY Tyson, the award-winning film, television and stage actress, will be the first to be honoured with the prestigious Sir Sidney Poitier Tribute Award at this year’s Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) Oscar Party later this month.

Search for missing girl

Police are asking the public’s help in finding 15- year-old Esther Forbes, of Alexander Road, Sunset Park, who was reported missing by family members on Saturday.

Sidney Poitier wins BAFTA award

SIR Sidney Poitier, 88, accepted a lifetime achievement award by video link from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Sunday night.

Man dies in Adelaide Road crash

A 37-year-old man became the country’s latest traffic fatality after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into another car Sunday night.

UPDATED: Man shot dead while driving

A MAN crashed into a wall and died moments after he was shot in the head while driving through the Coconut Grove area yesterday evening.

Attorney General responds to Tribune columnist

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson last night issued a press release in response to Tribune columnist Adrian Gibson’s article in Thursday’s edition.

Tax no foundation for a ‘progressive’ govt

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith said the Christie administration cannot claim to be the country’s most “progressive” government if it is pinning this accomplishment on value added tax and the introduction of National Health Insurance.

Minnis calls for more aggressive policing

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday he saw “nothing substantive” in Commissioner Ellison Greenslade’s policing plan for 2016 and warned that if officers “do not get more aggressive” the crime problem will never change.

UPDATED: Man stabbed to death during argument

A 35-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim when he was stabbed multiple times during an argument with another man Saturday night.

‘No surprise’ at NHI delay talk

A LEADING surgeon yesterday criticised the Christie administration after an official suggested that a delay in the primary care phase of National Health Insurance is a possibility, saying it “speaks to a level of administrative incompetence that we have not seen in the history of a sovereign Bahamas”.

Ministry seeks ‘amicable’ resolution in row over student’s natural hairstyle

THE Ministry of Education released a statement yesterday saying it hoped to “amicably” resolve a dispute between a parent of a child at C R Walker Senior High School and administrators over the student’s natural hairstyle.

BIA unhappy at govt communication

THE Bahamas Insurance Association yesterday criticised the government for having “long lulls” between meetings with the group over the administration of National Health Insurance.

Man in hospital after being shot by police

A man is in hospital under heavy police guard after being shot by an officer on Saturday night.

Hunt for suspects after Madeira Street stabbing

Police are searching for suspects after a man was stabbed on Madeira Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Firearm charges against family members withdrawn after one pleads guilty

A family of four was arraigned on Friday in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on firearm, ammunition and drug possession charges. However, the charges were withdrawn against three members of the family after one pleaded guilty.

Police statistics: 2015 saw highest traffic deaths total in over five years

A total of 55 people died as the result of traffic accidents in 2015, the most in a year since 2009 when 56 people were killed, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) statistics.