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Two Knights and a Dame among Bahamians recognised in Queen's New Year honours

TWENTY SIX Bahamians from all walks of life have been recognised in Her Majesty the Queen’s 2016 New Year’s Honours list for exemplary service to the country, Government House announced on Thursday night.

Cable Bahamas 28% subscription rise applications approved by URCA

CABLE Bahamas' application to increase monthly charges by up to 28 per cent for two of its subscription television channels and introduction of a new basic service has been approved by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) after a year-long consultation process.

Department of Immigration seeks final say on who can live in The Bahamas

Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said the government is seeking to design and move amendments to ensure that the Department of Immigration has the final say on who has a right to come and live in The Bahamas.

More than 5,000 illegal immigrants repatriated in 2015

More than 5,000 illegal immigrants in The Bahamas were repatriated back to their homeland in 2015, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said Thursday, adding that the Department of Immigration is bracing for an even tougher year in 2016.

UPDATED: Man dies in New Year's Eve shooting

POLICE have identified the country's latest murder victim as 38-year-old Jermaine Ferguson, of  Golden Palms Estates.

Dept of Immigration reviewing report on Christmas choir incident

IMMIGRATION Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed on Thursday that the Department of Immigration is reviewing a report concerning allegations that stem from an incident involving the Grand Bahama Youth Choir (GBYC) at the Memories Resort in Grand Bahama on Christmas Eve.

‘Cookout days are over’ says union chief as he backs NHI

TRADE Union Congress President Obie Ferguson yesterday backed the Christie administration’s proposed National Health Insurance scheme, stating firmly: “The cookout days are over.”

Bahamian guilty of gambling at Atlantis

A BAHAMIAN, caught playing Blackjack in the Atlantis Casino, was given probation by a magistrate yesterday after he pleaded guilty to illegal gambling.

Government signs five-year deal with nurses union

EXECUTIVES of the Bahamas Nurses Union yesterday signed two five-year industrial agreements with the government, ending an arduous process that initially saw both sides come to an agreement only to have minor details force negotiators back to the table.

VIDEO: Policewoman arrested as fight breaks out at funeral

A WOMAN constable and her husband were taken into police custody after a fight broke out at a funeral reportedly because the couple were told by a higher ranking officer to move their vehicle from where it was, The Tribune understands.

Minnis: Govt crime plan is ‘smoke and mirrors’

AFTER the homicide rate reached a record breaking 147 for the year, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said it is increasingly clear that the Christie administration’s so-called campaign promise of a solution to crime was nothing more than “smoke and mirrors”.

'Ninety' Knowles sues for $70m

CONVICTED drug “kingpin” Samuel “Ninety” Knowles is seeking $70m in damages from the government for the “emotional, mental torture” he experienced as a result of his “premature” extradition to the United States almost ten years ago.

Police investigate robbery by men with a machete in Abaco

POLICE in Abaco are searching for two men who they want to question in connection with a violent robbery early on New Year's Eve.

Freeport man, 22, in hospital after shooting

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating a shooting incident that resulted in the hospitalisation of a 22-year-old Freeport man on Wednesday night. A 43-year-old man is assisting police with their investigations.

Cubans detained after being found by RBDF

EIGHT Cuban migrants discovered at Anguilla Cay in the Cay Sal Bank were picked up by Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers and brought to Freeport on Tuesday.

Oorganisers aim to repeat junkanoo parade success

AS praise continues to roll in for one of the most successful Junkanoo parades in recent memory - last week’s Boxing Day Parade - officials of the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) are hoping the New Year’s Day Parade “follows suit.”

Rufa ‘angry and shocked’ by immigration treatment

BRUNO Rufa - a Canadian who has adopted Freeport as his retirement home - says he is “angry and shocked” at how he is being treated by Bahamas immigration officials.

Woman stabbed in home by robber

POLICE are looking for a man who broke into a woman’s home Wednesday morning and stabbed her.

Murder victims named

POLICE have released the identities of some of the country’s latest murder victims.

Man hunted by police over stabbing hands himself in

THE man authorities were searching for in connection with a stabbing death at Yellow Elder Gardens early Tuesday morning turned himself into police yesterday, Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle confirmed.

Bahamian-American to be sentenced over gun in bag

A BAHAMIAN-American who recently admitted to being in possession of an unlicensed firearm will reappear in Magistrate’s Court for sentencing today concerning the discovery of a revolver in his bag at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

A glimpse inside the new-look UWI location

THE University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Bahamas has held its first open house at its new location on Village Road.

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Rotary Club of Nassau Sunrise. - Rotary Club of Nassau Sunrise held its annual Jingle Bell Jazz event on Dec 4, 2015, that drew the attention of many patrons and jazz connoisseurs.

CIBC helping in that final lap . . .

CIBC FirstCaribbean gave Junkanoo groups the last push they needed as they prepared for the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Parades.

Bahamas Red Cross team attends international conference in Switzerland

A Bahamas Red Cross delegation attended the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this month.