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Student stabbed in fight over video game

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck during an argument at C R Walker Senior High School early yesterday morning.

Lawyer hits back at supplier over music festival claims

THE president of a Florida-based audio/visual equipment rental service provider was yesterday warned to govern himself accordingly ahead of a potential lawsuit after legal documents revealed alleged discrepancies in his claims that Caribbean Muzik Festival’s CEO Michael Tomlinson was responsible for the event’s failure.

Identity of murder victim revealed

THE man killed in Grand Bahama on Tuesday has been identified as Whitfield Jones, a resident of Coral Reef Estates.

Demand for release of Haitian man

A SUPREME Court judge has approved the filing of a writ of habeas corpus against the police and prison authorities for their alleged unlawful detention of a Haitian man recently acquitted of an illegal entry charge, The Tribune can confirm.

Activist ‘thrilled’ at reluctance to apply tough immigration penalties

FRED Smith, president of the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association, said yesterday he was “thrilled” that the courts are “not responding” to the government’s policy change to ensure harsher penalties for breaches of the Immigration Act.

Bid for early release dismissed by judge

A JUDGE yesterday dismissed a man’s request for early release from prison in an application that disputed the lawfulness of his four-year mandatory minimum sentence for firearm and ammunition possession.

Judge dismisses bail plea by men facing extradition

FIVE of 11 men whose extradition requests to the United States on drug trafficking charges have been approved by the Court of Appeal must now ask that same court to consider reinstating their bail after a Supreme Court judge yesterday dismissed their bail applications.

Nearly 60 homes to be replaced after hurricane damage assessed

NEARLY 60 new homes are on the drawing board for residents in the southeast islands wiped out as a result of Hurricane Joaquin.

Trailers on their way to hurricane-hit areas

NEMA and Social Services earmarked four RV Mobile Homes for Crooked Island to help people whose homes were completely destroyed by Hurricane Joaquin; and three trailer homes for families in Long Island.

Coalition urges delay on power rates decision

THE Coalition for Concerned Citizens is calling on the Grand Bahama Port Authority not to make a decision on the rate plan proposal submitted by the Grand Bahama Power Company until there is proper public consultation concerning the proposed electricity base rate increase.

Web shop backs the Valley Boys

LOCAL web shop chain Paradise Games announced yesterday its commitment as title sponsor of the Valley Boys Junkanoo group.

BTC to sponsor junkanoo parades

BTC will once again sponsor the national Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parades as a part of its five-year commitment to the Junkanoo Committee of New Providence.

On Da Hook

AS THE winter begins and the weather is less favuorable and more unpredictable, boaters and fisherman must take full advantage of any opportunity to get out on the water.

Grouper season has now closed

THE Department of Marine Resources has announced that the Nassau grouper season is officially closed until February 28, 2016.

LOUIS BACON GIVES $120,000 TO ROTARY’S REBUILDING EFFORT

LOUIS Bacon’s Moore Bahamas Foundation yesterday announced its donation of $120,000 to the Rotary Clubs of the Bahamas for the rebuilding of the southern islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.

Mitchell questions courts on immigration sentencing

DESPITE the government’s policy change to ensure harsher penalties for breaches of the Immigration Act, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said there are concerns that the changes have not been reflected in sentencing by the courts.

US Embassy issues Christmas crime warning

The US Embassy in Nassau has issued a Christmas crime warning for American residents living in The Bahamas or planning travel to this country, urging them to “remain on heightened alert to avoid being a victim of crime”.

Shot Haitian man has illegal entry charge dismissed

A HAITIAN man who was shot in Eleuthera during an argument with authorities during an immigration exercise earlier this year had his charge of illegal entry dismissed by a Magistrate’s Court judge yesterday.

Gunshots leave man dead in Grand Bahama

A MAN was shot dead in Grand Bahama yesterday evening pushing the country’s murder count to 137 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

Miller: No way in hell NHI will be ready if talks rumble on

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday there is “no way in hell” National Health Insurance will be ready for a January roll out as long as the government continues to “dialogue with greedy insurance companies.”

Davis: NHI to absorb job fallout

ACTING Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said while the Christie administration is concerned about possible job losses due to the implementation of National Health Insurance, the scheme is designed to absorb any possible fallout in the private insurance sector.

‘The birth of the changing of Bahamasair’s fleet’

OFFICIALS yesterday commissioned the first of Bahamasair’s five new ATR 72-600 series aircraft to touch down at the Lynden Pindling International Airport worth $20.7m.

Insurance industry ‘in no position to advise’ on NHI

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said the Bahamas Insurance Association’s authority as a stakeholder in the National Health Insurance debate is discredited due to the industry’s high premium rates.

Minister seeks to ease fears over Potter’s Cay redevelopment

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday insisted the proposed $3.1m Potter’s Cay Dock redevelopment initiative would “only look to refocus the nature of activities” presently carried out at the historic site.

11 Cubans detained at Anguilla Cay

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended 11 Cuban migrants on Anguilla Cay in the Cay Sal Bank area on Monday.