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Six faced court on murders

SEVERAL men were arraigned yesterday in connection with five separate homicides.

$350m investment for Grand Bahama Shipyard

CARNIVAL and Royal Caribbean cruise lines are planning to invest some $350m in the Grand Bahama Shipyard that will allow for the rebuilding of two new and bigger docks “capable of handling and servicing the largest ships in the world,” Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday.

BIRTH RIGHT: Judges uphold landmark ruling over citizenship for Bahamian men’s children

THE Court of Appeal has affirmed a landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing Bahamian men to automatically pass citizenship to their children, regardless of whether their child is born out of wedlock to non-Bahamian mothers.

$4.2m to inner city

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said as of May this year, $4.2m in tax concessions have been granted to inner-city communities affected by the Economic Empowerment Zones Act.

‘Concerns’ delay campaign finance legislation, says Minnis

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says campaign finance legislation has been drafted, but due to “concerns” about the proposal, the draft has not yet been finalised.

Two held over human smuggling

TWO Bahamian men suspected of illegal human smuggling were intercepted and apprehended, along with 13 migrants, in US waters last week.

Teens accused of rape of 47-year-old woman

TWO teens, one of which is a minor, were taken to court yesterday to face charges in connection with the rape and armed robbery of a 47-year-old woman.

Man stabbed at Eight Mile Rock fish fry

GRAND Bahama police are investigating a stabbing that occurred at the fish fry in Eight Mile Rock on Sunday.

Accused: I wasn’t angry with officer

ABLE Seaman Jevon Seymour denied being angry with Petty Officer Percival Perpall for reporting him absent without leave when he was questioned in police custody following the marine’s murder, a jury heard.

Police officer tells of injured guard at night club

A POLICE officer testified yesterday how she met an injured security guard restraining a man when she responded to an altercation in the parking lot of a night club last year.

Bahamian murdered in Florida

FLORIDA detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a Bahamian man in Broward County last week.

Beach vendors to take legal action

THE Cabbage Beach Vendors Association plans to take legal action against Access Industries for missing and damaged beach equipment.

Police seek to quiz five over mass shooting

POLICE are looking to speak with five people in connection with the April mass shooting in the Kemp Road area.

PM announces curfew change: 11pm to 5am

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced that the curfew on New Providence has been changed to 11pm to 5am daily with immediate effect.

Man killed in struggle with gunman

A MAN was shot dead after a struggle with a gunman outside his home in the Chippingham area last night.

PLP’s final candidate selected

THE Progressive Liberal Party has ratified its latest candidate, stating the organisation’s slate of contenders are “officially ready to compete” in the next general election.

WE MUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP: Forbes warns despite reduced cases third COVID wave still here

DESPITE a “slight decline” in coronavirus cases recently, health officials believe it is still “a little too early” to say whether the nation is emerging from the third wave of the virus.

Cruise ship’s arrival ‘a sign we’re getting back to normal’

THE arrival of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship at Freeport Harbour on Friday was heralded as a sign that things were returning to normal after the cruising industry came to halt last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Network upgrade hits REV customers

LOCAL cable and internet provider REV said “unforeseen complications” during a scheduled network upgrade left nearly a quarter of residential customers in New Providence without service for a period yesterday.

One dead, two injured in shooting incident

Police are investigating after a man died and two others were injured in a shooting incident on Thursday.

Adventure of the Seas arrives in Freeport

THE arrival of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line at Freeport Harbour on Friday marks the first international cruise ship to return to sailing in the Western Hemisphere in the last 15 months since the COVID pandemic.

PLP Chairman criticises govt for unfinished projects

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell criticised the Minnis administration for unfinished projects throughout the country.

Former bank employee accused of stealing over $50,000 from customer accounts

A FORMER First Caribbean Bank employee was arraigned in Magistrates Court on Friday for allegedly stealing over $50,000 from customer accounts over a nearly three-year period.

Woman in court on fraud-related charges

A 28-year-old woman was re-arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Friday on several fraud-related charges.

Former PLP minister questioned by police

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister Vincent Peet was taken in for questioning by police on Friday.