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Vagrant punched driver who refused to give him a dollar

A VAGRANT punched a driver who refused to give him a dollar at a traffic light, a court heard yesterday.

Man charged over fatal traffic accident

A 45-year-old man of East Grand Bahama was charged yesterday in connection with a traffic accident that killed two people, one of them a 12-year-old girl.

$600k system puts cabinet meetings into digital era

MINISTER of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson announced yesterday the launch of the Bahamas Electronic Cabinet Management Information System, also referred to as E-Cabinet.

More than half of GB hurricane shelters ready

OF the 30 designated hurricane shelters on Grand Bahama, more than half have been inspected and are ready, according to newly appointed island administrator, Cathy Smith.

Campbell says families helped after recent fires

SOCIAL Services Minister Frankie Campbell said his ministry has assisted more than a dozen families who lost their homes and belongings to two destructive fires earlier this month.

Six seniors and four staff test positive at one care home

THE Ministry of Social Services has reinstated several safety measures at all senior citizens homes across the country after six seniors and four staff members at one eldercare home recently tested positive for COVID-19.

A real champion

DEPUTY director of the Bahamas Crisis Centre Donna Nicolls died at 67-years-old in Jamaica on Monday.

Body discovered on Blue Hill soccer field

A MAN’S body was found at the Blue Hill soccer field yesterday.

Vaccine’s here - more need to take it

THIRTY-THREE thousand six hundred doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in New Providence yesterday, boosting the country’s fight against the potentially deadly virus even though many residents remain hesitant to get the jab.

Dames warns smugglers - we’ll get you in the end

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday issued a stern warning to those who continue to engage in illegal drug trafficking, insisting they will be caught.

‘DO WE WANT TO LIVE LIKE HAITI?’: Bannister fires back at UN, warning of danger ignoring shanty towns

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said Bahamians must decide if they want to live in a country like The Bahamas or a country like Haiti where there is “dirt, garbage, shanty towns all over the place”.

Man accused of unlawful sex

A 20-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with unlawful sexual intercourse.

14 months in jail for possession of firearm

A 31-year-old man who was caught driving around with an illegal firearm was yesterday sentenced to 14 months in prison.

$1,000 fine for threat to kill and assault

A 30-year-old man who threatened to kill a man before assaulting another was yesterday fined $1,000 and ordered to compensate both of his victims.

Commodore: RBDF managing infections, declines to disclose his test result

THE ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force only had about eight active cases and 31 people in quarantine as of a week ago, RBDF Commodore Raymond King said yesterday.

Nurses: End state of emergency

THE Bahamas Nurses Union has suggested the government put an end to the state of emergency, which is set to expire on May 23, saying The Bahamas must learn to coexist with the COVID virus.

Nation ‘not in a good place’

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands feels the country is “not in a good place” where COVID-19 cases are concerned and thinks the only way forward is to tighten restrictions.

Tributes paid to fallen of the Flamingo

MARINE Seaman David Tucker joined the Royal Bahamas Defence Force two months before his untimely death 41 years ago.

Pilot held in $1.6m cocaine bust

A BAHAMIAN pilot is in custody after landing a plane in Cat Island with cocaine that is estimated to value about $1.6m. Assistant Superintendent of Police Audley Peters said yesterday another man fled the plane and escaped.

Public demand for vaccine ‘flattened’

DEMAND for the COVID-19 vaccine has flattened in The Bahamas even as more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab could arrive in the country as early as today, according to Ed Fields, deputy chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee.

Johnson accused of ‘reckless’ UN attack

HUMAN Rights Bahamas yesterday slammed Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson after he accused the United Nations of lacking balance for criticising the government’s plans to demolish shanty towns in Abaco.

BLOWN OFF COURSE: PM blames COVID and hurricanes for failing to deliver manifesto goals

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said “it was impossible” to fulfil his pre-election good governance reform promises because Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19 were so detrimental that his administration was forced to change course.

Floating bar cited for fourth time for breaching orders

A LOCAL floating bar has been cited some four times for breaching COVID-19 emergency orders, according to police.

Another 40,000 tons of Dorian debris

HURRICANE Dorian generated record amounts of debris totaling some 40,000 tons collected in the last quarter of 2019, compared to the 12,000 tons collected that same period a year earlier on Grand Bahama, according to the chairman of Keep Grand Bahama Clean Committee (KGBCC).

Officer’s sentence quashed for assault

THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the six-month sentence of a former police reserve sergeant who was convicted of abducting and assaulting a teenage girl at a police station over two years ago.