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Electoral register moves step forward

THE Senate unanimously passed the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill yesterday, allowing for a permanent voter register to be established for the first time in the country.

‘Asylum seekers treated fairly’

IN response to claims that seven asylum seekers who sought to take refuge in The Bahamas after fleeing Cameroon because of persecution fears were illegally detained, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that the government is satisfied that the rights of detainees have not been violated.

‘VACCINES MUST NOT BE RUSHED’: Sands urges caution as U.S. starts rollout for new drugs to combat COVID

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says The Bahamas should conduct its own independent investigation into new COVID-19 vaccines.

Bank officer is accused of falsifying accounts in fraud

A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.

Man discharged who ‘thought boat he took was abandoned’

A MAGISTRATE yesterday discharged a fisherman who was accused of stealing a boat after he explained that he thought the vessel had been abandoned.

$300 fine for threat to kill girlfriend

A MAN who threatened to kill his girlfriend during an argument was yesterday fined $300 in the Magistrate’s Court.

D’Aguilar: More than 20,000 bought health visas

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said 20,485 people bought travel health visas to enter the country last month as border restrictions were relaxed to encourage tourism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

PM hopeful COVID crisis over before election rallies

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he hopes by the time the country gets into election mode, the COVID-19 crisis would have ended to enable mass rallies and other typical campaign events.

Juvenile injured in drive-by shooting

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a Saturday shooting that left a juvenile male in hospital.

UPDATED: Two dead after separate traffic accidents

POLICE are urging members of the public to drive with “extreme caution and care” over Christmas after two separate accidents claimed the lives of two men, one in Abaco, the other in Grand Bahama over the weekend. Speed was said to play a factor in both traffic fatalities.

UPDATED: Newborn boy is abandoned near church

POLICE are still searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy found alive in the back of a local church over the weekend with his umbilical cord still attached.

Cut-price land deal for young buyers

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government will offer lots of land valued at $150,000 for about $50,000 to young professionals in the western area of New Providence.

PM’S ANTI-OIL STANCE ‘MUSIC TO OUR EARS’: Declaration against drilling delights lobby fighting BPC’s plans

Environmental activists spent the weekend celebrating after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters.

26 COVID-19 cases on Friday and Saturday

THE Ministry of Health recorded 26 COVID-19 cases between Friday and Saturday.

PM 'totally against' oil drilling in Bahamian waters

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told reporters on Friday that he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters and suggested that the government would have backed out of a controversial oil exploration deal if it could have.

PM urges returning hotel workers to be responsible

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis cautioned hotel workers returning to their jobs this month to have “some degree of responsibility”.

Three year sentence for housebreaking

A 24-year-old man who broke into a woman’s house was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday.

Man fined for marijuana possession

AN ELEUTHERA man who was found with over $100 worth of marijuana was fined $750 in the Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Magistrate discharges man arrested for selling coconuts

A MAGISTRATE on Friday discharged a man who was arrested for selling coconuts on the side of the road.

Respects paid to former speaker of the house Oswald Ingraham

FAMILY, friends and political colleagues paid tribute yesterday to former House of Assembly Speaker James Oswald Ingraham, who died last month.

Moultrie: Get illegal firearms off the streets

AFTER a recent spate of murders in the capital, Nassau Village MP Halson Moultrie is calling on the police force to conduct “a dragnet operation” to get illegal firearms off the streets.

By car or by bike, they came for a helping hand

MARC Johnson had to borrow his brother’s bicycle in order to join the line and collect a box at the IL Cares Foundation’s drive through food drive yesterday.

Seven cases on board cargo ship as numbers rise

THE Bahamas recorded 38 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most since November 16 when 56 cases were confirmed.

Teacher union chief doubtful over claims of in-person teaching by February

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson says she hasn’t given much credence to Education Minister Jeff Lloyd’s expectation that face-to-face learning at public schools will begin by February 2021.

Bain complains to police over ‘trolls’

ACTIVIST Lincoln Bain says he has filed a police complaint against a Cabinet minister, a senator and social media “trolls” over “threats” made against him.