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Man shot dead in Abaco

ABACO Police are investigating a homicide after a man was shot dead in the Mud’s Haitian community on Friday afternoon.

Mitchell: Davis asked Wilchcombe not to run for party chairman

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has personally asked Obie Wilchcombe not to run for party chairman at the upcoming convention, Fred Mitchell said on Thursday.

'Tremendous progress' in reduction of HIV/AIDS cases

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said while the country has seen “tremendous progress” in the reduction of HIV/AIDS cases annually, there is still much more work to be done before both viruses can be completely “eliminated”.

Court hears police officer was 'outgunned'

A POLICE officer was “outgunned” when he tried to apprehend a 22-year-old man who shot at him and his partner with a high-powered assault rifle after leading them on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle two years ago, one of his colleagues testified on Friday.

Anatol Rodgers High School mourns deaths of three students

FAMILY, friends, classmates and staff members gathered at Anatol Rodgers High School yesterday for a prayer service to mourn the deaths of Dustin Ranger, Cornell Edwards and Leo Dorcley – after all three died in different incidents in recent weeks.

PLP, DNA: Ruling to ban Town Centre Mall discussions in Parliament unjustified

THE Progressive Liberal Party and the Democratic National Alliance say the ruling to ban discussions related to the lease of Town Centre Mall during parliamentary proceedings is unjustified.

FNM officials tight-lipped on remarks by Bennett Minnis

OFFICIALS were tight-lipped yesterday on whether the Minnis administration will address the viral homophobic rant levelled against Progressive Liberal Party leaders by a public official. Bennett Minnis, a Water and Sewerage Corporation board directo

Grand Bahama remembers 'a good person who had no problems with anyone'

A RELATIVE of Eudelle Bevans, who is a native of Sweeting’s Cay, said the entire community there was shocked to learn of her murder in Freeport on Wednesday.Gladstone Russell, chief councillor for Sweeting’s Cay, and cousin of the deceased, told The

HEARTBREAKING LOSS: Drowning victim was co-founder of water charity which helped millions

AN American woman who drowned while on vacation with her family in Abaco on Wednesday has been identified as Molly F Greene.

FNM attacks PLP over lease deal to minister’s family

THE Christie administration entered into a ten-year, multi-million-dollar lease agreement with relatives of a sitting Cabinet member, Grand Bahama Minister Dr Michael Darville, and its decision not to publicly disclose the agreements has drawn accusations of hypocrisy from Public Services Minister Brensil Rolle who now has responsibility for leases.

Speaker closes down Mall debate

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie ruled yesterday that Members of Parliament will not be allowed to raise matters related to the Town Centre Mall during proceedings.

‘Pay up or we’ll shut you down’

DESPITE admitting the government’s first rates of taxation for number houses were “probably overly ambitious”, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has warned non-compliant operators behind on taxes face losing their licences.

Crime down but fears still remain

CRIME in the first half of the year declined by 17 percent compared to the same period last year, Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson said at a press conference yesterday.

‘All he did was try to run away’

FAMILY members and loved ones of the young man shot and killed by police on John Street Wednesday afternoon are calling for justice.

Still no movement on high profile investigations

POLICE Commissioner Anthony Ferguson yesterday confirmed several high profile investigations were still ongoing, but could not give an update on their status. The police chief told reporters at a press briefing he did not have an update to probes in

National lottery still an option for Bahamas

WHILE the Gaming Board is still considering options for a national lottery, a recommendation on a way forward has not yet been made, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday. The minister said the Gaming Board was mulling over whether the

32-year-old charged with stabbing man to death

A 32-year-old man was charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with stabbing another man to death during an argument last week. D’Javon Johnson, of Cox Way, was arraigned on a single murder charge stemming from Nicartha “Twin” Murphy’s death on July

Former COB employee has jail term cut by 40%

THE Court of Appeal has docked 40 percent of former College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs’ 15-year sentence for stealing over $700,000 from the institution over a seven-year period. The appellate court said Gibbs will now serve nine years in

Bahamian music icon gunned down in his own home

BAHAMIAN musician Sylvester “Sly” Roker was killed after a home invasion in the Turks and Caicos Islands yesterday morning.According to Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police, around 3.05am yesterday officers received reports that armed assailants ent

PMH resumes non-emergency ops

NON-EMERGENCY surgeries will resume today at Princess Margaret Hospital following a brief suspension, the Public Hospitals Authority announced yesterday. “All patients whose procedures were cancelled during the temporary suspension will be reschedul

Ministry of Tourism hit by computer virus

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is calling for computer security at the Ministry of Tourism to be beefed up following the discovery of a virus on a ministry server on Tuesday. Mr D’Aguilar confirmed the existence of the virus to reporters yester

PLP to challenge Bennett Minnis in his own backyard

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party officials will visit Clarence Town, Long Island, after the party’s convention this month, daring Water & Sewerage board director Bennett Minnis to make good on his threat to block them from the area, PLP chairman Fred Mitchell said.

JURY CONVICTS ‘MAD’ FIRE MUM – Defence vows to appeal and prove she’s ‘ill not evil’

A schizophrenic woman was unanimously convicted yesterday of murdering her one-year-old daughter by dousing her with gasoline and setting her afire.

Woman’s corpse in trunk of car

A GRUESOME discovery was made early yesterday morning when the body of a woman was found in the trunk of a vehicle at a local car junkyard in Freeport.

Apology? You can put it in writing

AFTER a harsh rebuke and ridicule over his comments mocking Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and criticising Bahamian workers, Liberty Latin America’s president Balan Nair apologised and explained that his comments were taken out of context.