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New Providence hit by load shedding - again

A GENERATION shortage yesterday forced Bahamas Power and Light to institute load shedding, leaving customers in the eastern and western areas of New Providence without power for hours.

Ferguson to intervene in threatened water strike

Trade Union Congress president Obie Ferguson said yesterday he intends to intervene in a strike threat by the Water and Sewerage Management Union to avoid what could be a serious situation.

GDP grows by 1.6% but it's below IMF's 2.3% prediction

THE country’s real gross domestic product grew by 1.6 percent last year compared to 2017, new data from the Department of Statistics reveals.

Alleged child abductor fit to stand trial

ALLEGED child abductor De-Edra Michelle Gibson has elected to be tried in the Supreme Court over allegations she abducted three little boys, one as young as three, from various places in New Providence between February and March.

42-year-old on murder charge

A 42-year-old was remanded to prison yesterday over allegations he murdered another man outside of an abandoned building on Hospital Lane earlier this month.

One dead, four injured in Plantol Street shooting

One man was killed and four other people were injured in a shooting incident on Plantol Street on Monday night.

‘NO-ONE CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO’: Ministers insist – We control our borders, not you

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel delivered a robust defence of Bahamian sovereignty yesterday in response to a claim that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) can order the country to change its citizenship laws.

Senate president’s Carnival ‘conflict’

OPPOSITION leader Philip Davis yesterday called on Senate president Kay Forbes-Smith to choose between her political appointment and private practice as he characterised her engagement by Carnival Cruise Line as “influence peddling”.

‘We need a dedicated suicide prevention hotline’

IN the wake of the fifth suspected suicide of the year, mental health officials are calling for a functioning national suicide prevention hotline. Yesterday, The Tribune contacted the government’s national suicide hotline and discovered the number was out of service.

Symonette stands firm on changes

THE opposition’s criticism of amendments to the Immigration Act is a “political red-herring”, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday.

Bethel: PLP fostering racial divisions and fear

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday slammed members of the Official Opposition for their position on the divisive amendments to the Immigration Act, accusing them of seeking to block all meaningful progress by the government.

‘Gov’t jaunt to Japan to watch relay races’

PICEWELL Forbes, the PLP spokesman on sports and culture, has accused the government of being hypocritical after “jaunting” off to see the IAAF track and field relays in Japan despite cancelling The Bahamas’ hosting of the event.

Man in hospital after shooting

POLICE on New Providence are investigating a shooting incident which left a man in hospital.

Grand Bahama armed robbery

GRAND Bahama police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a residence in Queen’s Cove on Sunday.

Haitian man to appeal after he’s jailed for groping co-worker

A 30-year-old Haitian man has been sentenced to one year in prison after a magistrate rejected his defence to claims he fondled his co-worker after promising to drop her home as “untruthful”.

Grand Lucayan sale still on track - Kwasi

NEGOTIATIONS are on track and the government is continuing its due diligence for the sale of the Grand Lucayan resort, according to State Minister for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson, who said last week that his government is “anxiously” awaiting a completion of the process.

Sands repeats his call for people to get vaccinations against measles

MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands has repeated his call for Bahamians to get up to date on vaccinations in the face of a worldwide measles outbreak.

Hanna Martin dismisses FNM govt as abysmal

DESPITE a wave of positive reviews from Cabinet ministers of the Minnis administration’s first two years in office, opposition member of Parliament Glenys Hanna Martin says this government’s performance has been “abysmal”.

Two years in and 58 bills passed

Parliament has passed 58 bills since the Free National Movement won the general election two years ago.

Bishop Simeon Hall calls for a moratorium on murders

BISHOP Simeon Hall has called for a moratorium on murders, urging Bahamians and residents to “pray and trouble God’s throne for divine intervention” to halt killings for a period of 30 days.

Man shot during arrest

A MAN is in hospital after he was shot during an arrest.

PLP to vote against Immigration Act amendments

THE Progressive Liberal Party will vote against amendments to the Immigration Act set to be debated in the Senate today. The opposition party said it is “fundamentally opposed” to the reforms that the PLP feels “will loosen the controls that we presently have to protect the integrity of our borders and our workforce.”

Water union hit with $25k costs

A Supreme Court judge has awarded the Water and Sewerage Corporation costs in a recently ended case with the Bahamas Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union.

Potter’s Cay: Man held in connection with murders

POLICE have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the double homicide that occurred at Potter’s Cay Dock last week.

FORCED OUT: Senior officers sue after being sidelined by enforced vacation

THE Minnis administration has been accused in an extraordinary lawsuit of exploiting vacation leave policies to unfairly sideline senior law enforcement officers.