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Police in Andros destroy 90,000 marijuana plants

POLICE destroyed more than 90,000 marijuana plants found in eight fields in Andros in two separate incidents last week.

UPDATED: Four people murdered in 48 hours

Four men were killed in separate incidents over the weekend with two of the killings taking place roughly an hour apart and just streets apart.

WSC executive chairman: Woods ‘hasn’t done a day’s work for us in years’

BAHAMAS Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union president Dwayne Woods “has not performed a day’s work” for the Water and Sewerage Corporation in years, according to its executive chairman, who said the man stills gets paid approximately $60,000 a year despite being on “administrative leave”.

TOGETHER IN GRIEF: Mass turnout for funeral of Abaco tragedy victims

THEIR coffins draped in the Haitian flag and a bouquet of flowers, 22 Haitian migrants who were killed when their sloop shipwrecked in Abaco more than a week ago were mourned yesterday by hundreds who did not know them but who came to show empathy for the plight that brought them to their demise.

UPDATED: Search suspended for man missing from downed plane

SUNDAY 11.50pm UPDATE: The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for the second man from the downed Conquest Air airplane on Saturday afternoon.

One dead, one injured after shooting off Cowpen Road

One man was killed and another was injured after a shooting off Cowpen Road in the early hours of Saturday.

AF Adderley Junior High students make the grade

SCORES of A F Adderley Junior High School students were rewarded for stellar academic achievement during the school’s awards assembly on Friday.

Man in critical condition after shooting

A MAN is in critical condition in hospital after he was shot outside his home on Thursday afternoon.

Canadian man jailed for three years for smuggling heroin

A 54-year-old Canadian man was sentenced to prison on Friday for smuggling almost $10,000 worth of heroin into the Bahamas from London late last year in the hope of getting more than $3m in exchange.

Man tells court he posted Facebook video 'to tell the world the truth'

A man testified on Friday that he used Facebook as a last resort to counteract the allegations made in a statement he said he was forced to give to police that implicated his cousin and two other men of executing a murder plot.

Police body cams 'on the way'

IN the wake of Tuesday's police-involved shooting, the first of the year, National Security Minister Marvin Dames said body cams for law enforcement is on the way.

'Tremendous' turnout at Fusion Superplex job fair

NEARLY 1500 job-seekers turned up to the Fusion Superplex entertainment venue yesterday, as the company seeks to fill up to 80 part-time and full-time openings.

Woman raped in her home

A WOMAN was raped in her home on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Court of Appeal orders murder retrial

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of Javaro Davis who allegedly killed Rimardo Rolle, 27, at a nightclub in 2014.

Nassau viewed as safe for gay community says activist

MORE than half of the 5,400 men onboard the exclusively gay Allure Caribbean Cruise disembarked the ship on Monday, a development activist Alexus D’Marco says is a good indication the capital is viewed as “safe” for the gay community.

Fire destroys old police station on Grand Bahama

A fire in Grand Bahama yesterday left an old sub-police station “completely gutted”.

There's no cause for alarm over conch, says GB fisherman

DESPITE scientists estimating The Bahamas’ conch population could be wiped out in 10 to 15 years, one Grand Bahama fisherman doubts the research.

Measles outbreak: 50k need vaccine – Global alerts spark drive to protect children

OFFICIALS are on “heightened” alert over the highly infectious measles disease as the country’s vaccination coverage remains at decreased levels, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.

Primary school hit with scabies

THE Sybil Strachan Primary School on Carmichael Road will be closed to students today after it was confirmed some two dozen students there were infected with scabies.

Families identify 21 Abaco dead

On the day that another Haitian body washed up on shore - a female - the League of Haitian Pastors reported that they have been in contact with family members for at least 21 of the now 31 migrants who died when their sloop shipwrecked near Abaco cays over the weekend.

Three women deny charges of fraud against church

THREE women were remanded to prison yesterday after denying allegations that they defrauded a local bank of thousands of dollars belonging to a Seventh-day Adventist church last year.

Haitian driver denied bail as he faces charges over car death

A 38-year-old Haitian man yesterday denied allegations that last month he struck and killed another man with a car he did not have permission to drive.

D'Aguilar confirms Grand Lucayan payouts to line staff

PAYOUTS to line staff employees at the Grand Lucayan resort should be done this week or early next week “at the latest,” Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.

#BeAHero campaign arrives in Grand Bahama

MONTHS after launching the Be A Hero environmental campaign in Nassau, officials recently took the message of keeping your surroundings clean to the nation’s second city, Freeport.

Memorial Concert and Arts Endowment Honour Cultural Icon Audrey Dean-Wright

A memorial concert for Audrey F Dean-Wright, who had an almost infectious enthusiasm and excitement for the arts, was held at the University of The Bahamas’ Performing Arts Centre at the end of January.