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Jury rules dad killed attacker in self-defence

SENIOR immigration officer Ruis Gibson - who shot and killed a man who had stabbed his son to death during a beach party in Grand Bahama in April - will not face criminal charges after an inquest found that the shooting was lawful. 

Three Americans held in credit card fraud

THREE American men are in police custody after officers discovered a large amount of fraudulent credit cards, $10,000 in Bitcoins and a unknown amount of suspected cocaine in a home on Yamacraw Hill Road.

PM defends post office deal with minister

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis does not appear to be concerned about losing political capital over his administration’s decision to enter into a five-year lease agreement with owners of Town Centre Mall, one of them a sitting Cabinet minister, to house the General Post Office, telling reporters yesterday he is doing “what is right”.

Blaze rips through ministry warehouse

THE Ministry of Education’s warehouse unit on University Drive was completely destroyed in a blaze late Tuesday night. This inferno was the second major fire in the nation’s capital in a 12-hour period. Education Minister Jeff Lloyd told Parliament

Man found guilty of Freeport shooting

ALEXANDER Sweeting was found guilty of murder in the Supreme Court yesterday in the shooting death of a 40-year-old man in the Redwood Lane area almost three years ago. As the prisoner was being led away by officers outside the Grand Bahama courthous

BAIC $150,000 theft claim 'a bold-faced lie'

THE Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has shot down rumours that $150,000 was stolen from the corporation, saying the allegation is a “bold-faced lie”.“We wish to emphatically state that the allegation is a bold-faced lie and without an

Murder charge is dropped

JUST over three months after a 20-year-old man was arraigned on charges of murder and attempted murder, prosecutors yesterday produced a written directive from the Office of the Attorney General requesting the more serious charge not be pursued.Matth

Woman held after drugs discovered in food plate

A WOMAN has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services concealed in a plate of food. Police said shortly before 10am yesterday, a woman went to the correctional facility to take food to an

Roadworks alert

THE government has advised that road work is being carried out by Bahamix at Cordeaux Avenue, beginning yesterday. Additionally, paving work on Bernard Road will be suspended due to additional utility works.Motorists are asked to avoid the area if po

Tributes to Permanent Secretary

THE Cabinet Office has advised that the public service has lost a dedicated competent officer after the death of Christina Brown, deputy permanent secretary, who died on Friday, October 12. Brown joined the public service in 1973 as a clerk at the M

Baptist group to visit Haiti and Florida after disasters

THE National Baptist Convention will be sending a delegation to Haiti on Monday to determine what aid the country needs, Christian Council President Delton Fernander said yesterday.The Christian Council will be partnering with the group and once the

BAMSI students dive against debris

FOR many people marine debris is out of sight, out of mind.Thankfully however, divers have the unique ability to bring to the surface what is going on beneath the waves and this is exactly what the student dive team of the Bahamas Agriculture and Mar

Cuban expert goes back to school

A CUBAN percussionist visited Government High School yesterday to participate in an art and music initiative. Jose Cordova had the opportunity to listen to 13 students in grades 11 and 12 of the Government High band perform a Bahamian song in Junkan

Medics to hold meeting in GB

THE Grand Bahama Medical & Dental Association will holds its 18th annual Scientific Educational Conference in Freeport beginning today at Pelican Bay Resort.

Minnis 'did not refuse aid'

PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold has again defended Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ response to the Haitian earthquake, yesterday categorically denying the nation’s leader had expressed a refusal to send aid.Mr Newbold yesterday read out the direct w

Our relationship with Dominicans is strong, says Henfield

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield admitted yesterday Dominican poachers continue to pillage Bahamian territorial waters despite efforts to discourage the practice in that country dating back to the former Christie administration, but insisted

Minnis 'well aware' of concerns over prison

THE Minnis administration is well-aware of the mounting issues at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold has said. Responding to questions on overpopulation at the facility and the lack of adequate funding,

Power turned off as crews battle blaze at John Chea

POLICE were called to the scene of a massive fire at John Chea #8 on Carmichael Road yesterday.

Group hopes to breathe new life into long-stalled project

STALLED Long Island project Port St George has been given new life, according to a press release announcing plans for a five-star hotel and spa, 515 luxury homes, and a 640-berth marina.

We’re making progress on poaching plague

BAHAMAS Commercial Fishers Alliance Vice President Keith Carroll yesterday described poaching as a “plague” that is afflicting the country and dubbed the weekend arrest of 124 Dominican poachers as “one of the best things” to have ever happened in the southern Bahamas.

Lighthouse Point D-day delayed for 72 hours

THE government’s decision on Lighthouse Point is now expected to be made on Friday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.

Post Office’s new landlord - Brent?

THE government is expected to bring a resolution to Parliament today which will allow the Minnis administration to rent facilities at the Town Centre Mall to house the General Post Office, a move that could bring an end to years of turmoil for workers at the facility and months of anguish for Bahamians that depend on its operations.

Judges order ‘killer’ retried

THE Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a man previously convicted of stabbing another man to death five years ago.

Pintard promises stiffer penalties against poachers

MARINE Resources Minister Michael Pintard yesterday promised stiffer penalties for poachers caught in Bahamian waters as he described as “tragic” the quantity of undersized lobsters caught by the 124 Dominican poachers who were arrested over the week

Two BAIC directors removed from posts

TWO directors on the board at the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation have been removed.Officials confirmed to The Tribune that directors Bernard Adderley and Mark Turnquest will be replaced by Bar Association President Khalil Parker and