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Victims of crime given gift parcels by police

ONE hundred families affected by crime received gifts of food packages and toys from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) on Friday.The event took place at Police Headquarters on East Street, and was packed with parents, children, and representative

Ready to defend the Bahamas

A NEW class of Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) recruits began training yesterday.

Five held by police after bloody start to year in GB

FIVE men are now in custody assisting police with three murder investigations in Freeport and could be arraigned by the end of the week, as Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander and a team of officers from New Providence are in Grand Bahama assisting police on the island to bring closure to the matters.

Davis cites PLP legacy for Majority Rule Day

OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Philip Davis yesterday vowed to uphold the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) legacy of majority rule as inextricable from the country’s history.

‘Boss fired me over church ultimatum’

A CONTROVERSIAL firing at Super Buck pharmacy in Grand Bahama has led to the removal of former Minister of Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville’s wife, Susie, as manager.

‘Use in medicine wins my vote’

RETIRED Bishop Simeon Hall said he is a proponent of medicinal marijuana and has gained a greater appreciation for the benefits of its use since his appointment as the country’s representative on CARICOM’s Regional Commission on Marijuana.

On alert for Aussie flu virus

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands is encouraging Bahamians to get their annual flu vaccine as a precaution against the deadly Australian or “Aussie” flu virus that is spreading around the world.

Two more die in GB shootings

A MAN was shot dead near a popular restaurant at Port Lucaya marketplace on Saturday evening, leaving bystanders in a state of shock as Grand Bahama recorded its third murder within a week.

Potty – going to jail over a joint

NO reasonable person can deny the Bahamas must scrutinise laws that criminalise people possessing small amounts of marijuana, Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said Friday.

Boat captain and migrants appear in court

A Bahamian boat captain and eight Chinese nationals rescued after a boat capsized in waters off Grand Bahama were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court last week.

Man robbed in his car in Harbour Bay

POLICE are asking the public to come forth with any information they may have in solving a number of armed robberies which occured on Friday.

Americans held after guns and ammunition found

TWO Americans are in police custody after a search of private residence in Abaco uncovered a high-powered weapon and more than 600 rounds of ammunition.

Man dies after fall from scaffold

A MAN has died as a result of injuries he sustained in an apparent industrial accident on Saturday evening in Grand Bahama.

Ship battered as bomb cyclone continues to hit US east coast

THE intense winter storm known as the “bomb cyclone” ripping through the US East Coast battered a ship carrying some 4,000 passengers on a return trip from the Bahamas.

What Aidan taught me and John Hopkins

Hundreds gathered in St Anslem’s Catholic Church on Friday for the funeral of two-year-old cancer victim Aidan Carron.

Kirk honours Sir Geoffrey Johnstone

When a man impacts his generation and the one after him, he is fondly remembered even after his passing. Such is the legacy of Sir Geoffrey Adams Dinwiddie Johnstone, KCMG. Scores of his admirers - those whose lives he touched - gathered at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk on Saturday to witness the church hall be dedicated in his honour.

Man dies after fatal crash off Carmichael Road

A man has died after a fatal crash off Carmichael Road on Friday night.

Court dismisses employees' seven-day work week appeal

THE Court of Appeal has dismissed the legal bid of more than 20 Freeport Container Port employees to overturn the Supreme Court's upholding of their employer's previously implemented seven-day work week on the grounds that was not in violation of the Employment Act.

Man shot dead at Grand Bahama nightclub

The country has recorded its second murder of 2018 after a young man was shot dead outside a popular nightclub in Freeport, Grand Bahama.

Don’t blame us - we warned you: Symonette says migrants had time to register

IMMIGRATION Minister Brent Symonette yesterday said there could be no excuse for the fate of unregularised migrants apprehended by increased enforcement measures, which he stated were already underway.

Christie’s PLP critics ‘shown no respect’

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MP George Smith said party members who urged former Prime Minister Perry Christie to keep his promise to step down as party leader in the middle of his last term were were “not treated respectfully and appropriately” by the previous administration. 

31 years jail for walk-up murder

A MAN has been sentenced to just over 30 years in prison for fatally shooting another man on Gibbs Corner in 2014.

Union cries foul in WSC theft probe

THE union representing Water and Sewerage Corporation workers yesterday said it was confident the three employees questioned by police amid an ongoing theft investigation will be “vindicated” while insisting the probe ought to focus on higher level WSC workers.

Bus robbery sentence upheld but fake gun appeal allowed

A MAN sentenced jailed for robbing a bus driver as well as up to 30 of his passengers with a gun almost six years ago had his legal bid to contest his sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal.Former Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, along

Ministry pays tribute to former civil servant

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture released a statement saying it is saddened by the recent death of Patricia Bazard, former civil servant. Bazard served in the Cultural Affairs Division of ministries with responsibility for culture from 1972