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Mitchell 'likely to be nominated for PLP Chairman on convention floor'

FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Fred Mitchell is being drafted to compete in the chairmanship race at the Progressive Liberal Party’s national convention next week, with sources in the party saying it is likely he will be nominated on the flo

UPDATED: Son says search for missing US couple is still on

DESPITE a nightmarish past two and a half weeks, Brandon Simmons said the search for his mother and her husband – Forrest and Donna Sanco – is still alive as he encouraged fishermen and boaters at sea to keep an eye out for anything that could lead to the safe return of the American couple.

Shootings leave two dead, four injured

A man is dead after a shooting late last night on West Street near Meadows Street.

AG: Caribbean Court has not departed from Privy Council on death penalty

ANYONE who thinks adopting the Caribbean Court of Justice as the Bahamas' final court of appeal in order to circumvent the Privy Council's "disciplines" on the death penalty will be "sorely disappointed", according to Attorney General Carl Bethel.

Armed robbery accused breaks down in court

A 23-year-old man broke down in court yesterday as he was arraigned on an armed robbery charge, tearfully telling Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt that he doesn't want to return to prison because it is hard.

Trial date set for former minister Kenred Dorsett

A TRIAL date of November 10 was set on Friday in the Supreme Court for former Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett to formally face allegations that he used his former ministerial position to extort and solicit $120,000 in bribes from Jonathan Ash.

BPL to disconnect staff with overdue accounts 'immediately'

BAHAMAS Power and Light has advised its staff yesterday that the corporation will begin disconnecting employees with overdue accounts "immediately".

Carnival Corporation opens technology centre in Grand Bahama

CARNIVAL Corporation opened its technology centre in Freeport on Friday, putting Grand Bahama on the way to becoming an offshore technology hub.

Marijuana field found off Thomson Boulevard

THREE people – a Bahamian man and a Jamaican man and woman – are assisting police after an illegal marijuana field was found on a property on Portago Road off Thompson Boulevard Friday.

US couple search: plane wheel found

HOPES of finding missing US couple Forrest and Donna Sanco alive appeared dashed last night after an aircraft wheel was recovered in the sea off Eleuthera.

Greenslade confirmed as envoy to London

AFTER months of speculation, the Minnis Administration announced yesterday that Ellison Greenslade has been appointed High Commissioner of the Bahamas to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and as Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization.

Nurses quit for high US salaries

AMERICAN recruiters are poaching Bahamian nurses from the country’s cash-strapped public healthcare system, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands, who said 70 nurses have left this month.

FNM in spy bill change

THE Minnis Administration will amend its Interception of Communication Bill to ensure the Minister of National Security does not have the power to authorize use of listening devices, Attorney General Carl Bethel announced in the Senate yesterday.

Migrants crackdown ‘humane and caring’

IMMIGRATION Minister Brent Symonette yesterday insisted that the deadline threat for all irregular migrants to leave the country by year-end only sounded “draconian” but will be carried out as “humanely and caring” as possible.

Tenant ‘heard gunshots and a scream’

AFTER hearing what sounded like gunshots and a woman scream on the evening of September 12, 2015, a tenant who had occupied a unit in Barry and Sheena Johnson’s triplex sat in her apartment and did not call police until the next morning.

Bamsi fire accused ‘witnessed aggression towards contractors’

THE MAN accused of setting fire to a dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) yesterday claimed he only worked at the North Andros site under specific conditions to mitigate against his fear of working among disgruntled and “violent” workers at the site.

One year in prison for stealing rice and tuna

A 21-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to just over a year in prison for breaking into a preschool and stealing a bag of rice and a can of tuna over the holiday weekend.

Man in court on ammo charges

A 35-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court over allegations that he was found in possession of nearly 100 rounds of assorted ammunition.

Date for Gibson constitutional relief hearing

A DATE of December 14 has been set for the Supreme Court hearing of former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson’s application for constitutional relief on the basis that a magistrate’s lack of jurisdiction to grant bail according to the Bail Act is unconstitutional.

PHA Managing Director Herbert Brown retires

AFTER more than 40 years of public service, Public Hospitals Authority Managing Director Herbert Brown has retired.

Fox Hill man gunned down

A MAN standing outside his Fox HIll residence yesterday was killed when two men pulled up in a white vehicle and shot him, police said.

Get out: Minnis gives illegals exit deadline

ILLEGAL migrants in the Bahamas must leave the country by December 31, 2017, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis (pictured) declared yesterday, as he warned an aggressive pursuit and deportation will be the fate of anyone who does not comply.

‘We didn’t misuse funding’

A DAY after Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest said the former government diverted more than $40m from a $150m hurricane relief and recovery loan to win the most recent election, Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis denied the allegation saying he was “confident” the Christie administration used the money for its correct purpose. To suggest otherwise, Mr Davis told reporters outside of the House Of Assembly yesterday, suggested the former government committed a criminal offence, which he called “damnable”. 

Drive-by victim prayed to God as she lay dying

SHENIKA Hart asked God to forgive her and watch over as she lay dying feet away from the home she shared with her three daughters.

US couple – search drags on

AUTHORITIES have ruled out an area of debris near Cat Island which they thought could be remnants of the plane carrying missing American honeymooners Forrest and Donna Sanco.