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American visitor drowns during diving expedition

AN American visitor to The Bahamas drowned during a diving trip off New Providence on Monday, according to police.

Privatisation is considered for state-run enterprises

DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest said the government will consider turning state owned enterprises or quasi-government corporations over to the private sector as a way of retiring debt because the subsidies provided to them are exorbitant.

Landfill ‘urgent health hazard’

THE New Providence Landfill has been classified as an “urgent public health hazard” presenting a “chronic health risk” to those operating in and around its vicinity, according to a report compiled by the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation and submitted to the former Christie administration at the end of April.

Seven-year-old girl drowns at Labour Day family picnic

FERNANDER Bullard, the mother of the seven-year-old girl who is believed to have drowned during a family picnic on Labour Day, said she is “overwhelmed with grief” at the loss of her baby, but finds comfort in knowing that her daughter “is now in the arms of the Lord.”

Davis names shadow cabinet

THE Official Opposition named its shadow cabinet over the weekend, with the party’s interim Leader Philip “Brave” Davis assuming shadow responsibilities for the portfolio of prime minister in addition to several other key areas.

Three months in Sandilands for indecent exposure guilt

A 46-year-old Grand Bahama man, convicted of indecent exposure on Thursday in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court, was sentenced to three months at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre.

Bahamas staff in London unharmed by terror attack

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that The Bahamas High Commission in London has confirmed that staff at the commission, The Bahamas Maritime Authority and The Bahamas Tourist Office in London are all accounted for and unaffected by the latest security incidents where a van ploughed into a crowd and where a stabbing occurred in a busy London market.

Bahamas alarm at US withdrawal from Paris climate change deal

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed The Bahamas’ concern regarding the announced withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Man held after gun find

A 25-year-old Bimini man was arrested on Friday after he was allegedly caught with a loaded firearm in his possession.

Bahamian author in book signing at logos

LOGOS Bookstore in the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza will host Bahamian author Amanda Diedrick for a book signing on Saturday from 11am to 2pm.

Call to close septage and sludge handling facility

THE government has been urged to close the New Providence septage and sludge handling facility until adequate repairs and adjustments can be made at the property, this as a part of recommendations put forward by the Pan American Health Organisation/W

Man dies after shooting in Mackey Street area

A man died in hospital after a shooting incident off Mackey Street on Monday night.

Man found dead in Acklins, hours after stabbing incident

A man was found dead in Acklins on Sunday morning, hours after he was involved in a violent altercation

Body found off Arawak Cay believed to be missing girl

POLICE are investigating after a young girl was found dead in waters at Arawak Cay on Saturday

Man in hospital after York Street shooting

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating four men after a shooting left a man detained in hospital on Friday night.

Visitor in hospital after shark attack

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shark attack that left an American visitor detained in hospital on Friday.

Five years for man found with rifle and ammunition in his bedroom

A MAN was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition on Thursday.

Turnquest eyes privatisation of subsidised state bodies to alleviate debt

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said the government will consider turning state-owned enterprises (SOEs) or quasi-government corporations over to the private sector as a means to retire debt because the subsidies provided to them are exorbitant.

AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition found at Pepper Road home

POLICE arrested a male and a female early on Wednesday morning after officers discovered an AK-47 assault rifle along with 30 rounds of ammunition in their home.

Govt will borrow $722m to pay bills

THE Minnis administration projects borrowing more than $722m to cover inherited outstanding bills along with the costs associated with running the country moving forward, after discovering the current fiscal year is “far bleaker” than anyone could have imagined as the Christie administration left “the cupboard bare,” according to Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest.

Hurricane and shortfall of revenue blamed by Davis for $400m extra deficit

OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday blamed Hurricane Matthew, a shortfall in income revenue and a reduction in taxes for a $400m overrun in the country’s GFS deficit.

$10m paid in NHI consultancy fees and $30m in roadside contracts in past year

THE Christie administration paid over $10m in consultancy fees for National Health Insurance in the last fiscal year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest revealed yesterday.

Terror suspect linked to the Bahamas

A DOUBLE homicide in Tampa, Florida, has landed the grandson of a longstanding Grand Bahama family business owner in federal court facing charges for possession of bomb-making materials as a confessed Neo-Nazi.

Bahamasair may cut back domestic services

TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday speculated over the possibility of systematically reducing Bahamasair’s domestic presence year to year, with an ultimate view of withdrawing domestic services completely in the coming years.

Labour leader Alexander Thompson dies

ALEXANDER Thompson, a prominent figure in the Bahamian labour movement, died yesterday morning. He was 80.