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16 arrests as police seize firearms in special operations

FIFTEEN men and one woman have been arrested over the weekend for illegal firearms and ammunition possession in special operations in Nassau, police are reporting.

One man dead, another seriously wounded after Chippingham shooting

POLICE in New Providence are appealing to the public for information that can assist them in solving a shooting incident that left a man dead and another seriously wounded in hospital on Saturday morning.

Weather brings FNM Grand Bahama rally to a halt

INCLEMENT weather forced the postponement of the Free National Movement’s (FNM) mass rally in Grand Bahama on Friday evening.

61-year-old woman missing in Grand Bahama

GRAND Bahama Police are searching for a 61-year-old woman of Hunters who has been reported missing.

Ministry of Tourism Permanent Secretary to serve as Acting Parliamentary Commissioner

CHARLES Albury, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, will replace Sherlyn Hall and serve as Acting Parliamentary Commissioner until the post is substantively filled, the government announced on Friday.

Environmental activist claims affected residents will deal with PLP government at polls

ENVIRONMENTAL activist Shuffel Hepburn says the residents affected by industrial pollution in the five southern settlements of Grand Bahama will deal with the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government at the polls on May 10.

Loretta hits out at 'untruthful' Ingraham

LORETTA Butler-Turner, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, turned on him on Friday, calling him "duplicitous" and "untruthful" for statements he made this week about the decision of her and six other members of the Free National Movement's (FNM) Parliamentary caucus to remove Dr Hubert Minnis as Leader of the Official Opposition.

FNM candidate 'not ruling out political mischief' after office burglary

FREE National Movement (FNM) Golden Isles candidate Vaughn Miller says he is not ruling out political mischief as the motive behind the overnight burglary and subsequent robbery and vandalising of the party's constituency office for the area.

Trial date set for murder accused

A TRIAL date in 2018 has been fixed for a 30-year-old man accused of being the culprit behind a fatal shooting in an inner-city community earlier in the year.

Man gets 35-year sentence for killing his mother

A MAN convicted by a Supreme Court jury of matricide has been handed a 35-year prison sentence.

VIDEO: Harvey Tynes urges Bahamians to vote against government

PROMINENT attorney Harvey Tynes, QC, railed against Prime Minister Perry Christie and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as he urged Bahamians to vote against the incumbent government in a bid to save the country.

Police hunt suspect in Kemp Road machine gun shooting

POLICE are on the hunt for a suspect who shot and critically injured a man near Uriah McPhee Primary School shortly after 7am on Friday.

DNA concern over ballot box security

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has questioned the integrity of Wednesday’s advanced poll, as he and members of his party yesterday suggested that the ballot boxes are not being kept in a secure location.

Voter fraud charge is withdrawn

MORE than a month after he was hauled before a magistrate in handcuffs on allegations of voter fraud, an Eleuthera native had the charge withdrawn against him yesterday.

Ingraham wants VAT hearings

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham called for public hearings to take place into the “secretive” dealings of the Christie administration, such as value added tax (VAT) spending, saying the public would be “surprised” to see where the revenue has gone.

FNM pledges to upgrade airport and water supply in Long Island

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night accused the government of victimising Long Islanders because of their faithfulness to the Free National Movement, while promising to upgrade the island’s “run down” airport and to install reliable potable water throughout the settlements when he becomes prime minister.

Hall blames others for election chaos

EMBATTLED Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall yesterday confirmed that his contract has expired and that he would not be seeking an extension, as he adamantly defended himself from harsh criticisms over his department’s abysmal handling of Wednesday’s advanced polling process.

Man dies after being shot in head at car wash

POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance after a man, who was shot in the head at a car wash in the Marathon area Thursday evening, died in hospital a short time later.

67-year-old is first patient treated in NHI scheme

BETTY North, 67, yesterday became the first patient treated under the government’s National Health Insurance scheme, this as officials tout that “in excess of 100 providers” are now associated with the programme.

Adderley disagrees with Dame Joan over Baha Mar

FORMER Court of Appeal judge Neville Adderley has disagreed with former Chief Justice Dame Joan Sawyer’s recent critique of the Supreme Court-sealed deal to open Baha Mar, further charging that only a “perverse mind” would interpret the court’s sealing of the documents as an attempt to protect a “secret deal” by the government.

Roberts suggests poll problems work of Ingraham ‘operatives’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts blamed the confusion and chaos of advanced poll day on a last minute decision to scale the event back to one polling site, rather than two, in New Providence.

Former PM raises more concerns over economy

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham relentlessly attacked the Christie administration’s narrative about the fiscal condition of the economy Wednesday night, raising concerns about the rising debt despite Value Added Tax’s implementation while questioning the government’s ability to pay vendors and contractors the money owed to them.

Overseas polling also hits problems

DESPITE Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall’s assertion that voting went “well” at all of the oversees advanced polling stations, Bahamians studying in Barbados told The Tribune yesterday that their experience seemed to follow the same “chaotic” and “discouraging” nature of the vote on Wednesday in the capital.

We March organiser backs FNM leader

RANARD Henfield, the organiser of the We March Bahamas activist group, has endorsed the Free National Movement ahead of the upcoming general election, stressing his confidence in the party’s leader, Dr Hubert Minnis.

Mitchell: FNM is heartless

IN laying out his case for re-electing the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) next week, Fred Mitchell portrayed the Free National Movement (FNM) as a heartless organisation.