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Turnquest: Changes to Montagu are shameless

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday accused the government of “shameless gerrymandering” over recently tabled boundary changes that he claims affect the “deliberate elimination of middle class areas” from the former Montagu constituency.

Call for resistance to ‘dangerous’ spying bill

FORMER Bahamas Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday joined activist calls for Bahamians to organise protests and public resistance to the recently tabled Interception of Communications Bill (ICB) 2017, which he called “dangerous” spying legislation.

Two police officers in hospital after being blasted by shotgun

TWO police officers, a husband and a wife, are in serious but stable condition after they were shot multiple times while responding to a “domestic incident”.

UPDATED: Seventh man shot dead in Nassau's bloody weekend

POLICE are investigating the fatal shooting of a man after an altercation outside a West Bay Street night club early on Monday. The killing took the murder toll of a bloody weekend in Nassau to seven.

Man killed as car hits stop sign and flips over

ONE man is dead after the vehicle he was in hit a stop sign and flipped over twice before landing on top of him, “crushing his head.” The incident took place on Saturday evening.

Nottage and Bell criticised for continued silence

FORMER Deputy Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames last night criticised National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage and State Minister of National Security Keith Bell for their “continued silence” in the wake of a spate of killings.

Police bust major gun ring

POLICE believe they have cracked a “major gun trafficking ring” after officers seized a large amount of ammunition from a home in Nassau Village.

Armed robber threatens gardener walking to work

IT was around 5 o’clock on the morning of Saturday, February 4, when a gardener, walking to work, was held up at gunpoint in a failed robbery.

Search is on for missing woman

POLICE in Grand Bahama have asked for the public’s help in locating a woman who has been reported missing.

Baark! looking to build on record year

THE Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness (Baark!)) is looking to build on its 2016 achievement of providing a record number of spay/neuters with a series of initiatives in the coming weeks.

Two police officers wounded by man with shotgun

POLICE have taken a man into custody after an incident early on Sunday in which two police officers suffered shotgun wounds and were taken to hospital.

Two more men die as bloody weekend shooting spree continues

TWO men died as a result of separate shootings in Nassau on Saturday night, taking a bloody weekend's murder toll to five in a 28-hour period. There have been 11 homicides in 11 days in February, according to The Tribune's records.

Passenger killed in accident after car hits sign on JFK Drive

A PASSENGER died and a driver was taken to hospital after a traffic accident on JFK Drive near Westridge on Saturday afternoon.

Two dead in Nassau night club shooting, boy killed in park

POLICE in New Providence launched an island-wide manhunt for suspects on Saturday after overnight shootings left three people dead - two men following an altercation at a Nassau night club and a teenage boy fatally wounded in Dale Park.

Man gets three years for assault with attempt to commit rape

A MAN was sentenced on Friday to nearly three years in prison for attacking a woman with intention to rape her.

FNM candidate says new airport 'critical' for Long Island

AMONG a list of initiatives he pledged to advocate for if elected, Free National Movement (FNM) candidate for Long Island Adrian Gibson said the construction of a "state of the art" international airport was paramount.

Committee probing BTC sale making 'steady progress'

THE select committee appointed to probe the 2011 sale of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) Ltd is making “steady progress” despite a rocky start, according to Golden Gates MP Shane Gibson on Friday.

Cuban national investigated on suspicion of human smuggling

UNITED States Coast Guard (USCG) officials said on Friday a Cuban national is suspected of attempting to smuggle 14 people into Florida by boat.

Fred Smith condemns bill allowing police to intercept communications

GRAND Bahama Human Rights Association president Fred Smith on Friday railed against a bill tabled by the government that would allow police to intercept and examine a person’s communications from telecommunications operators, internet providers and postal services.

Brent Symonette: I would have voted for Donald Trump

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said he would have voted for Donald Trump if he was eligible to vote in last year's US presidential election.

US missionary and team commit to hurricane repair of churches

A US missionary and a team from South Dakota are in Grand Bahama helping with hurricane restoration and have committed to working for the next two years with their fellow churches in the Bahamas.

DNA candidate laments cruise ship pull out from Grand Bahama

WITH hundreds of hotel workers unemployed in Grand Bahama, Nevar Smith, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for Marco City, said the island is again faced with bad news after the recent pullout of Norwegian Sky resulted in the loss of millions of dollars to the local economy.

Warning of ‘immense’ problems for NHI

AS the Christie administration faces a time crunch to implement the primary care phase of National Health Insurance before Bahamians head to the polls this year, the government is challenged by “immense” logistical problems because public facilities are not structurally sound, a high level NHI insider has told The Tribune.

We March organisers seek to raise $120,000

WE March Bahamas plans on staging 12 more “events and protests” throughout the Bahamas before the next general election, including candidates debates, and has launched a Go Fund Me page to raise $120,000 for these initiatives.

Extra seat in PLP stronghold ‘shows desperation of govt’

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday that Prime Minister Christie’s addition of an extra seat in a perceived “PLP stronghold” shows how desperate the government has become.