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Customers at Chances protest in dispute over betting prizes

A SMALL number of disgruntled customers protested outside Chances headquarters on Tuesday, alleging that the gaming establishment is refusing to honour bets placed on its betting machines, with winnings ranging from $1,000 to as high as $36,000.

Man admits assault with intent to rape woman

A MAN who pleaded guilty yesterday to attacking a woman intending to rape her will return to the Supreme Court later this week for sentencing.

Western Air plane makes emergency landing at Grand Bahama International Airport

A WESTERN Air plane suffering a landing gear problem made an emergency landing at the Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) on Tuesday afternoon.

Ministers guilty of giving boy liquor to appeal

TWO ministers who were found guilty by a magistrate of giving a 15-year-old boy liquor to get him drunk will contest their conviction at the Court of Appeal, The Tribune has learned.

‘Low morale’ at Ocean Club ahead of reopening

A WEEK before the One&Only Ocean Club reopens to guests, employees at the Paradise Island hotel reportedly have “low morale” because of certain “changes” taking place at the resort, The Tribune understands.

Woman who travelled for job interview dies in accident

A 32-year-old North Andros woman became the country’s latest traffic fatality after she was killed in a deadly head-on collision early yesterday morning.

FNM will seek to privatise BPL

THE Free National Movement says it will privatise the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, now called Bahamas Power and Light, if it is elected to office this year and will ensure that the utility provider is owned by Bahamians through majority shareholding.

Break-in at C C Sweeting forces school to close on Tuesday morning

C C SWEETING Senior High School will be dismissed at 11.30am on Tuesday due to a major break-in at the campus on Monday night.

Lloyd aims to introduce single-sex schools pilot

IF ELECTED to office, the Free National Movement plans to “immediately” implement a pilot programme to separate the education of boys and girls in classes and schools.

Judge says no to PM legal bid

A JUDGE yesterday dismissed Prime Minister Perry Christie’s “no merit” recusal application which argued that she, while awaiting an approval of her application to extend her tenure as a Supreme Court judge, cannot be perceived to be impartial in hearing an ongoing judicial review into allegations that Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard illegally increased the size of his property.

BREAKING NEWS: Man dies after Ida Street shooting

POLICE are reporting they are on the scene of a murder on Ida Street, off Balfour Avenue, on Tuesday morning.

Robinson focuses on jobs in 2017 election challenge

FLAGGING unemployment as Bain and Grant Town’s biggest challenge, the Free National Movement’s youngest candidate yesterday released his five-point plan for the area, highlighting community programmes as a “youthful solution providing solutions for all.”

More 94 says Bodie suspended, but not terminated

IN the wake of reports from controversial talk show host Ortland Bodie Jr that he had been “terminated” by officials at More 94.9 FM, the radio station’s management yesterday denied the company fired him, saying he “was suspended from his usual duties as host” until internal matters could be resolved.

Names of murdered men released by police

GRAND Bahama police have officially released the names of the two men murdered last week in Freeport as 27-year-old Joseph Bain, of Weddell Avenue, Freeport and 25-year-old Stephon LaFrance of Hunters, Grand Bahama.

Mitchell: Group barred from Detention Centre visit because of Louis Bacon link

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday defended his ministry’s decision to bar an international human rights agency from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, insisting that the move was due in large part to the organisation’s connection to local groups alleged to be orchestrating plans to “destabilise” the government.

‘Change FOI act to make nation a world leader’

REPRESENTATIVES of civic groups that have been calling for strong freedom of information legislation have applauded the government for bringing an Freedom of Information Act to debate, declaring that with a few changes in the draft bill, the Bahamas could become a “world leader” in transparency.

Attorney quizzed over legal representation of Nygard

AN attorney was probed at-length yesterday concerning her legal representation of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard and correspondence or other documents relating to him that were prepared before December 2014 when alleged dredging activities were occurring on or around Nygard Cay.

Students ‘denied access to clinical training’ at Rand Memorial Hospital

STUDENTS in the nursing programme at Terreve College in Grand Bahama claim that they are being denied access to clinical training at the Rand Memorial Hospital as a result of the delayed signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Public Hospitals Authority.

Finding the right equation to encourage math students

HUNDREDS of students representing schools all over New Providence gathered at the Melia Nasau Beach Resort on Friday to hear the ideas of well-known mathematician Po-Shen Loh for a website that he is designing to make mathematics more approachable for pupils at all levels.

Students give their vision for Bahamas pavilion at Expo 2020

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday sat through a series of presentations related to the Dubai Expo 2020, as student groups from the University of The Bahamas pitched design concepts for the country’s cultural pavilion set to go on display at the event.

Ex-leader of Turks and Caicos wounded in armed robbery

A former leader of the Turks and Caicos Islands was shot and wounded during an apparent robbery near a strip of tourist hotels, police in the British territory said Monday.

Golden girl meets her match

BAHAMIAN Golden Girl Shaunae Miller tied the knot on Saturday, marrying her college sweetheart Maicel Uibo, a decathlete from Estonia, in the Crown Ballroom at Atlantis, Paradise Island.

FNM pledge over fiscal discipline

FISCAL discipline is a key pillar of the Free National Movement’s “Economic Action Plan” to rescue the country’s economy if it regains the government in the upcoming general election.

Butler-Turner out of party if she nominates as independent

THE minute Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner nominates herself as an independent candidate for Long Island she will no longer be a member of the Free National Movement, the party’s Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday.

FNM details plans to tackle crime

THE Free National Movement has outlined its goals to fight crime should the party win the next general election, noting in its recently released Manifesto plans to establish a national neighbourhood watch programme in every community, re-institute term limits for the commissioner of police, establish a sexual offenders register and enforce Marco’s Law.