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#TooSexyToVote campaign calls for clear rules on attire

THE #TooSexyToVote registration campaign yesterday brought its plea for “fair treatment and understanding” to the Parliamentary Registration Department, with organisers calling for clear and defined rules on what is expected from potential voters aiming to register.

Get a fly fishing licence - or risk going to jail under new rules

BAHAMIANS and visitors could face up to six weeks in prison, a $2,000 fine or both if they fail to adhere to the new fly fishing industry regulations set to come into effect on Monday, Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray announced yesterday.

DNA: No plan to absorb rebel seven

THE Democratic National Alliance has no intention of absorbing any of the Free National Movement’s seven members of Parliament who revolted against Killarney MP Dr Hubert Minnis in the House of Assembly, according to DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday.

Butler-Turner: You’ll see soon why I chose Rodney Moncur

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that despite newly appointed Senator Rodney Moncur being described as “vile and bombastic,” persons will come to understand “very soon” why she chose the controversial talk show host for the post.

26 new registration stations ahead of vote

THE Parliamentary Registration Department yesterday announced 26 new voter registration stations in New Providence and Grand Bahama, in a move to improve sluggish voter registration numbers.

First-time offender told if he can’t handle jail he shouldn’t break the law

A TEEN’S arraignment and admission of guilt concerning firearm related offences yesterday allowed a court official the opportunity to denounce ongoing gun violence and crime in the country.

Psychiatric evaluation of man accused of killing mother not carried out

AN ORDERED psychiatric evaluation of a man awaiting trial in connection with the fatal stabbing of his mother was not carried out, a magistrate learned yesterday.

$9m spent on school repairs after Hurricane Matthew

THE government spent around $9m to repair hurricane damage to public schools throughout the country, according to Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald, who said yesterday that works have been “significantly completed”.

Platinum Knights triumph in Freeport Junkanoo parade

AFTER four years on the scene, Platinum Knights finally walked away as Division A winners of the 2017 New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade in Freeport.

Two Haitians apprehended, 19 Cubans brought GB

TWO Haitian women were apprehended in the Williams Town area on Tuesday evening, an immigration official reported on Wednesday.

Murder victims identified

POLICE have released the identities of two of the country’s latest murder victims.

Former Tribune chief librarian dies, aged 99, in her sleep

Doris Bullard, 99, died peacefully in her sleep at her East Street south home yesterday afternoon. With her were her niece, Mrs Patricia Coakley, and her grand nephew, Father Rudi Cleare.

The house that outshines the rest for Christmas

WITH the Christmas decorations coming down on houses across the country this week, one happy resident may show off her décor a little past the twelfth day of Christmas.

On Da Hook

NEW YEAR fishing in The Bahamas continues to yield a Wahoo bounty for locals and holidaymakers alike.

Bungled vaccinations and an infant’s fight for life

When she took her healthy infant son for his routine vaccinations in Nassau last July, Elizabeth Dupuch Carron could not have imagined the horror that was to unfold which almost cost him his life. Now safely back home after five months of radical treatment in Miami, Aidan’s anguished mother opens her heart exclusively to The Tribune to tell the harrowing tale of his fight for survival in order to help other families avoid unnecessarily suffering the same frightening encounter with a deadly disease.

Johnson rumoured to be among candidates for FNM ratification

THE Free National Movement expects to ratify three candidates for the 2017 general election next week, The Tribune was told yesterday.

Payouts begin for overdue salary of supply teachers

AN education official yesterday confirmed that the Department of Education has “secured” cheque payments for 67 of those supply teachers contracted by the Ministry of Education who have not been paid for months, explaining that an additional 71 pay outs were being “worked out” for later this week.

DNA chairman: I don’t expect to be punished for gambling in Atlantis

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Chairman Andrew Wilson yesterday said although he remains steadfast in his recent assertions that he “ought not to accede to being discriminated against in my own country”, he will seek legal advice from his attorney before attempting to gamble in the Atlantis Casino in the future.

US warned: "Hands off our beaches!"

A LOCAL environmentalist has said he will be the first to stop any tractor attempting to remove sand from this country to aid Florida beaches from erosion, as he called on government officials to condemn international news reports that the US has received approval to study bringing Bahamian sand to their beaches.

Henfield 'needs head examining'

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday suggested that We March Bahamas lead organiser Ranard Henfield “get his head examined” for insinuating that the PLP allegedly recruited “gang leaders” to “convince the streets” to march with the governing party on Majority Rule Day instead of the activist group.

Moss: UN expert post a back door attempt to allow same sex marriage

THE Bahamas’ support of a United Nations resolution for the appointment of an independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is nothing more than a “back door attempt” by the government to make same sex marriage legal in the country, the United People’s Movement has said.

Man who hid drugs stash in wall claimed they were for sister’s cancer treatment

A MAN was sentenced to 24 months in prison yesterday Kendal Nairn, 33, appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes facing a charge of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply concerning a seizure by police on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2016 in Montell Heights.

$5,000 fine for man guilty of marijuana possession

A MAN was fined $5,000 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

Man accused of having firearm and ammunition denied bail

A MAN was remanded to prison without bail yesterday after he was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on two firearms related offences.

Woman in hospital after drive-by shooting

A WOMAN is recovering in hospital after she was shot several times in a drive-by shooting late Monday night.