News for Saturday, August 2, 2014

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SILVER MEDAL FOR BAHAMAS MEN'S 4x400M TEAM

The Bahamas landed its third medal of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, with a silver in the men's 4x400m final.

Man drowns in Harbour Island

POLICE in Eleuthera are investigating the death of a 27-year-old American.

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PM pays tribute to Edmund Moxey

THE late Edmund Moxey espoused ideas and introduced projects that historians will come to view as being way ahead of their time, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during the state funeral for one of the Bahamas cultural icons at the Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Stapleton Gardens yesterday.

AIRPORT IS HIT BY LATEST POWER CUT

DARKNESS shrouded the Lynden Pindling International Airport’s three terminals for a short time yesterday as in-house generators failed to activate after a Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) service disruption which affected several areas of New Providence.

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POLICE NET $3M IN DRUG SEIZURES

  DRUGS Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers discovered more than $1m worth of marijuana on Thursday afternoon in Exuma, hours after they seized $2m worth of marijuana on a boat in waters off New Providence.

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Tropical Storm Bertha set to soak Southern and Central Bahamas

RESIDENTS in the southern and central Bahamas should brace themselves for heavy showers and thunderstorms early tomorrow morning as Tropical Storm Bertha passes through the archipelago.

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Men and women's 4x400 teams reach finals

GLASGOW, Scotland: One half of the mission was accomplished on Day 9 of the 20th Commonwealth Games as both the women and men’s 4 x 400 metre relay teams advanced to the final when the curtain came down at the Hampden Park National Stadium.