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Lovers' quarrel ends in stabbing
FREEPORT – A lovers’ spat ended with a man being stabbed repeatedly after several of his girlfriend’s friends attacked him.
Man accused of sex with girl, 9
A MAN accused of having sexual relations with a nine-year-old girl and taking pictures while in the act appeared in Supreme Court yesterday for the opening of his trial.
Policeman held over stabbing of Defence Force officers
A POLICE officer is in custody in connection with the stabbing of two Defence Force officers over the weekend.
Baha Mar seals deal for casino operation
BAHA Mar announced yesterday that it has selected Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM), one of the largest and most successful casino management companies in the world, to manage what will be the centrepiece of its $3.5 billion resort in the Bahamas.
Gang war fears rise
ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson said officers are doing all they can to lessen retaliation killings after rumours of gang wars started to spread.
Brown: Deaths in police custody were collateral damage
THE men who recently died in police custody were “collateral damage” in the fight against crime, according to Oswald Brown, the government’s press attaché and cultural affairs officer in Washington, DC.
Baha Mar 'will change way casino gaming is seen in Bahamas'
ON the heels of Baha Mar’s announced casino partner, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said he believes that the hotel property will change the way casino gaming is seen in the Bahamas.
Colleagues say murder victimwas a 'sweet person'
EMOTIONAL co-workers and friends of 17-year-old Frederick Telusma, who was shot and killed on Monday afternoon, remember him as a “sweet person” who was well known and liked by everyone.
Minnis: Unite to fight crime
FOLLOWING a crime-filled holiday weekend that brought the murder count to 44 in five months, opposition leader Hubert Minnis is calling on the government to form a non-partisan committee dedicated to fighting the country’s persistent crime level.
Bahamian group will take art donation to Cuban hospital
A BAHAMIAN delegation is departing to Camaguey, Cuba, today to take part in a ceremony that will officially mark the donation of several works by local artists to the Oncological Hospital and Paediatric Hospital in that city.
Frontrunner emerges to take over NIB role
THE Board at National Insurance have taken the first steps in identifying possible replacements for former Director Algernon Cargill, NIB Minister Shane Gibson confirmed yesterday.
Tributes paid to Fr George Wolf
THE Catholic community in the Bahamas is joining with the monks of St John’s Abbey, Minnesota in mourning the death of former St Augustine’s monk Father George Wolf, who died on Monday.
UPDATED: SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
THIS IS A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GRAND BAHAMA, BIMINI, ANDROS AND NEW PROVIDENCE
Moss link to $42,000 claim
A SENIOR National Insurance Board executive refuted Gregory Moss’s denial of claims that he sought to push a $42,000 energy audit contract to a firm owned by one of his business partners.
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