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Caregiver tells court of relative’s threat
A CAREGIVER yesterday testified that the daughter-in-law of the elderly woman she was hired to look after threatened to harm her earlier this year.
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THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP: Police shot cutlass wielding man they had come to assist
A MAN who “charged at” an officer with a cutlass was fatally shot by police on Poitier Avenue and Foster Street in Chippingham yesterday.
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No approval for event - but police officers present
ONE of the promoters behind an event that took place over the weekend told The Tribune that while no approval from officials was given for the party, police officers were present.
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Trying to stop arrest ends up costing $525
A WOMAN who tried to prevent her teen relative from being arrested must pay $525 to avoid spending a month behind bars.
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BPL industrial deal revised in 48 hours
THE Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) says it signed a revised industrial agreement with Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) on Friday after finding clauses in the initial deal that it had not agreed to.
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Bystander shot by police in chase
THE family of the 36-year-old woman who was accidentally shot by an officer on Saturday say they plan to take legal action against the police for negligence.
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Doctors in $7.747m COVID testing boost
Doctors Hospital enjoyed a $7.747m revenue boost as a result of administering more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests during the ten months to end-January 2021, it has been revealed.
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Three injured in apartment complex explosion
TWO men and a woman were rushed to hospital Friday morning after suffering injuries from an explosion at their apartment complex on Third Street, The Grove.
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INSIGHT: ‘We put these people in power to help us and all we get is a wall of silence’
Stafford Lightbourn and his wife, Sharon Lewis-Lightbourn need answers. Like any normal couple, they fell in love and were ultimately married on April 24, 2010. The sky was the limit for them until the Department of Immigration threw a monkey wrench in their horizon.
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Court chaos over African prosecutor may hit 160 cases
A Supreme Court’s judge’s ruling that states that a rape accused’s voluntary bill of indictment was invalid as it was signed by a non-Bahamian prosecutor who was rejected for practice at the Bahamas Bar, could potentially impact “160 odd cases”.
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Veteran coach Rupert Gardiner says he never felt more humiliated
VETERAN coach Rupert Gardiner, with more than 30 years of experience, said he never felt more humiliated than he did when he was sent home from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan for what the Bahamas Olympic Committee called an insubordination of team officials.