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North Eleuthera runway repairs expected to take 12 days

REPAIRS to North Eleuthera airport's deteriorating runway, which led Western Air to suspend flights to the island last week, are expected to take about 12 days once paving begins, with crews working overnight so the airport can stay open.

New judge takes over drug case involving former Bahamian officers

A NEW US judge has been assigned to hear the upcoming drug trafficking trial involving former senior Bahamian law enforcement officers and alleged drug traffickers.

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Shoppers say they are not seeing VAT savings

SIX months after the government removed VAT on unprepared food, shoppers in New Providence say they are not seeing the savings at the checkout, and several believe food stores have raised prices to claw them back.

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School drug incidents more than triple despite overall decline in offences

SCHOOL dropouts are directly linked to criminal behaviour, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chaswell Hanna said, revealing that every murder victim aged 18 or younger in 2025 had left school.

Man charged in fatal shooting of 24-year-old on Bay Street

A MAN has been charged with murder in the shooting of a 24-year-old man near Bay Street and Parliament Street last month, an attack whose aftermath was captured in a graphic video widely shared on social media.

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Sands defends pandemic-era water tank painting projects

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands defended pandemic-era water tank painting projects as the defence opened its case in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others yesterday, but told the prosecution he could not say who received the contracts.

Ten-year jail sentence for knife attack on ex-girlfriend

A MAN who admitted trying to kill his ex-girlfriend with a knife outside her Sea Breeze home in 2022 was sentenced to ten years in prison yesterday.

Funeral home thief gets one year and probation breach sentence

A MAN who broke into a Robinson Road funeral home and stole $900 last month was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday, along with 18 months for breaching his probation over an attack in which a school principal's finger was broken.