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Repeat offender accused of theft at Dr Duane Sands' home

A REPEAT offender accused of stealing from and trespassing on the property of FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands was remanded to prison yesterday.

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FOAM president says celebrate your birthday by donating blood

NEARLY every day, another flyer circulates appealing for blood donations for someone in need — young or old — a reality that has prompted Khandi Gibson, president of Families of All Murder Victims (FOAM), to challenge the public to mark their birthdays by giving a pint of blood.

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The quiet victims - kids left behind by murder

AS a new month begins, some children in The Bahamas are still learning how to live without a mother or father taken by murder — and the relatives now raising them are doing so while grieving themselves.

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Weekend fire guts family-owned hotel

HEARTBREAK struck a Bimini family on Sunday after a fast-moving fire tore through their decades-old family hotel at a time it was in the process of being sold.

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FNM to ratify eight candidates as election race heats up

THE Free National Movement (FNM) plans to ratify at least eight candidates tonight, including Shanendon Cartwright and Carlton Bowleg, who are set for the newly created constituencies.

Two women charged in $65K Abaco 'Crown land' scam

TWO Grand Bahama women have been charged with defrauding 15 Abaco residents of more than $65,000 in cash in connection with the alleged sale of Crown land.

Two stepfathers remanded for alleged sexual assault of minors

TWO men accused in separate cases of having sex with their underaged stepdaughters were remanded to prison yesterday.