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Supreme Court rejects mother's bid to overturn kids' expulsion

A SUPREME Court judge has rejected a mother’s bid to overturn Xavier’s Lower School’s decision to expel her two children, ruling that the dispute arose from a private contractual relationship and could not be challenged through judicial review.

DEREK SMITH: Governance standards drive corporate culture

CULTURE is often presented as the foundation of corporate success.

Court of Appeal denies appeal for reduced sentence due to illness

A MAN’S diabetes, morbid obesity, history of pulmonary emboli and warning that prison could expose him to life-threatening complications were not enough to spare him from returning behind bars for possessing an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

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Disabled dialysis patient accuses PMH of victimisation

A DISABLED dialysis patient says Princess Margaret Hospital is jeopardising his life by transferring him to a treatment centre he cannot afford to reach, but Public Hospitals Authority managing director Dr Aubynette Rolle said he requested placement outside the public system and was “quite happy” when she discussed the arrangements with him.

Tourist fined over Baha Mar brawl

AN American tourist was fined on Friday for injuring another guest during a fight at Baha Mar last week.

Woman fined for hitting ex-boyfriend with hammer

A JAMAICAN woman was fined on Friday for injuring her ex-boyfriend by hitting him in the head with a hammer during a fight in which she claimed he stabbed her.

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Myles Munroe’s son remembers his own family tragedy after plane crash in North Andros

WHEN Myles Chairo Munroe Jr first heard about the fatal Independence plane crash, he was instantly reminded of the overwhelming grief and heartbreak he felt after losing his parents in a similar tragedy more than a decade ago -a loss he says “you never really get over” but just learn to live with.

Wreck removal failure causing ‘real nuisance’

A former senior Port Department official has branded the failure to remove multiple wrecks littering Bahamian waters “in a timely manner” as a major maritime safety hazard and “real nuisance and environmental concern”.