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INSIGHT: Rescued Bahamian turns out to be a Cocaine Cowboy

THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner’s arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading to his detention after a covert operation spanning at least three years.

New five-year contract gives 460 Bahamasair workers higher pay

A NEW five-year industrial agreement valued at about $3.2m has been signed between Bahamasair and the Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union, giving more than 460 workers improved salaries, benefits and working conditions at the national airline.

Police investigate fatal daylight shooting on Dunmore Avenue

A 34-year-old man was shot dead shortly after arriving in the Dunmore Avenue and Symonnette Street area on Friday.

US citizen allegedly beat and assaulted girlfriend in Abaco

AN American man allegedly beat, threatened and sexually assaulted his girlfriend in Marsh Harbour, Abaco on Friday.

Motorcyclist succumbs to traffic injuries

A 43-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered in a traffic accident on Queen’s Highway in Halls Landing, San Salvador.

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Key prosecution witness denies double-crossing Gibson in trial

A KEY prosecution witness denied that she double-crossed and tricked Adrian Gibson and the Water and Sewerage Corporation into believing she was acting on behalf of clients.

Cabinet line-up changes and appointments announced

PRIME Minister Philip Davis appointed 21 Cabinet ministers and seven state ministers over the weekend after the Progressive Liberal Party’s landslide election victory.

Davis appoints one of largest Cabinets in history

PRIME Minister Philip Davis has given The Bahamas a ministerial team that rivals or exceeds those of larger Caribbean neighbours, placing nearly 30 ministers over a country of about 400,000 people and renewing questions about the size and cost of government.

Air crash drug accused linked to contractor in PPP legal fight

The air crash victim arrested and charged with drug offences by the US authorities appears to have been linked to a Bahamian construction company around the time it secured a $34m public-private partnership (PPP) deal with the Government.