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Davis promises lower bills at LNG terminal groundbreaking

GROUND was broken yesterday for the New Providence Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal at Clifton Pier, marking what the government says is a major step in modernising The Bahamas' electricity sector, improving power reliability and reducing long-term energy costs.

Teachers’ unions split over plan to hire 300 Ghanaians

THE Bahamas Educators, Counsellors and Allied Workers Union has broken with the Bahamas Union of Teachers over plans to recruit up to 300 Ghanaian teachers, embracing the initiative as a necessary response to crippling staff shortages while warning against claims that Bahamian educators are being pushed aside.

Suspect charged with murder in Daffodil Avenue stabbing

A 31-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a 39-year-old man during a home invasion off Independence Highway in January was remanded to prison yesterday.

Teenagers remanded to prison over nightclub armed robbery

TWO teenage males accused of robbing a man at gunpoint outside a nightclub at the intersection of Dowdeswell and Deveaux Streets earlier this month were remanded to prison yesterday.

Woman gets five years for sexually assaulting young boy

A WOMAN who admitted to sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy in Abaco and filming the attack was sentenced to five years in prison last week.

Murder suspect jailed after wrapping ankle monitor in foil

A MAN awaiting trial for a 2020 murder was sentenced to 18 months in prison after breaching his curfew and wrapping his electronic monitoring device in aluminium foil to interfere with its signal.

Beyond the badge, beyond the battle

FASHION designer Remilda Rose recently honored eight members of the country’s armed forces who are undergoing cancer treatment at her annual gala.