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ALICIA WALLACE: The right (not) to vote . . .

DEMOCRACY is contingent upon the participation of the people and is under threat any time that our participation is curtailed, whether by architect or individual decision.

PM defends savings bank as post office renamed for former Postmaster Saunders

THE Shirley Street Post Office was officially reopened and renamed the John V Saunders Post Office yesterday, as Prime Minister Philip Davis defended the role of the Post Office Savings Bank and rejected calls for its elimination.

‘God is good’ as missing GB fishermen found safe

TWO Grand Bahama men reported missing at sea after failing to return from a fishing trip have been found alive, bringing an end to a police search-and-rescue operation.

Bain questions election integrity over police access to ballot vault

COALITION of Independents leader Lincoln Bain yesterday cast doubt on the integrity of the coming general election, alleging without evidence that police control over access to a vault containing election materials left the process vulnerable to interference.

Man on the run for five years remanded over gunpoint rape

A MAN who was on the run for more than five years was remanded to prison yesterday over the alleged rape of a young woman in her home in 2020.

Lawyer argues no case in Eleuthera gun trial

A LAWYER argued that the prosecution failed to prove its case that his clients allegedly had a gun in their vehicle in Eleuthera.

Haitian man jailed over fake Bahamian voter card

A HAITIAN man was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday after he admitted to having a fraudulent voter’s ID and NIB card.