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Pintard pledges help for families seeking answers on Dorian missing

NEARLY seven years after Hurricane Dorian tore through Abaco and Grand Bahama, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard said his administration would help families still searching for answers about loved ones who vanished in the storm.

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Abaco residents angry over wiped power bills

ABACO residents who lost homes, possessions and years of stability after Hurricane Dorian accused the Davis administration of insulting storm-ravaged mainland communities by wiping electricity bills for Grand Cay and Moore’s Island residents two weeks before the general election, while others remain without comparable relief.

Police searching for two men who went missing during Exuma boat trip

POLICE are searching for two men who went missing during a boating trip near Exuma on Sunday.

RBDF seize $6.4m worth of marijuana after high seas chase

A JOINT operation with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and its US counterparts led to the seizure of an estimated $6.4m worth of suspected marijuana yesterday after a high seas chase that ended 38 miles southwest of Andros.

Over 600 airport workers to benefit from new $10m industrial agreement

MORE than 600 union members across New Providence and the Family Islands are set to benefit from a new five-year industrial agreement valued at approximately $10 million, following months of negotiations between the Airport Authority and the Bahamas Public Sector and Health Professionals Union.

Man remanded over fatal shooting of young father

A MAN accused of fatally shooting a young father outside his home on Mekel Close South Road in March was remanded to prison yesterday.

Woman charged in near-fatal attack

A WOMAN accused of aiding and abetting in the near-fatal shooting of a bus driver and another man on Baillou Hill Road last week was remanded to prison yesterday.

Bail denied in mother’s death

A MAN accused in the fatal shooting of a young mother while she and her three-day-old child were inside a car on Finlayson Street last January has had his latest bail appeal rejected.

Defence claims gun planted

CLASHING closing addresses were made in the firearm trial of two men, with prosecutors arguing that the pair pointed a gun at police and the defence claiming officers shot at the unarmed men in Garden Hills in 2018 for no reason.