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Second man charged with $200,000 armed raid on photo studio

A SECOND man was remanded to prison yesterday charged with holding up at gunpoint the proprietor of a photo studio on Carmichael Road and robbing him of over $200,000 last week. Andino Cunningham, 44, of Pinewood Gardens was charged before Chief Mag

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Bail is denied as man faces murder charge

A Haitian-Bahamian man was charged in Magistrates Court yesterday with murdering another man last weekend.

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Police investigating Nygard sexual misconduct claims

POLICE are still investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, a top official said yesterday. However, an investigation into allegations that Mr Nygard bribed law enforcement officials to facilitate his

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Pair charged with illegal firearm possession

TWO young men were charged with illegal firearm and ammunition possession in the Freeport Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Keiano Bethel, 20, of Independence Drive, Heritage Subdivision, and Geovano Oliver, 21, of Sandilands Circle, Yoeman’s Wood, appe

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Bail for principal accused of indecent assault

THE principal of a Christian school has been granted bail ahead of his trial over allegations he indecently assaulted one of his former female students last month. Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt granted Thomas Whitfield Nottage $3,500 bail w

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Jamaican accused of murdering Jamal Russell

A 19-year-old Jamaican was charged with murder in Freeport yesterday. Damaine Donovan Sterling, of Cherry Corner, Poineer’s Loop, appeared before Magistrate Rengin Johnson in Court Three. He was represented by K Brian Hanna. A group of people stood

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Murdered man was due to be married

A MAN died in hospital shortly after he was shot outside an apartment in the Wilson Track area Tuesday night, police said.

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Court ruling on 24 jobs delights former Gaming Board workers

A SUPREME Court ruling ordering the reinstatement of 24 workers from the Gaming Board has excited people like Meresha Walkes, a 46-year-old woman who was forced to find a new home and create a different lifestyle when she was fired from the board in

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At last! 11 years for Ericka's killer

AFTER a 14-year delay, a 54-year-old man was finally sentenced to prison yesterday for stabbing his common-law wife to death in front of her mother and children over a decade ago.Justice Renea McKay sentenced Leo Roderick Johnson to 11 years behind b

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Nygard: ‘Dozens more victims’ – Lawyers reveal over 100 women have come forward to accuse him

DOZENS of women have come forward to accuse Peter Nygard of sexual misconduct since lawyers in New York filed a class action lawsuit against the fashion mogul, according to a lawyer in the case.

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Suspects held for string of recent home invasions

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday confirmed the Royal Bahamas Police Force has arrested people in relation to a spate of recent armed robberies and home invasions in the capital.

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Lawyer tells court her car was used at Fox Hill shootings

A TAX lawyer testified yesterday how her car was stolen while she was at work and was allegedly used by suspects to execute the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting.Erica Culmer-Curry said her charcoal grey Honda was stolen out of her employer’s parking lot j

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Mother tells court: ‘Oh Lord - I got shot’

A retired woman yesterday described the moment she was shot in the chest and leg from a hail of bullets while waiting for Junkanoo results at Freedom Park during the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting.

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Man charged with holding up photo studio at gunpoint

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday charged with holding up at gunpoint the proprietor of a photo studio on Carmichael Road and robbing him of over $200,000 last week. George Bennet Delva Sr, 44, of Blair Estates, was charged before Chief Magistr

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Man shot dead off East Street

Police are investigating after a man was shot dead off East Street on Monday night