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Security guard shot dead during robbery

A 37-YEAR-old security guard was murdered while on duty early yesterday morning during an armed robbery.

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Gibson wants PM as 'vital' witness

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis may be called upon to give testimony in former Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson’s bribery trial in September, an attorney revealed yesterday.

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UPDATED: Man shot dead in Nassau Village

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man in the Nassau Village community on Sunday night.

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Dupuch hits govt with $28m writ over debt

A PROMINENT Bahamian publishing company - which is in no way connected with The Tribune and its affiliates - is suing the government for $28.8m with interest to secure payment for the production of more than five million publications promoting and advertising The Bahamas.

Man who killed woman on porch has appeal rejected

A MAN has failed at appealing his 15-year sentence for trying to kill a woman as she sat on a porch five years ago.

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Man who beat victim to death with cement block for slapping his mother jailed for ten years

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for beating a 50-year-old man to death with a cement block because he slapped his mother.

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Armed robbery suspect says police beat him with a bat

A MAN who was arraigned on an armed robbery charge in Grand Bahama yesterday accused police of beating him with a baseball bat while in custody and coercing him to sign a report.

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Teen accused of murder

A 19-year-old is responsible for shooting another teenager to death and attempting to kill three other people while they were walking on Raymond Road last week, police have alleged.

Four years in jail after using fake Visa debit card

A 28-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison for swindling a BTC retail store out of almost $2,500 by using a fake Visa debit card bearing the name of a United States Embassy special agent.

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Baha Mar employee told to repay Super Value swindles

A female Baha Mar employee was ordered yesterday to pay back the $1,000 worth of goods and cash she swindled various Super Value supermarkets out of via fake Cable Bahamas cheques.

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Death which sparked Bain Town riot ruled lawful

A TEENAGER’S death at the hands of a police officer that sparked the 2010 Bain Town riot was justified, a Coroner’s Court jury ruled yesterday.

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US court to rule today on Carnival ‘violations’

A LOCAL environmentalist is working to be identified as a victim in ongoing pollution proceedings against Carnival Corporation in a US court.

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Man killed in drive-by shooting

A MAN is dead after he was wounded during a drive-by shooting Thursday night.

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Police quiz school official after beating complaint

A SAINT Augustine College school official was questioned and later released by police in connection with a complaint over the beating of a seventh grade student last week.

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Armed thief steals car

POLICE are looking for a car thief who robbed a woman outside a Garden Hills home on Friday night.