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APPEAL IN MILLIONAIRES' DISPUTE MUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION

YESTERDAY'S Appeal Court hearing, expected to end the six-year dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers, did not go ahead as scheduled. It is understood the hearing was rescheduled for May 9 -- two days after the general election. The dispute st

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$4m for cameras to fight crime

THE National Closed Circuit Television Project will see more than 200 surveillance cameras worth more than $4 million installed in various locations around New Providence.

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Total number of crimes down on last year

THE number of reported crimes so far this year has fallen in comparison to the same period last year. Police statistics show rape, murder, burglary and

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Man cleared of bank robbery

ONE of two men on trial for the 2010 armed robbery of a local bank was acquitted yesterday.

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Four arrested over theft of vessels worth $500,000

FREEPORT - Four Bahamian men were arrested and two stolen vessels valued at more than half a million dollars were recovered during a joint operation between Bahamian and US authorities.

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Manhunt after cemetery murder

POLICE are searching for three men after a 25-year-old man was shot, stabbed and beaten with a rock over the weekend.

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Men in court over PI drug charges

TEN men appeared in Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with committing drug offences on Paradise Island last week.

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Hit-and-run killer jailed for 15 years

Hit-and-run killer jailed for 15 years By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Hit-and-run killer Glinton Louis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter. Louis, 32, was convicted in March of

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Paradise Island arrests as police launch drugs crackdown

POLICE arrested 11 men during a three-day crackdown on Paradise Island last week.

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Former death row inmate 'waited too long' to challenge court ruling

THE Court of Appeal told a former death row inmate he waited too long to challenge a 2008 ruling.

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Charged over sex claims

FREEPORT - A 29-year-old man was charged with having sex with three young boys on Grand Bahama.

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Discussions to conclude today ahead of robbery trial

PRIVATE discussions between a Supreme Court judge and the attorneys in a 2010 bank robbery trial will conclude today when the judge r

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Two hunted after man killed in shooting

POLICE are searching for two men after a drive-by shooting claimed the life of a 36-year-old man. The victim was at Royal Palm Street and Allamander Lane when he was approached by a black two-door Honda Civic and

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Five questioned over shooting, stabbing incident

Police are questioning five males in connection with a stabbing and shooting incident that has left a 25-year-old male of Yellow Elder Gardens in hospital.

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‘FNM thug threw rock at gran’

A 61-YEAR-OLD grandmother was hit in the eye by a rock that her daughter claims was thrown by a thug in an FNM t-shirt.