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Rights group demands probe into viral police slap video

HUMAN Rights Bahamas has called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into a viral video that showed a Royal Bahamas Police Force officer slapping a man during a crowded public sporting event.

‘I just wept, I really felt the pain’, says mother

LOVAN Miller-Christie, the Andros mother who lost all three of her sons in a car crash less than two years ago, said she wept for the five teenagers killed in last month’s Shirley Street crash, saying the tragedy tore open the grief she still carries.

Father says Diamond would want him to forgive car crash driver

DAMIAN Stubbs, the father of 17-year-old Diamond Stubbs, says he has forgiven the 19-year-old driver charged over the Shirley Street crash that killed his daughter and four other teenagers, softening the anger he felt in the raw days after the country’s deadliest traffic accident in at least two decades.

Bimini blaze leaves twenty homeless

RESIDENTS formed a bucket brigade from the shoreline and scrambled onto rooftops to fight a massive Bailey Town fire on Wednesday morning, as flames tore through homes in Bimini and reignited long-running anger over the island’s firefighting resources.

Govt unveils ‘One Life, Too Many’ road safety plan

THE government yesterday launched a national road safety campaign, “One Life, Too Many”, following a series of fatal crashes that have left families grieving across the country.

Crews offload rock to free grounded barge in Abaco

A BARGE that jammed the Marsh Harbour channel for about 24 hours was refloated yesterday after crews offloaded 1,200 tons of material, disrupting freight service and reigniting calls for urgent improvements to Abaco’s main port.

Texas boy survives shark bite off Exuma, calls his older brother a hero

TWELVE-year-old shark attack victim Parker Roll has credited his 16-year-old brother with saving his life after the Texas boy was bitten while swimming off Staniel Cay, Exuma, during a family trip in late June.

Judge loosens bail for author fighting Swiss extradition

A SUPREME Court judge has loosened some bail conditions for an American author fighting extradition over allegations that she kidnapped her son from Switzerland, but refused to remove safeguards aimed at keeping her in The Bahamas.

Defence claims ‘lovemaking’, prosecutors say gunpoint rape

The defence called it consensual “lovemaking”. Prosecutors called it rape at gunpoint.

Marine ordered to pay 12 years of outstanding shotgun fees

A DEFENCE Force officer was ordered to pay 12 years of outstanding shotgun licensing fees yesterday, while his co-accused was fined $6,400 after police found a weapon and drugs at a Trinidad Avenue home last weekend.

Residents battle devastating Bimini fire

Residents and volunteers battled a devastating fire in Bailey Town, Bimini, this morning after a two-storey building housing four residences became engulfed in flames.

Police probe viral video of officer slapping man

DEPUTY Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Rolle said the Royal Bahamas Police Force does not condone the conduct shown in a viral video that captures an officer slapping a man during the Bahamas National Basketball Team game on Monday night.

Woman wins $140,000 for unlawful 199 day detention

A JAMAICAN woman who was held in immigration detention for 199 days despite being fined by a court for overstaying has been awarded nearly $140,000 after the Supreme Court found she was unlawfully imprisoned and subjected to degrading treatment.

Dad did not give son permission to use boat

A 12-year-old Abaco boy accused of causing the negligent death of 15-year-old student Kyron Curry took his father’s boat without permission, Director of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazer said, explaining why prosecutors did not charge the child’s parents.

Dog abandoned in washer with rock on lid

A NATIONWIDE power outage helped save an eight-month-old puppy trapped inside an abandoned washing machine on Sunday, exposing what animal advocates called a “despicable crime” and renewing calls for tougher action against animal cruelty.

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