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Oil spill shuts LPIA runway for over an hour

AN OIL spill from a small private aircraft shut down Lynden Pindling International Airport’s only operational runway for more than an hour on Sunday, disrupting eight flights and temporarily leaving the country’s main airport without a usable runway.

Mom fights dog with bare hands to save her three-year-old daughter

A MOTHER fought a dog with her bare hands while holding her three-year-old daughter after the animal escaped from a neighbour’s yard and attacked the child, leaving her with head injuries that required surgery.

DEPP: School broke law with balloon release

JACK Hayward Junior High School broke the law when it held a balloon release during a recent awareness event, the head of the Department of Environmental Planning & Protection has said.

Pintard: It's fraud with public money

OPPOSITION leader Michael Pintard has accused the Davis administration of operating a National Investment Fund account outside the structure required by law after Central Bank governor John Rolle confirmed that the Fund’s board has never formally convened.

Bahamian green card holder accused of illegal vote in US

A BAHAMIAN green card holder who has lived in the United States for nearly 50 years is facing deportation after US authorities said an investigation found he illegally voted in the 2020 presidential election despite a criminal record that includes armed robbery, domestic violence and assaulting a police officer.

BUT chief calls Eleuthera school electricity disruptions unacceptable

TWO Eleuthera schools have repeatedly dismissed students early after unstable electricity left classrooms hot and dark, with Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson warning that persistent power problems are now disrupting teaching and learning on the island.

American woman, 94, dies after apparent drowning

A 94-YEAR-OLD American woman died after an apparent drowning at Goodman’s Bay on Saturday evening, despite efforts by her daughter and others to pull her from the water and perform CPR.

Complaints against police officers rise 19 percent as most remain unresolved

COMPLAINTS against police officers rose 19 percent in the first half of the year, while most of the cases remained unresolved, according to preliminary Royal Bahamas Police Force figures.

Six months prison for ammunition found taped under a bathroom sink

A 35-year-old man who was already on bail for a firearm and ammunition charge was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday after admitting that six .40-calibre rounds found taped beneath a bathroom sink at a Kemp Road home belonged to him.

Man gets $17,000 bail over pistol allegedly concealed in his groin area

A 23-year-old man was granted $17,000 bail after police allegedly found a loaded 9mm pistol concealed in his groin area during a traffic stop.

BTVI cafeteria break-in accused remanded until November trial

A 29-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after being accused of breaking into the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s cafeteria and stealing $100.

Community gathers to remember Aliastair Major

THE sister of 24-year-old Aliastair Salvatoreo Major III said she has forgiven the person who shot and killed her brother in downtown Nassau, even as his family struggles with the trauma of seeing graphic footage of his final moments circulated online.

Teen accused of shooting at man on Baldwin Avenue gets bail

Mental health safe houses planned four years after Act

NEARLY four years after Parliament passed sweeping legislation to overhaul mental health care in The Bahamas, the government is preparing to buy two safe houses for people with severe mental health challenges living on the streets — but has given no clear timeline for when the facilities will open.

Armed robberies jump 25%despite overall crime decline

MAJOR crime fell six percent in the first half of the year, driven by sharp declines in vehicle theft, shopbreakings and other property offences, even as armed robberies surged 25 percent and crimes against the person increased, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force statistics.

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