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POLICE QUESTION WSC MANAGER: Elwood Donaldson is quizzed as part of investigation

POLICE questioned Water and Sewerage General Manager Elwood Donaldson for hours yesterday as part of their investigation into matters affecting the institution, The Tribune understands.

Theft trial for Solomon’s employee to go ahead

IT WAS determined yesterday that there is sufficient evidence to proceed in a trial of a former Solomon’s Fresh Market employee accused of stealing $342.50 worth of groceries.

Pregnant woman fined over drugs

A PREGNANT mother was fined in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for possession of dangerous drugs.

Mother in tears as son jailed over firearm

A MOTHER burst into tears in a Magistrate’s Court room yesterday as her son was sentenced to two years in prison for firearm and ammunition possession.

Man accused of gunpoint robbery

A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday for allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint of her vehicle.

Hopes for govt help on gas cost

THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association is confident the government will boost his industry amid soaring gas prices, calling the Davis administration the best he has ever dealt with.

Cases dating back to 2020 add nine more COVID deaths

COVID-19 deaths have risen by nine to 798 after a woman died of the disease in early April and health officials reclassified several other deaths that took place between August 2020 and June 2021.

BNT director supports govt move on carbon credits

THE director of Bahamas National Trust has applauded the Davis administration’s pledge to become the first country to sell blue carbon credits and to generate at least 30 percent of the country’s energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Ingraham concludes GB book tour

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham concluded his two-day book launch in Grand Bahama on Friday with a courtesy call on Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey and a visit with students at Jack Hayward High School.

Man killed in hit and run

AN Eleuthera man is dead after a hit and run accident on the island on Saturday, police said.

A new era for pace

PROVIDING Access to Continued Education has renamed its East and Plantol Streets building as the Andrea Archer Institute, in honour of its founder.

145 migrants repatriated in operation

ONE hundred and forty-five migrants were repatriated on Friday.

Queen of the Universe

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was among many persons offering congratulations to Miss Teenager Bahamas Flonique Lightbourne who recently won the title of Miss Teenager Universe in Panama City, Florida.

Mother dies in traffic accident

A YOUNG mother is dead while two children and a man are in hospital following a traffic accident in western New Providence on Saturday night.

Man shot dead in drive-by shooting

A MAN who was shot while sitting on a wall died in hospital on Saturday, police said.

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