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Woman hit in face in robbery

A WOMAN was hit in the face and robbed of her handbag while walking near a bus stop in Freeport yesterday morning.

Police hunting for missing men

GRAND Bahama Police are searching for two missing men and are asking for the assistance of the public.

Two accused of firearm possession

TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on firearm charges.

Three facing drug charges

TWO men and a woman were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on two separate counts of possession of dangerous drugs.

Two years in jail for firing gun and fleeing

A MAN was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison and fined $6,000 after he pleaded guilty to a firearm charge.

Parties united against GBPC rate rise

DESPITE regulatory approval for a rate increase in the cost of electricity in Grand Bahama, the government and the official opposition do not believe it is a good time as the island’s economy is still struggling to recover.

Darville: Time for face-to-face learning to resume in schools

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said he believes it is time for some form of face-to-face learning to resume in public schools.

Concerns over food aid programme ‘ludicrous’

PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government’s feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Halkitis: Dubai trip chance to boost investment

ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis defended the trip to Expo 2020 in Dubai, saying the event was an opportunity to establish connections and hopefully boost foreign direct investment.

Bailed suspect shot dead outside home

A MAN, released on bail on Christmas Eve, was fatally shot on Monday night.

CDC raises alert back to level 4

THE United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised this country’s travel warning from level three to level four due to the “very high” level of COVID-19 infections, advising people to avoid travel to The Bahamas.

Out-of-date J&J vaccines binned

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville confirmed yesterday that the government discarded Johnson & Johnson vaccines that expired in December.

WOMAN KILLED ON WAY TO PRAYERS: Victim dies from yet another stray bullet in gangland attack

A WOMAN who was on her way to a prayer meeting was shot by a stray bullet and died on Robinson Road last night, police said.

$1m drug defendant ‘just trying to make money’

A POLICE officer yesterday testified how one of the men accused of being involved in a near $1m drug operation in Exuma last year told the police on the day of his arrest that he “was just trying to make some money”.

‘Pay $400 fine over drugs’

A 45-year-old man who was found with more than two ounces of marijuana last week was yesterday ordered to pay $400 to avoid spending two months behind bars.

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