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State-recognised service for Farrington

A STATE-RECOGNISED memorial service will be held on Saturday for the late senator and veteran hotelier J Barrie Farrington.

Minister tours GB works projects

WORKS Minister Alfred Sears viewed a number of infrastructural projects underway in East Grand Bahama yesterday during his first official visit to Grand Bahama this term.

Still no answers on butler plane

STILL not confirming that his plane, reported stolen, was in fact the one that crashed in Venezuela, Captain Randy Butler has alluded to someone at the Department of Civil Aviation signing a letter of approval for the missing plane to leave the airport.

Two more are charged over $250k drugs

TWO more men were charged yesterday with conspiring to possess dangerous drugs in connection with the seizure of $250,000 worth of marijuana from a Stapledon Gardens home last month.

Tourists with drugs must pay $450 or be locked up

TWO American tourists who were caught with $320 worth of marijuana must pay $450 to avoid spending a month locked up abroad.

Murder trial adjourned over accused’s illness

A SUPREME Court judge yesterday adjourned the murder trial of a woman who was accused of fatally shooting a man over five years ago, after she indicated that she was not feeling well.

Two shot outside business

TWO people were shot outside a business in Grand Bahama on Wednesday night.

BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 21st October: Nassau 11.20pm

STARTS: 10/21/2021 11:20 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/22/2021 12:20 AM EDT

BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 21st October: Nassau

STARTS: 10/21/2021 7:38 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/21/2021 9:30 PM EDT

Free testing begins in Inagua

ABOUT 100 people got free COVID-19 tests in Inagua yesterday after the government launched the pilot phase of its promised free testing programme.

PAHO pleased at increase in vaccinations

OFFICIALS at the Pan American Health Organization are happy about the uptick in COVID-19 inoculations in The Bahamas but have advised that a decision on a third booster shot would have to be made on logistics and after the vulnerable of society are vaccinated.

Backlog at courts caused by ‘systemic’ problems

CHIEF Justice Sir Brian Moree said yesterday a number of systemic problems have caused a backlog of cases at the courts, particularly when it comes to criminal proceedings.

VAT bill ‘before end of the year’

BEFORE the end of this year the Davis administration expects to bring before Parliament three pieces of key legislation, including one that will decrease value added tax to 10 percent from the current rate of 12 percent.

Mitchell addresses turbulence in Haiti

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell spoke on the safety of the Bahamian diplomats in Haiti after international media reported the kidnapping of American and Canadian missionaries in that country.

Wells and Mitchell trade barbs

AFTER blaming the government’s easing of restrictions on the recent surge in COVID cases, former Minister of Health Renward Wells has come under heavy fire from the chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party who has referred to him as a “total failure as a minister.”

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