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Police probe Abaco stabbing

ABACO Police are investigating a stabbing that left a male resident of Grand Cay, Abaco, hospitalized with serious injuries.

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Tributes to former Antigua Prime Minister

“SIR Lester Bryant Bird left us this morning at about 5.30 lying peacefully in bed. He was 83. Antigua and Barbuda has lost a very special son,” Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador, said in paying tribute to Sir Lester who died early Monday morning.

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Immigration officer ‘told police they couldn’t lock her up’

AN immigration officer told police they could not lock her up after they tried to detain her for interfering with a lawful arrest, a court heard.

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Two accused of attempted murder

TWO men were charged with attempted murder in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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$350 fine for gathering

A 23-year-old man who admitted attending a get-together earlier this year in violation of the COVID-19 Emergency Powers Orders was yesterday fined $350.

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Haitian man forfeits $20,000

A HAITIAN man who failed to declare nearly $20,000 in cash when he attempted to travel back to his home country had his money forfeited to the Crown yesterday.

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Marijuana found in U.S. man’s home and boat

POLICE recovered a quantity of marijuana from an American man’s boat and home earlier this month, a court was told.

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‘Niche marketing is the way forward for GB’

A SENIOR tourism official in Grand Bahama said they are focusing attention on niche markets to boost the island’s tourism sector.

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US Embassy quiet on numbers of construction site cases

WHILE construction at the US Embassy’s new site resumed last week after suspected COVID-19 cases were reported, officials have declined to reveal the number of virus-related incidents tied to the ongoing project.

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Immigration Minister has caught COVID - while Munroe is discharged

IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson has confirmed he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mother queries testing for kids

A BAHAMIAN mother wants the government to revisit the age requirements of its mandatory testing policy for people travelling to The Bahamas after reportedly being told by numerous medical facilities abroad that COVID testing for children aged two is not offered.

Delta variant fears drives vaccinations

CONCERN about contracting the Delta variant was among the reasons residents turned up at Loyola Hall yesterday to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Clinical nurse has reportedly died from COVID

ANOTHER healthcare professional has reportedly died from COVID-19 while working on the frontline at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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Rastafarian community unhappy with Marijuana Bill delay

A RASTAFARIAN leader has expressed his disappointment in the delay of the much-promised Marijuana Bill being tabled in Parliament.

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Officials keep watch on potential tropical storm formation

OFFICIALS at the National Emergency Management Agency are closely monitoring one of two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean, one of which could be in Bahamian waters by Wednesday.