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Social services staff concerns ‘being addressed’ says minister

SOCIAL Services Minister Frankie Campbell said the concerns of the staff of the Department of Social Services which prompted a demonstration on Monday are being addressed.

Ten new Grand Bahama recruits for sorority

THE Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Pi Upsilon Omega Chapter made history for the seventh time and officially welcomed ten new women into the sorority recently in Grand Bahama.

Lockdown did help reduce crime stats

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said fewer COVID-19 restrictions are likely a factor – but not a significant one – in the uptick in murders this year.

Body found in landfill well

POLICE removed a man’s partially decomposed body from the New Providence Landfill yesterday in what Assistant Superintendent of Police Audley Peters said appears to be a suspicious death.

Rape accuser Claudia died of COVID day after birth

CLAUDIA Edwards, the woman at the centre of a rape allegation against immigration officer Norman Bastian, was eulogised yesterday after dying of COVID-19.

Investigator ‘shocked’ at arrest for Davis defamation

A POLICE sergeant testified in Magistrate’s Court yesterday about his role in arresting private investigator Oswald Poitier for libel allegations made against him by Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis.

Marijuana conviction quashed

THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the conviction of a man who was previously fined $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession with the intent to supply.

Fishermen held for violations

ELEVEN fishermen were apprehended for fisheries violations last week by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in the northern Bahamas.

Accused will face child sex charge

A MAN who denied having sex with a three-year-old boy was told by a Supreme Court judge that he does have a case to answer.

‘Pay $300 or go to jail’ over three grams of marijuana

A 36-year-old man was yesterday ordered to pay $300 or spend a month in prison after he was found with three grams of marijuana.

16-year-old accused of murder remanded

A JUVENILE was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after being charged with murdering a man in the Garden Hills area earlier this month.

Migrants guilty of illegal embarkation

SEVERAL migrants were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for illegal embarkation this week.

Extra security for Grove after double shooting

POLICE say they will beef up security in the Coconut Grove area after a 26-year-old woman and her uncle were killed in the community only a day apart last week.

Munroe questions need for travel health visa

THE Progressive Liberal Party has doubled down on criticisms of the government’s travel health visa, demanding that officials release an audited accounting breakdown of the initiative.

Police probe man’s suspected drowning

A BODY was found submerged in waters under a pier off Victoria Avenue yesterday morning.

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