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Health visa would be scrapped under PLP

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis says he will immediately end the travel health visa requirement if the system is still in place and his party wins the next general election.

MUM AND UNCLE SHOT DEAD 24 HOURS APART: Shavonna, 26, gunned down as family united to mourn earlier killing

A SINGLE mother was fatally shot in the Coconut Grove area on Friday night, a day after her uncle was killed at the same address.

Man in hospital after stabbing

A GRAND Bahama man is in hospital after he was stabbed early yesterday.

Nygard faces legal fight to stop seizure of properties

FASHION mogul Peter Nygard is facing more legal problems as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York moves to seize five California properties connected to him, including a Marina del Rey condo where he hosted some of his infamous “pamper parties.”

Woman dies, man injured after shooting

A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting incident in Coconut Grove on Friday night.

Body found in overturned car

POLICE on Andros discovered a man’s partially decomposed body in a car overturned in bushes on Thursday.

Man charged with housebreaking, stealing and receiving

A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with several housebreaking and stealing incidents.

Bail for man who denied assaulting sister

A 43-year-old man who denied assaulting his sister earlier this week was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.

Woman pleads not guilty to assault

A HAITIAN woman was granted $3,000 bail on Friday after pleading not guilty to assaulting another woman last month.

D’Aguilar says supply chain to blame for Sandals delay

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is confident that Sandals Resorts International has pushed back the reopening of its Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in New Providence because of supply chain issues related to construction and nothing else.

Bahamas not on UK list

THE United Kingdom is poised to add 16 countries to its “green list” – though not The Bahamas – as it expands its list of countries to where travel is safe.

Foulkes says 8,000 jobs created or coming soon

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday that some 8,000 jobs have either been created recently or will come on stream soon.

Munroe: AG cannot request stay on ruling

ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe does not believe the Office of the Attorney General can request a stay of the Court of Appeal’s citizenship ruling because “the Court of Appeal has not ordered the government to do anything”.

Man killed, woman injured in second fatal shooting on Thursday

A MAN is dead and a woman is in hospital after a shooting in Coconut Grove Thursday night.

Body found ‘drowned’ in Potter’s Cay

POLICE are investigating the suspected drowning death of a man whose body was fished out of waters at Potter’s Cay yesterday.

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