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Bullocks Harbour and Great Harbour Cay lockdown extended to Monday, June 7

BULLOCKS Harbour and Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands were placed under lockdown for an additional two days, the Office of the Prime Minister said on Thursday.

Criminal Records Office goes cashless

The Royal Bahamas Police Force is informing the public that, beginning Monday, 7th June, it will no longer take cash payments at the Criminal Records Office in New Providence.

Cutlass-wielding man shot by police

POLICE shot a man who “charged” towards officers while wielding a cutlass.

37 new COVID cases, two more deaths

THE Ministry of Health recorded 37 new cases and two more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, pushing the nation’s overall tally to 11,930.

Police: No permission for Labour Day motorcades

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has advised that it has not given permission for Labour Day motorcades on Friday.

95 migrants repatriated

NEARLY 100 Haitian migrants were repatriated on Thursday.

PLP Deputy: Budget is 'badly flawed'

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Deputy Leader Chester Cooper has slammed the Minnis administration’s proposed 2021/2022 budget for the upcoming fiscal year, branding it as one that’s “badly flawed” and “far removed from reality.”

Budget 'a step in the right direction' for Grand Bahama

MORE Grand Bahama businesspersons and residents are weighing in on the plans and benefits announced in the budget communication delivered last week by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.

Prosecutors allege Rudolph King defrauded Post Office of more than $650,000

RUDOLPH King was re-arraigned on fraud charges in the Magistrate’s Court Thursday, with prosecutors increasing the amount of money he allegedly defrauded from the General Post Office to more than $650,000.

$1m drug suspects are released on bail

THREE men who denied being found with nearly $1m worth of marijuana in Exuma last week were yesterday granted bail before their trial.

Moultrie: Shanty demolitions right - let’s do some in Nassau Village

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie has fully endorsed the government’s demolition programme of houses in Abaco shanty towns and called on Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister to assist him with a similar exercise in Nassau Village.

‘$2.5m benefit’ for residents in economic zones

RESIDENTS and businesses in inner-city economic empowerment zones on New Providence accessed about $2.5m in tax concessions up to November 2020, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said during debate on the budget in the House of Assembly yesterday.

Rahming praises $2m for Pinewood flooding

PINEWOOD MP Reuben Rahming yesterday championed the Minnis administration for allocating $2m to address the constituency’s long standing flooding woes.

Haiti to accept vaccine in bid to curb virus spread

THE Haitian government will now be accepting the COVAX-generated Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine with the hope of curbing the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus in that country, Pan American Health Organization officials said yesterday.

Lloyd: $40m spent on school repairs

NEARLY $40m has been spent by the government on school repairs across the country, with a $20m budget for the continuation of repair work for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Education Minister Jeff Lloyd.

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