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Two more deaths and 129 cases confirmed over weekend

THE Bahamas recorded 129 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and two new deaths.

Police handing out fines for emergency breaches

DESPITE emergency order restrictions banning social gatherings, police in New Providence continue to crack down and fine offenders who breach the law.

Davis touts Grand Bahama candidates

PLP leader Philip “Brave” Davis was in Grand Bahama over the weekend where he touted his party’s five candidates for the island as the best choice.

Man found dead in sinkhole

BIMINI police are investigating the apparent drowning of a Grand Bahama man found floating in a sinkhole on Sunday.

‘All clear’ given for raw conch

THE Bahamas Agricultural Food Safety Authority’s Food Safety and Quality Unit has said vendors can resume the sale and preparation of raw conch dishes.

Murdered Kenm was helping his friend

THE teenager who was fatally stabbed at Government High School last week was trying to help his friend when he was attacked, the boy’s father said.

Residents blame test ‘blunder’ for surge

THE positivity rate of COVID-19 on Cat Island is staggeringly high and residents there say a government mishap with test results is proving to be a costly mistake, one that setting the local economy back just as things were starting to improve.

VIRUS SPREADING IN YOUNG PEOPLE: Govt lockdowns begin in outbreak islands as change seen in spread

NINE confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Andros and a COVID-19 positivity rate of 58 percent in Cat Island helped push the government to implement a two-week lockdown of those islands which began at 8pm yesterday.

Body found after blaze

A MAN’S body was found after firefighters extinguished a structural fire on Friday night.

21-year-old killed in Abaco car crash

ALEX Kemp was on his way to work in Abaco when he lost control of his car on Saturday and died after hitting a utility pole.

Victim shot in face by gunman

NEW Providence police are investigating a shooting incident on Friday on Malaysia Way that left a man in hospital.

Bastian appointed in diplomatic role to South Africa

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Bahamian businessman and philanthropist Sebastian Bastian has been named as The Bahamas’ Non-Resident High Commissioner to South Africa.

PM announces two-week lockdown for Cat Island, North and Central Andros

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Sunday announced a two-week lockdown for Cat Island and North and Central Andros that will take effect at 8pm on Monday.

Two dead in separate Abaco traffic accidents

Two people are dead after two separate traffic accidents on Abaco.

Body found after fire extinguished

The body of a man was found after a fire was extinguished in a building on Berkley Street, Ridgeland Park West on Friday night.

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