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Man in hospital after shooting

A MAN is in the hospital after he was shot on Monday night.

21 Cubans repatriated

TWENTY-ONE Cuban migrants were repatriated to Havana yesterday.

HOUSE STAFF UNDER QUARANTINE

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie and the majority of House staffers are under quarantine after Chief Clerk David Forbes tested positive for COVID-19, The Tribune understands.

TOUGH TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN PANDEMIC

A GRAND Bahama Port Authority executive admits efforts to attract new foreign direct investments to Freeport were challenged to some extent due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SHIPPING RELIEF AID TO HELP ST VINCENT

AS a part of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s mission to provide disaster relief assistance, HMBS Lawrence Major left the country on Saturday to assist in delivering relief supplies to St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Siblings attacked neighbour

TWO siblings who attacked their neighbour during an altercation last week were ordered to keep the peace and compensate the woman.

Man ‘paid $150 for fake stamp’ to stay in country

A JAMAICAN man who paid another man $150 for a fake immigration stamp he tried to use to extend his stay in the country was yesterday sentenced to six months behind bars.

Man denies hitting girlfriend

A MAN who denied harming his former girlfriend was yesterday granted $3,000 bail ahead of his trial.

Pair accused of robbery

A WOMAN and a teen were charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

831 COVID citations issued so far this year

COVID-19 ambassadors and police officers have issued 831 citations so far this year for breaking COVID-19 emergency rules, a number that corresponds to $551,800 in fines.

Bimini man dies and 55 new cases recorded

FIFTY-FIVE new COVID-19 cases and one more virus-related death were recorded in the country on Sunday.

$73,000 of suspected marijuana found

A WOMAN was arrested by officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit after they found more than $73,000 worth of suspected marijuana at her residence.

Limit on vaccine supplies announced

DUE to “limited” vaccine supplies, at this time the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine will be restricted to Bahamian citizens and permanent residents 18 and older, as well as residents in the previously stated priority groups.

University rejects FNM criticism over debate

UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas has rebuffed the Free National Movement’s criticism of the pre-election series of debates it has organised with Verizon Media Group.

Alarm as relative searches for detained Cuban woman

A RELATIVE of a Cuban woman who is allegedly being detained at an immigration facility in the country is appealing to officials to allow her to speak with her loved one.

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