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‘Don’t just call killers monsters, bring them to justice’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said National Security Minister Marvin Dames has to do more than just call the gunmen behind last week’s mass shooting “cowards” and “monsters”, but must “promise to bring them to justice”.

Commissioner: No information to suggest police 'in any way' involved in shooting

COMMISSIONER of Police Paul Rolle said there is no information to suggest the police were in “any way involved” in the mass shooting that killed six men last Thursday.

Son dead and father in hospital after Bimini crash

A 20-year-old American man is dead and his father is in hospital after their plane crashed in waters near South Bimini shortly after take-off on Friday night.

COMMITTEE TO HELP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS APPOINTED

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has appointed members of the Committee for the Development of Communities for Young Professionals.

Agony of murder victims' families

GRIEF stricken family members say they want answers after their loved ones were ambushed and “senselessly” killed during a brazen shooting at the Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road intersection on Thursday afternoon.

One dead, one injured after aircraft crashes off South Bimini

One man is dead and another is injured after an aircraft crashed in waters near South Bimini on Friday night.

Man who punched his wife ordered to attend anger management classes

A 66-year-old man who punched his wife during a heated argument was on Friday ordered to compensate her for injuries and attend anger management classes.

Woman fined $5,000 over false COVID test results

A 21-year-old woman who tried to use falsified COVID-19 test results to travel to Grand Bahama was fined $5,000 in the Magistrate’s Court.

Man accused of attempted murder of police officers denied bail

AN ANDROS man accused of assaulting three police officers with rocks and a conch shell a day before he allegedly tried to kill them was on Friday denied bail ahead of his trial.

Two-year-old girl has surgery to remove bullet from her head

THE two-year-old girl who was injured in Thursday’s mass shooting underwent surgery to remove a bullet from her head, according to a relative.

UPDATED: Man dies after crash in Abaco

AN Abaco man is dead after the vehicle he was driving collided head on with a truck on S C Bootle Highway on Thursday evening.

Cruise line’s gift of 2 million meals

ROYAL Caribbean International yesterday announced it was making an incredible gift to Bahamas Feeding Nework of nearly $1.5 million of food – enough for more than two million meals.

Dorian swept 86-year-old into the sea

HURRICANE Dorian swept an 86-year-old woman who refused to leave home into the sea, her nephew testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday.

Cancellation of school bus contracts ‘heartless’

AFTER seven of eight school bus transportation contracts in Central Andros were brought to an end, some have complained of political victimisation.

AG: Equal opportunity for purchase of plots of land

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel has said there will be equal opportunity for the purchase of plots of land to Bahamians and residents, including those of Haitian descent awaiting confirmation of immigration status.

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