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United in grief

TWO strangers united in grief yesterday while testifying about the fate of their spouses during a Coroner’s Court inquest into the presumed deaths of people reported missing after Hurricane Dorian.

Union hits out as PLP’s candidate put on leave

THE union representing Water and Sewerage Corporation line staff has accused the company’s executives of victimisation and using intimidation tactics against a senior employee who is seeking a run in the next general election.

Vaccine supplies facing problem

A PAN American Health Organisation official has said there will be a short period of “limited access” to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to shipment and manufacturing issues.

You will have a second injection

AS COVID-19 vaccinations continue, a senior health official has assured the public that all who’ve received a first dose are guaranteed the second jab.

Third man charged in connection with $3m cocaine seizure

A THIRD man was yesterday charged in the Magistrate’s Court in connection with a recent seizure of more than $3m worth of cocaine.

Man launches appeal against 35-year prison sentence

A MAN convicted of attempting to murder three men at a cemetery in East Grand Bahama over three years ago has launched an appeal against his 35-year prison sentence.

Probation for making false report

A 20-year-old man, who lied to police officers when he told them that two men had robbed him of his car at gunpoint, was placed on six months probation yesterday.

Arrests over unlicensed firearm

FOUR men were arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm on Tuesday, police reported.

Disaster Reconstruction Authority working ‘aggressively’ to help Dorian-hit homeowners

DISASTER Reconstruction Authority officials say they are working “aggressively” to assist homeowners in Abaco and Grand Bahama who have not yet received help from the agency to continue their post-Dorian home repairs.

Cooper says the govt’s proposed housing policy ‘unfair, elitist and discriminatory’

EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper says while the Progressive Liberal Party supports homeownership for young professionals, he thinks the Minnis administration’s policy in this area is “unfair, elitist" and “discriminatory".

‘No extra COVID-19 controls’

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells says he does not “foresee” any additional COVID restrictions being implemented despite a sustained uptick in new infections over the past several weeks.

Vaccine roll out to pause on New Providence

COVID vaccinations on New Providence will come to a halt on Friday evening to allow officials time to reassess the rollout.

‘YOU CAN’T CALL THIS ETHNIC CLEANSING’: Govt lawyer hits back at attack on ‘humane’ shanty town actions

THE government’s plan to demolish shanty towns in the country is not driven by ethnic cleansing and will be executed in a “humane manner”, according to the attorney representing the Crown in a judicial review centred on the demolition of the unregulated communities.

Where do they go after demolitions?

ACTIVIST Louby Georges has said available housing in Abaco will be the biggest challenge for residents of The Farm shanty town with a government mandated eviction and demolition looming.

Lost in Dorian

TWO witnesses testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday about their frantic efforts to find loved ones who went missing during Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

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