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D’Aguilar: Tourism numbers show we’re a glimmer of our former self

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said he is not happy with the country’s tourism arrival numbers since border restrictions were softened, adding the pandemic has made fewer people want to travel.

A dinner to make people’s Christmas Day

AT a time when many persons on Grand Bahama are struggling, Elnet Maritime Agency delivered a full Christmas dinner to five needy families on Christmas Day.

Oil court hearing adjourned until today

A SUPREME Court hearing on an application for judicial review of Bahamas Petroleum Company’s exploratory oil drilling was adjourned yesterday after lawyer Fred Smith highlighted the lingering effects he experiences following a paragliding accident in Italy last year.

‘I sold drugs to support family’

A 37-year-old man who claimed he sold drugs to support his family was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.

Two charged with armed raid

TWO men were charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Man accused of false robbery complaint

A 39-year-old Freeport man was charged with stealing by reason of employment among other charges in connection with a false armed robbery complaint.

40 Haitians detained in Andros

MORE than 40 Haitian migrants were detained in Andros on Monday after their vessel ran aground in Mars Bay.

45 Haitian migrants held in Long Island

FORTY-FIVE Haitian migrants were arrested by law enforcement officers in Long Island on Saturday.

One death and 35 cases over holiday

COVID-19 cases have continued to steadily trickle in each day with Ministry of Health officials recording 315 new cases this month.

Junkanooers ‘depressed’ by lack of parade

FOR the first time in more than five decades, the magic of Junkanoo that attracts people near and far to downtown Nassau was gone, due to COVID-19 protocols that require social distancing.

Five die in holiday crashes

TRIBUTES poured out on social media after the tragic deaths of a married couple who died in a horrific three-car collision on Christmas night.

UPDATED: Mom of seven beaten to death

A SINGLE mother of seven is dead following a suspected domestic dispute in Abaco.

Three in hospital after two separate shootings

THREE men, including a Bimini man, are in hospital after two separate shootings over the weekend.

Charles Lashley dies, aged 68

CHARLES Martin Lashley, 68, of Carriacou, Skyline Heights, died at his home on Thursday.

Sides differ on oil hearing

An oil explorer and its opponents have given sharply different versions of the Christmas Eve legal battle that set up today’s hearing on the Judicial Review challenge to halt its exploratory drilling.

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