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Man in custody after woman found dead in Eight Mile Rock

The body of a woman who was reported missing was discovered in bushes near her home in Eight Mile Rock early on Saturday morning.

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BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 19th June: Freeport

STARTS: 06/19/2020 7:50 PM EDT EXPIRES: 06/19/2020 8:50 PM EDT

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'Don't kill me in front of my family': Singer Sammi Starr describes being robbed at gunpoint

SINGER Sammi Starr begged gunmen "Please don't kill me in front of my family" as he was robbed outside his home while his children called his name.

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Man charged with robbing two people at gunpoint

A 25-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after he was charged with holding a man and woman at gunpoint and robbing them of cash earlier this month.

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More than 700 food vouchers distributed in Freeport

MORE than 700 food vouchers were provided to five local entities in Freeport through the national food distribution programme launched on Friday in Grand Bahama.

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Firearm found in bushes

AN illegal firearm was discovered in bushes in the Eight Mile Rock area early Friday morning, Grand Bahama Police reported.

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Bahamas joins call for 'urgent debate on racism'

THE Bahamas has joined the international chorus calling for "an urgent debate on racism” as people across the world continue to protest police-involved violence against black people, which was sparked by the killing of George Floyd – an unarmed African American man who died in Minneapolis last month.

Bahamian choked to death is remembered in New York

A BAHAMAS-born man who was choked and killed by American police more than 40 years ago was remembered in New York City on Sunday.Thrity-year-old Arthur Miller was killed on June 14, 1978, in New York City by local police after an officer “choked him

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New officers complete training

BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net Fifty-four police recruits, including 35 Bahamians and 19 from the Turks and Caicos Islands, completed their training at the Police College in Grand Bahama amidst the COVID-19

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University commencement ceremony goes online

THE 2020 commencement for University of The Bahamas may not have the traditional pomp and circumstance, but it will have an even more elevated significance for graduates who are closing one chapter of their lives and entering a new one during an unpr

Andros MP unhappy he was not consulted on project

NORTH Andros and the Berry Islands MP Carlton Bowleg said it is “high disrespect” for investors to pursue a massive development affecting his constituents without consulting him first.He was referring to a proposed multi-million development in Morgan

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Steroid is available for COVID-19 treatment

BRITAIN has made a breakthrough with a drug for the treatment of COVID-19 and according to coordinator of the government’s COVID-19 task force the medicine is already here in The Bahamas awaiting approval to be used. The drug, a low dose steroid, is

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Abaco airport to be 'clean and ready' on July 1

AMID cleanliness concerns surrounding the re-opening of the Leonard M Thompson International Airport, the North and Central Abaco island administrator has assured the airport will “be back on its regular cleaning schedule” soon and will be ready for

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Carib visitors to face quarantine

TRAVELLERS coming to The Bahamas from English-speaking CARICOM member countries will not be required to produce a negative COVID-19 test for entry to this country, according to Tourism Director General Joy Jibrilu.

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‘We’ll look out for ourselves’

ABACO residents say they are not waiting for the government to issue evacuation plans for the 2020 hurricane season but are instead making their own plans if another storm were to hit the island.