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Judges quash murder sentence of third man

THE Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of a third man who was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a senior immigration officer and his girlfriend in 2013. The judgment comes one week after two other men had their sentences quashed for the same crime.

Man fined for causing harm

A 28-year-old man was ordered to compensate another man he injured last week while he was arguing with his girlfriend.

Two remanded for car break-ins

TWO men were sentenced to 15 months in prison after they admitted to breaking into and stealing items from two cars last week. Duran Horton, 37, and Jacob Dawkins, 25, were accused of damaging a glass window of a red Hyundai on July 13 before stealing a $25 lunch bag and $110 cash out of the vehicle. The men were also accused of stealing a $50 black pouch from a grey Kia that same day.

Man admits forging U.S. currency

A 25-year-old man was fined $6,000 for forging Bahamian and American dollar bills to purchase items from two businesses last week.

Fined $200 for cocaine possession

A 26-year-old man who was caught with three grams of cocaine was fined $200 in Magistrates Court yesterday.

21 new cases of COVID-19

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that there are 21 new cases of COVID-19. This comes after 15 new cases were reported on Sunday.

Emergency Medical Technician in New Providence tests positive for COVID-19

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has reported that an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) operating out of New Providence tested positive for COVID-19 after developing symptoms.

Police hold Haitian with three passports

A HAITIAN man was arrested on Saturday morning after he was found with $11,000 in cash and three passports, police said. According to a police report, shortly before 7am police received information about a man at the Leonard Thompson International A

'Outages not related to load shedding'

BAHAMAS POWER and Light executives said the two system disturbances that left customers throughout New Providence without power on Friday were not related to load shedding. On Friday, the company reported that a fault on the transmission network cau

Heastie: We're on way to being self-sufficient

BAHAMAS POWER and Light CEO Whitney Heastie said he believes the company is well on its way to becoming self-sufficient and non-reliant on government funding. In a press conference at the company’s headquarters, Mr Heastie said BPL has executed a st

Pair arrested for breaking Saturday night curfew

NEW Providence police arrested two men for breaching the 10pm curfew on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after midnight, officers from the Operations Unit while patrolling Claridge Road noticed a black vehicle being driven. The officers’ susp

Grand Bahama isolated by new daily curfew

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis implemented a new daily curfew for Grand Bahama and banned international and domestic travel to and from the island, following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases there. During his national address yesterday, Dr Minnis sai

Wells in charge of health portfolio

BAMBOO Town MP Renward Wells will be sworn in today as the country’s newest minister of health, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday. As a result of the move, Dr Minnis said the Ministry of Transport will now fall under the portfolio

PM announces travel restrictions amid surge in COVID-19 cases

GIVEN the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday banned all commercial flights and vessels from entering the country beginning on Wednesday with the exception of those coming from Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Robbery suspect shot by police

AN armed robbery suspect is in hospital after he was shot by police on Saturday.

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