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Potter’s Cay, Arawak Cay reopen for business

After a near three month closure, vendors and stall owners at Potter’s Cay Dock and Arawak Cay were allowed to reopen for business on Friday.

Call for donations for suspected arson attack victims

A relative is calling for donations to help the victims of a suspected arson attack.

Haitian man and woman accused of assault, putting a child in harm's way

A HAITIAN man and woman were charged with assaulting another woman and putting her child in harm’s way in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Ash evidence preserved in alcohol sale case

THE Comptroller of Customs and the Office of Attorney General have agreed to preserve the goods that were seized from Jonathan Ash after he was charged for violating the emergency orders earlier this year.

Man accused of stealing cash and phone

A 24-year-old man was charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Man accused of cutlass attack

A 30-year-old man was charged with causing harm in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

75 repatriated to Haiti

SEVENTY-FIVE people were repatriated to Haiti on Friday, the first repatriation of illegal immigrants since March when countries began implementing border closures to prevent spread of COVID-19.

Feeding programme grows to help families on Grand Bahama

AS many as 7,000 families on Grand Bahama struggling with unemployment during COVID-19 have benefited from a local feeding programme that receives a weekly donation from a private charity.

$4m in school reconstruction contracts awarded in Grand Bahama

MORE than $4 million in school reconstruction contracts have been awarded to get public schools in Grand Bahama ready for reopening in September, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd announced this week in Grand Bahama.

Police find illegal firearm

AN illegal firearm has been found by police officers.

Sophie puts her back into helping out a good cause

BAHAMIAN rower Sophie Paine will be racing for a good cause in the MCH.London virtual boat race to raise funds for charity.She will be among Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship and club rowers in teams from Oxford and Cambridge for the virtual ra

'Unfortunate' Hilton did not wait before cutting workforce

AFTER about 30 staff members of the Hilton hotel hit the unemployment line, the country’s director of labour said it is unfortunate that the hotel did not at least give the economy a chance to rebound before letting workers go.Tribune Business report

Senior cops want promotions scrapped

ASSISTANT Commissioners of Police Clayton Fernander and Leamond Deleveaux want the recent appointments of four Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners of the Royal Bahamas Police Force to be rescinded.In a letter this week to Governor Genera

‘We need clarity on Dorian dead’: Sands hits out over handling of missing hurricane victims

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands assailed the Minnis administration’s handling of people who went missing after Hurricane Dorian yesterday, saying the credibility of the government has been hurt by how the matter has been handled.

'We’re not doing enough COVID testing'

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says The Bahamas is not testing nearly enough people for COVID-19 and he does not support re-opening the country’s borders to people not tested for the virus.

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