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Woman fined for breaking curfew

A WOMAN who claimed she broke the national curfew because she was on her way back home from picking up an important item from her friend’s house was fined $1,000 yesterday. Bissau Miller, 22, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney after officers

Motorcyclist dies after accident

AN Exuma man is dead after a traffic accident on Wednesday.

1,000 inquire about travel to Family Islands

A FURTHER relaxation of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ emergency COVID-19 restrictions is expected to be announced today as officials revealed they have been surprised by the numbers seeking to travel back to the Family Islands.

THURSDAY UPDATE: No new COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that there are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Govt is fumbling, misstepping and backtracking, claims PLP leader

PLP leader Philip “Brave” Davis criticised the government as “mis-stepping, backtracking” and “fumbling” in a pre-budget statement he delivered last night. He claimed the Minnis administration has cut the Ministry of Works’ capital budget, saying this hampers the work Bahamians could be doing.

PM urges country to go digital

DECLARING that the country will have to make “deep and far-reaching structural changes” to the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday it is “absolutely necessary” that the Bahamas becomes fully digitised.

Bimini adjusting to life under lockdown

RESIDENTS of Bimini are no longer anxious, but adjusting well to life in COVID-19 lockdown, according to Island Administrator Cleola Pinder. The island has been under a strict 14-day lockdown since Monday. “Everybody is indoors,” said Ms Pinder. “T

'It made me feel like a criminal even though I'm trying to do right . . . to stay out of harm's way and to help my family'

GOOD Samaritans raised $700 to pay court fines for a teenager who was arraigned earlier this week and convicted for selling coconuts roadside without a business licence and in violation of the 24-hour curfew.

‘We couldn’t open them all in one go’

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said normal commercial activity on islands like Exuma and Eleuthera has not been restarted because officials have to assume that people may have visited those islands and potentially brought COVID-19 to them.

Courts urged: Have a heart

CARLYLE Bethel, the head of the Free National Movement’s Torchbearers youth association, wants judges to be more measured and compassionate when enforcing Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ emergency curfew orders.

Court delays action against officer

THE Supreme Court has halted disciplinary proceedings against a senior officer in Exuma who was accused last year of badly bruising a woman’s face.

Two face charges for attack on Grand Bahama girl

TWO men are expected to appear in court today for charges related to a Grand Bahama incident that left a woman beaten and injured.

Jogger who ran past police is fined $2k

A FILIPINO woman who was caught jogging past the Cable Beach Police Station during the weekend lockdown was fined $2,000 yesterday. Helen Lacar, 41, was charged after officers found her on West Bay Street around 4.20pm on Sunday, May 17. Prosecutor

Fined for breaking into liquor store

AN Eleuthera man was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine or face one year in prison for breaking into a liquor store on the island last month. Deon Cummings, 34, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney charged with one count of shop breaking after he adm

80 SMES in Grand Bahama to benefit from grants programme

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock @ tribunemedia.net SOME 80 small businesses in Grand Bahama that were affected by Hurricane Dorian will benefit from a grants programme to assist with reopening their businesses. A Small Busine

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