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Man shot dead in Freeport

GRAND Bahama police are investigating the shooting death of a man late Wednesday evening in Freeport.

URCA 'trying to destroy broadcasting company'

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority is planning to liquidate a local broadcast company fighting to prove its rightful claim to the 103.5 FM radio licence, with the company’s attorney accusing the regulator of trying to “destroy” his cl

Charities looking for a little extra Christmas cheer

WITH the holidays fast approaching, many non-profit organisations are appealing for various donations to help persons in need during Christmas.One of them is The Good Samaritan Senior Citizens Home.Head of the facility, Reverend Dr Kendall Capron sai

Sands: Junior doctors may be moved, but not fired

AMID concerns about the unemployment status of some 20 junior doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday explained that those unconfirmed physicians will not be fired, but transferred to other posts in the public

Mother denies neglect after son is shot while playing with gun

A 32-year-old woman denied allegations yesterday that her neglect led to her son being shot with a gun that accidentally went off as the boy and another child were playing with it. Kara Johnson, of Romer Street, Fox Hill, entered a not guilty plea t

Sands confirms imported child measles case

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed another imported case of measles in a three-year-old tourist on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet, Dr Sands said the Ministry of Health has continued with its vaccination programme to combat t

Minnis secures confidence vote as ‘martyr’ Miller quits: ‘FNM will not repent. I shall not recant.’

GOLDEN Isles MP Vaughn Miller resigned from the Free National Movement in the House of Assembly yesterday, joining Centreville MP Reece Chipman as the second parliamentarian to leave the party this year after being elected on an FNM wave in 2017.

Churches warned - don’t set up unlawful centres

MINISTER of Immigration Elsworth Johnson said yesterday any churches and facilities that are setting up additional shelters not sanctioned by the relevant government agencies are doing so illegally.

Job switch ‘is not demotion’

MINISTER of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday that the secondment of Assistant Commissioner of Police Kendal Strachan to chief of security under the Ministry of Social Services is not a demotion nor is it personal.

Vote of confidence in PM passed

A VOTE of confidence motion in Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis passed the House of Assembly last night.

Generous donation to help rebuild school

HUGH Campbell Primary School received a generous cash donation yesterday from the Friends of the Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands group to assist hurricane restorations efforts at that school.Sonia “Omega” Simmons, a Grand Bahama resident who has rel

Three remanded on charges of armed robbery

THREE employees of a solid-waste management company were remanded to prison yesterday over allegations they robbed a local wholesale agency at gunpoint of over $60,000 worth of cigarettes and one of the company’s delivery trucks last week. Remardo B

Japanese firm donates $10,000 to NEMA

A JAPANESE company has donated $10,000 to the National Emergency Management Agency to aid hurricane relief. “As a socially responsible corporate citizen, Nomura Group is committed to helping numerous disaster victims, by raising funds to contribute

Victim dies at scene of knife fight

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a stabbing incident that left a man dead Wednesday morning.

Pioneering surgery helping American woman recover from shark attack

AN American woman is now finding her life returning to normal thanks to being fitted with a robotic arm after losing the limb in a shark attack off Paradise Island two years ago. It was June 2017 – the beginning of summer — when Tiffany Johnson, 34,

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