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Reservist cleared of sex charge - but guilty of abduction and assult of girl

RESERVE Sergeant Dwayne Decosta was unanimously acquitted yesterday of having sex with a 13-year-old girl at a police station last year, but was convicted of abducting and assaulting her.A nine-member jury—five men and four women—unanimously found th

Tennyson Wells dies age 72

Former Cabinet Minister and BAMSI Chairman Tennyson Wells died this morning at the age of 72.

Migrants warned: We will follow the law

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said undocumented immigrants affected by Hurricane Dorian face no protections and will be subject to the country’s laws of apprehension and deportation.

Shanty town debris will be cleared

IRAM Lewis, the new minister of state for disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction, said the government will contract companies to remove debris from The Mudd and Pigeon Peas.

Bran: Give short-term provisional status

FORMER State Immigration Minister Branville McCartney thinks undocumented migrants who were displaced by Hurricane Dorian should be given provisional status as a measure for the government to get a handle on an illegal migration problem that could easily spiral out of control.

Tributes paid to Lachino

A BLUE urn held the remains of little Lachino Anton Dean on Saturday as distraught relatives gazed on, trying to make sense of a life cut short.Amid the utter destruction of Hurricane Dorian in Abaco, the eight-year-old boy was one of the monster sto

Newlyweds killed as house swept away by storm surge

AFTER tying the knot in June, LaTravalia Williams and Agno Daniel were planning to start a family, but they never knew that their house in Lady Lakes would flood and be swept off its foundations by a deadly storm surge during Hurricane Dorian on Sept

Sentence cut to three weeks for fatal collision

A MAN has been released from prison after the Court of Appeal shortened his one year sentence to three weeks for hitting a motorcyclist with his car and killing him in Abaco earlier this year.The appellate tribunal of Justices Jon Isaacs, Stella Cran

Police hunt pair of armed robbers

TWO armed men robbed Budget food store on Bernard Road on Saturday night. According to police, the incident occurred after 8pm when an armed man entered the food store, held employees up and robbed the place of cash. The suspect escaped in a light co

'We were defenceless': New ministry as Minnis says we have to prepare

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the creation of the new Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction yesterday, to be headed by Central Grand Bahama MP Iram Lewis.

Abaco and GB named Economic Recovery Zones

ABACO and East Grand Bahama have been declared special economic recovery zones, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday, as he outlined several tax exemptions, waivers and concessions for residents seeking to rebuild life in the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Dorian.

Johnson: Stop this anti-Haitian rhetoric

IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson has hit out at the burgeoning wave of anti-Haitian rhetoric in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, asserting that much of the information being circulated is “downright wrong” and not condoned by the Minnis administration.

Teddy bears after the tragedy for displaced children

CLARA Smith, wife of Governor General C A Smith, along her daughter-in-law Charlene Smith, presented children who were displaced by Hurricane Dorian with teddy bears at their shelters last week.Mrs Smith was assisted by Kim Sawyer, deputy director, D

PM announces new Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction, Dorian-affected areas designated Economic Recovery Zones

From today’s press conference by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis:

Hurricane death toll now at 53

Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said on Friday that police had recovered another body from the hurricane affected area of Abaco.

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