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Crash claims second victim

THE second person involved in Sunday’s fatal traffic accident has died, Inspector Leonardo Burrows confirmed yesterday.

‘We can’t afford nurses’ overtime’

AS the Public Hospitals Authority has found itself saddled with high overtime bills - at one time climbing to $750,000 in just one month - Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said the controversial shift system for nurses has been a vexing issue.

Lucayan managers ‘just want justice’

A UNION executive at the Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association says that managers at the Grand Lucayan resort are not being unreasonable and are only asking for “fairness and justice” in the negotiations of their voluntary separation packages.

Crown to appeal decision to acquit Evans

THE Court of Appeal has granted the Crown leave to appeal its decision to acquit Clinton Evans of murdering Detective Constable Jimmy Ambrose and trying to kill another officer almost 20 years ago.

FNM chairman: Our party still best for Bahamas

DESPITE a reported decline in support, the Free National Movement is still the best option to lead The Bahamas, party chairman Carl Culmer said yesterday.

Gas leak closes insurance complex

THE National Insurance Board’s Clifford Darling Complex headquarters was temporarily closed yesterday morning to address a reported gas leak.

‘Over-the-Hill initiative fails to address root cause of problems’

THE government’s Over-the-Hill initiative is being ignored because of bureaucracy and its failure to address the root causes of the social and economic challenges facing inner-city residents, according to Progressive Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell.

Manslaughter conviction: Judges dismiss 20-year sentence

THE Court of Appeal has overturned a man’s manslaughter conviction for killing another man in Super Value’s parking lot because while his fingerprint was found on the deceased’s vehicle, there was no evidence as to how long it was there.

Student knifed to death outside school

A NINTH-grade student was fatally stabbed Tuesday following an incident outside a school with another teenage boy.

Suspect shot dead for firing at officers

POLICE shot and killed a man who allegedly fired a gun at them on Monday night.

Minnis: Disney has outstanding record

DISNEY has an “outstanding environmental record” Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday, as he doubled down on his defence of the multi-million-dollar cruise facility proposed for South Eleuthera.

Six in court over murder charges

SIX people, including a woman and a teenage boy, were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the death of a man found last week with multiple bodily injuries in the Freeport area.

Don’t be swayed by fake news, warns commissioner

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force is “functioning quite well,” according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson who yesterday downplayed pre-retirement leave of eight senior officers in recent weeks and speculation about his own future.

Ferguson not worried by pace of Oban investigation

COMMISSIONER of Police Anthony Ferguson yesterday took issue with those criticising the pace of his force’s near year-long investigation into the disappearance of an Oban Energies file.

Shameful: Deal is essentially a giveaway, slams Hanna Martin

THE Minnis administration negotiated miserably on behalf of Bahamians, producing a “shameful” deal, Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin has said as she slammed the Disney Island Development agreement for South Eleuthera.

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