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66-year-old mother’s partially decomposed body discovered in bushes off Coral Road

A FAMILY’s search for their missing 66-year-old mother ended in anguish on Sunday after her partially decomposed body was discovered in bushes off Coral Road, dashing any hope her relatives had of finding her alive.

62-year- old man found dead in North Eleuthera

A 62-year-old man was found dead in North Eleuthera on Sunday in what police are classifying as a suspected drowning.

43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti arrested at airport for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash

A 43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti was arrested at the airport over the weekend for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash, police said.

Haitian woman charged with fraudulently obtaining several national documents

A HAITIAN woman was charged on Friday with fraudulently obtaining several Bahamian national documents, the latest in a series of such cases in recent months.

Police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from man during search granted bail

A 26-year-old police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man during a search earlier this month was granted bail on Friday.

Trainee customs officer sentenced to four years in prison

A TRAINEE customs officer was sentenced to four years behind bars after police allegedly found two guns and 38 rounds of ammunition at his Kennedy Subdivision home last week.

Man accused of assaulting another man with a knife granted bail

A MAN accused of assaulting another man with a knife at his South Beach Drive residence was granted bail on Friday.

Two isolated at LPIA amid Ebola concerns

HEALTH officials on Friday isolated two passengers at the Lynden Pindling International Airport after the travellers, who recently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, were found to have a fever amid concerns over an Ebola outbreak in Africa.

UPDATE: Two passengers with fever isolated at LPIA after DR Congo travel

Two passengers with fever and a travel history linked to the Democratic Republic of Congo were placed in isolation at Lynden Pindling International Airport tonight.

BTVI to ask public to help fund $250m mega campus

THE Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute unveiled a master plan yesterday for a proposed new 20-acre campus, but officials said the final price tag is still being calculated as the institution prepares to ask Bahamians and the private sector to help fund the project.

Classes to resume Tuesday after school scabies outbreak

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said classes are expected to resume next Tuesday at the Harbour Island All-Age School in Eleuthera, following a brief suspension earlier this week after six cases of scabies were confirmed.

Royal Caribbean backs new farm to boost food security

A COMMUNITY farm backed by Royal Caribbean and the Ministry of Agriculture officially opened in Centreville yesterday, with organisers saying the project is aimed at helping residents facing food insecurity while pushing The Bahamas toward greater food self-sufficiency.

Walker denies lack of trust in Bahamian govt

US Ambassador Herschel Walker denied yesterday that the redaction of a Bahamian politician’s name from a US court filing reflected a lack of trust in the Bahamian government.

Campbell waits for own survey an overfished marine species

AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Jomo Campbell said the government will wait for its own fisheries survey before deciding how to respond to a peer-reviewed study warning that several commercially important marine species in The Bahamas are overfished.

ORG chief taking Davis promise of transparency 'with grain of salt'

A KEY governance reformer said yesterday he is treating the Davis administration’s renewed promises on transparency with “a little grain of salt”, warning that the upcoming budget will show whether the government is serious about long-delayed reforms or merely repeating pledges it failed to deliver in its first term.

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