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Passenger killed as car in collision with SUV in Abaco crash

A MAN died early Saturday morning after he was ejected from the passenger seat of car that collided with a SUV.

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Bahamian icon Sir Durward Knowles dies age 100

Bahamian Olympic icon Sir Durward Knowles died on Saturday afternoon at Doctors Hospital. He was 100 years old.

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Bahamas’ advance delegation to CARICOM arrives in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The Bahamas’ advance delegation to the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the CARICOM heads of government arrived in Haiti Thursday afternoon.

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Foreign nationals charged and fined with overstaying

TWO foreign nationals - a Jamaican and Irishman - were charged separately in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court with overstaying their time in the Bahamas.

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Adrian Francis to file lawsuit over cancellation of ZNS Radio show

AFTER his talk show was cancelled as it aired on ZNS Radio earlier this week, host Adrian Francis said he intends to file a law suit against the station for the manner in which he was handled, insisting this could affect future employment prospects.

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Video of nightclub shooting 'not a new murder'

DESPITE recent social media circulation of a video featuring a fatal shooting in a nightclub, police are advising the public that this footage is from a murder that occurred more than two weeks ago.

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Minister of Health opens GB Family Medicine conference

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands opened the first Grand Bahama Family Medicine Conference held at the Pelican Bay Resort on Thursday for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Opposition to cemetery proposal grows

A proposal to create a cemetery on Bernard Road is being met with backlash from residents of the surrounding communities.

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BTC outsources '916' operator assistance

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company has confirmed the outsourcing of its '916' operator assistance platform to an external partner.

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'Let's lead the way on medical marijuana'

A SENIOR executive at the Public Hospitals Authority and leading pharmacist is urging government and local health officials to set the standard for medical marijuana research in the region. Dr Marvin Smith, who serves as PHA deputy director and chie

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Accused 'admitted being at crime scene'

ONE of three men accused of the murder and armed robbery of a Grand Bahama couple admitted to being at the scene of the crime with the other defendants, lead investigator Detective 772 Lorenzo Johnson told the Supreme Court yesterday.

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Killer of child's mother has appeal rejected

THE COURT of Appeal has dismissed the case of a man seeking to contest his 41-year sentence of hard labour for murdering the mother of his child at their workplace on a Family Island almost seven years ago. Appellate Justices Jon Isaacs, Stella Cran

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Oban boss’ $650k debt to US taxman

PETER Krieger, non-executive chairman and the face of Oban Energies, was not only in problems with the Securities Exchange Commission, but also faced a federal tax lien for more than half a million dollars in unpaid taxes.

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40 years for brutal grandma’s murder

A CARETAKER who had worked for an 86-year-old woman, who he had brutally stabbed to death in her Dannottage Estates home a decade ago, was yesterday sentenced to 40 years in prison by an acting Supreme Court judge.

Cemetery plan - over our dead bodies

AN online petition has been started to stop the creation of a proposed cemetery on Bernard Road.