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Nygard lawsuit won’t be heard till next year

THE murder-for-hire lawsuit against Lyford Cay fashion designer Peter Nygard and lawyer Keod Smith will not be heard by the Supreme Court until early next year.

BAMSI’s work ‘will halve food import costs by 2021’

AS 40 students begin the school term at the Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI), Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray touted the institution’s expanding production of food yesterday as he pledged that the price of food imports will be cut in half by 2021 because of BAMSI’s work.

47 Cuban migrants apprehended in Bahamas

FORTY SEVEN Cuban migrants have been intercepted at sea in the Bahamas over the past two days this week, according to Bahamas Immigration officials.

Pastor threatens to hold ‘urgent mass meeting’ if CLICO debacle not solved

THE management of CLICO (Bahamas) and the Christie administration have been warned to resolve the savings and investments debacle no later than this month, with a prominent pastor threatening to hold an “urgent mass meeting” with policyholders if one is not reached.

ROYO reaches out with hot breakfasts

The Reach Out Youth Organisation (ROYO) is launching a feeding programme next week, providing hot breakfasts every day to about 80 needy children in the inner-city area of Freeport.

Minnis slams government for ‘celebrating’ murder count

WITH two lives lost this week to senseless gun violence, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis castigated the government for celebrating this year’s murder count, which is comparatively lower than last year.

Rental generators ‘should bring end to outages this week’

AFTER a summer plagued with blackouts, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials stressed yesterday the rental generators imported from overseas will be in place by the end of this week, hopefully bringing an end to frequent power outages in New Providence.

Tropical Storm Karl forms in eastern Atlantic

TROPICAL Storm Karl formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Thursday night but forecasters say it currently poses no threat to land.

Government approves $2m to rebuild BAMSI dorm

THE government has approved the use of more than $2m to rebuild the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) dormitory that was destroyed by fire in early 2015, according to Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister V Alfred Gray yesterday.

Rollins ‘would run against Loretta’

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner could face an independent challenge by Fort Charlotte MP Andre Rollins if voters on the island urge him to do so, the controversial politician said yesterday.

FNM announces four more candidates for 2017 election

THE Free National Movement (FNM) announced the ratification of four more candidates ahead of the 2017 general election, with FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis hailing the lot as integral cogs in the party’s “better governance” machinery.

‘Man stabbed girlfriend, then told her he loved her’

A MAN returned to his apartment after stabbing his girlfriend multiple times to tell her he loved her, a Supreme Court judge heard from a probation officer yesterday.

Privilege probe will move ahead despite appeal by Fitzgerald

HOUSE of Assembly Committee on Privilege Chairman Arnold Forbes confirmed yesterday that the probe into Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on the limits of parliamentary privilege will move ahead despite the recent appeal filed by Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald in the matter.

26-year-old woman dies in Yamacraw car crash

A 26-year-old woman became the country's latest traffic fatality after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a tree in eastern New Providence early on Thursday morning.

UDP will unveil new candidates this month

UNITED Democratic Party Leader Gregory Moss said the party would begin to strategically unveil between five and 10 of its candidates at a time starting this month, and another batch at the end of year.

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