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Rental generators arrive to end load shedding

THE first set of rental generators secured for Bahamas Power and Light have arrived and Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard said the utility provider will no longer be load shedding.

Teenager attacked by shark says there was no ambulance - but hospital has no record of call

PUBLIC Hospitals Authority officials yesterday said there was no record of a “shark attack emergency call” placed into the National Emergency Medical Services dispatch centre the day an American teenager became the victim of a vicious shark attack.

Murder suspect says he was forced to confess

A MAN arraigned on a murder charge yesterday alleged that police forced him to sign a confession he did not voluntarily give.

Trial over schoolboy’s murder due to begin in court today

THE trial into the murder of a 12th grade Doris Johnson Senior High School student is expected to proceed today in the Supreme Court.

$10,000 reward offered after store hit by armed robbers

NASSAU Pawn is offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the recovery of items stolen during an armed robbery at their downtown location last month.

Keeping island clean is focus of summer camp

THE Keep Grand Bahama Clean (KGBC) committee has officially concluded its annual puppet show summer camp presentations.

Shipyard worker dies in road crash

AN employee of the Grand Bahama Shipyard is dead following a traffic accident in Freeport on Monday morning.

Break-in suspect shot by police dies in hospital

A MAN died in hospital Friday night hours after he was shot by police after stabbing and injuring two officers as they attempted to foil a home invasion on East Street north.

Charging anyone over a song would be ‘anti-democratic’

THE Grand Bahama Human Rights Association said yesterday that it would be “anti-democratic” to charge anyone in connection with the song that refers negatively to Prime Minister Perry Christie and his family.

Catastrophic fund ‘to only help 25 to 30 people’ - Sands

LEADING surgeon and Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that “thousands of Bahamians will continue to die” under the government’s primary care phase of National Health Insurance.

Darville: End contempt efforts over leaked emails

SAVE The Bays Chairman Joseph Darville yesterday urged House of Assembly Speaker Dr Kendal Major to “call off efforts” to have certain members of the organisation held in contempt of Parliament.

Men arrested over song are released from custody

THE two men, who were arrested by police last week in connection with a song that makes negative comments about Prime Minister Perry Christie and his family, have been released from custody and plan to sue the government, The Tribune has learned.

Endorsement for the Independent Provider Association slammed as 'deceptive'

MEDICAL Association of the Bahamas President Dr Sy Coolidge Pierre has denied that the Trade Union Congress and the Bahamas Independent Provider Association has entered into a partnership to advance National Health Insurance discussions, calling the purported agreement “distasteful and deceptive.”

$315m lost in Baha Mar tax

IT is estimated that the government has lost $315m in tax revenue from the beleaguered Baha Mar resort due its opening delays and the court appointed receivership process, according to an economic impact report of the $3.5 billion property obtained by The Tribune.

Apartment to be used by medics as clinic renovated

DESPITE their pleas, health practitioners in Andros have been told to offer services from an apartment complex as proposed renovations to the island’s clinic have stalled.

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