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Marion Bethel ‘ready’ for responsibilities as husband challenges for PLP leadership

ATTORNEY Marion Bethel, the wife of Progressive Liberal Party leadership candidate and former Attorney General Alfred Sears, said she is “ready” for the responsibility and accountability that comes with her husband’s announcement that he intends to challenge Prime Minister Perry Christie for the party’s top post.

Ten out of 12 murders solved in Grand Bahama, say police

OF the 12 murders in Grand Bahama, ten have been solved and police are assiduously searching for two wanted men – one for last Saturday’s stabbing incident and the other in relation to a fatal shooting on May 29.

$140,000 scholarship for star student

OVER 20 high school graduates were yesterday awarded as winners of the All Bahamas Merit and National Merit Scholarship Award, something Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald called a positive step towards the “development of our nation” by the country’s “bright, young leaders of tomorrow.”

Murder trial discontinued

MORE than five years after a man was charged with murder, prosecutors yesterday produced a written directive at trial from the attorney general requesting that proceedings against him be discontinued.

Man accused of receiving car stolen at gunpoint

A MAN appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a status hearing into his case concerning receiving a car that had been stolen during a gunpoint carjacking.

Search for man missing after fishing trip at sea

POLICE are searching for 32-year-old Jamaal Tracey Russell of North Andros, who went missing at sea during a fishing trip about two weeks ago.

Davis sidesteps leadership question

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was evasive when asked yesterday if he will join Alfred Sears and challenge Prime Minister Perry Christie for leader of the Progressive Liberal Party in November.

Collie: Time for Tennyson Wells to zip his lips

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday it is time for former Cabinet minister Tennyson Wells to “zip his lips” if he is not saying anything “helpful” or beneficial to the party.

Marathon MP says Sears defeat of Christie is ‘highly unlikely’

MARATHON MP Jerome Fitzgerald said the chances of former Attorney General Alfred Sears defeating Prime Minister Perry Christie in the Progressive Liberal Party’s leadership battle are “highly unlikely” as he questioned the rationale behind the former MP’s bid to head the governing organisation.

‘Letter of intent doubts make Wells a bad choice’

DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday questioned the Free National Movement’s decision to make Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells leader of opposition business in the House of Assembly despite not knowing the full story surrounding his controversial signing of a $650m letter of intent with Stellar Waste to Energy while a member of the Progressive Liberal Party.

Immigration policy a ‘dead end’

NEARLY two years after the government rolled out its new immigration policy to clamp down on illegal migration, the Haitian ambassador yesterday described a cumbersome, sluggish and disorganised process marred by ethnic profiling, that ultimately created a “dead end” for unregularised persons of Haitian descent in the country.

UPDATED: First Zika case confirmed in the Bahamas

THERE is now one confirmed case of the Zika virus in the Bahamas, Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez announced on Wednesday morning.

No breakdown of exam results

IN the absence of an official Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination letter grade breakdown, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald’s high praise of an across the board improvement in eight test subjects, including mathematics and English, have raised questions over how well students fared in individual subjects this year.

Community centre to be completed by October

THE stalled Fox Hill community centre, once considered a dream, is now expected to be refurbished and completed by October as a result of a $250,000 loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and a private-public partnership launched by the Christie administration yesterday.

Ambassador warns of effect on immigration if election process fails

THE social, political and economic stability of Haiti hinges on the outcome of its upcoming presidential elections, according to Haitian Ambassador Jean Victor Geneus, who yesterday underscored the damning impact another failed bid would have on illegal migration challenges in the Bahamas.

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