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Ministry delay forces hold-up in school repairs

WITH little over a month before the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, repairs to schools across the country face major setbacks due to an unexplained halt in submitting the Ministry of Works’ annual “scope of repairs report”.

Turnquest asks why Carnival report has not been released

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday questioned why the Christie administration has not yet released this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival financial performance report.

Lightbourn under fire for ‘tube tying’ comments

TWO local advocacy groups have condemned Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women as “archaic, barbaric and dangerous”, charging that the suggestion is “frighteningly reminiscent” of sterilisation policies used against black people internationally in the 1960s.

FNM chairman: Butler-Turner knew she was going to lose

PARTY Chairman Sidney Collie said Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner did not withdraw from the Free National Movement’s leadership race because the process was “corrupt” but because she knew “the tide was against her” and she could not win.

No murders in July - and police credit team effort

THERE have been no reported murders for the entire month of July, with a senior police officer attributing it to a “consistent” policing effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Tropical Storm Earl leaves six dead in Dominican Republic

TROPICAL STORM Earl formed on Tuesday morning in the western Caribbean Sea as the strengthening system tracked towards Central America. The fast-moving storm brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Dominican Republic on Monday and caused at least six deaths in the country.

Police make arrest after 46-year-old Freeport man is stabbed to death

POLICE in Grand Bahama are investigating the murder early on Tuesday of a 46-year-old man of Drake Avenue, Freeport, and have a man in custody in connection with the incident.

Rollins: I won't run for FNM

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins confirmed yesterday that he will not be seeking a Free National Movement constituency nomination in the next general election now that Dr Hubert Minnis has retained the leadership of the party.

Zika virus alert in Miami

MIAMI (AP) - Government health officials warned pregnant women yesterday to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami and arrange to be tested for the virus if they have visited the Wynwood neighbourhood since mid-June after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the United States climbed to 14.

Eight Cuban migrants detained by RBDF

EIGHT Cuban migrants have been turned over to Immigration officials after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Thursday night, taking the total captured to 34 during July.

Lightbourn ‘must resign’ after sterilisation proposal

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party women MPs have called for the resignation of Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn over his contentious proposal for state-sponsored sterilisation of women as an anti-crime initiative.

PLP chairman blasts Sands, Butler-Turner as cowards

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts declared yesterday that the Free National Movement was not ready to govern, branding Long Island MP Loretta Butler Turner and Senator Dr Duane Sands as “cowards” for quitting the convention leadership race hours before delegates cast their votes.

Mourners pay tribute to pastor Silas Napoleon McKinney at service

THE Governor General and the Prime Minister were among mourners at a state-recognised funeral for Pastor Silas Napoleon McKinney, former President of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, on Sunday at Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tonique Williams Darling Highway.

Nation hailed as weather ready ambassadors by NOAAA

THE Bahamas has been named the first “Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors” by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its “readiness, responsiveness and resiliency to handle all weather conditions it faces, especially in extreme weather cases, and to its safety and protection program of its people and communities”.

Deputy PM’s tribute to Cat Islander

CAT ISLANDER Adlean Armbrister, who has died aged 94, was praised for her bravery and her role in the march to Majority Rule in a tribute by Deputy Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis on Friday.

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