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Two in hospital as police hunt shooting suspects in New Providence

POLICE have launched a manhunt in New Providence for those responsible for two shooting incidents that left a man and a woman detained in hospital on Friday night.

Customs regulations changes to clamp down on gun smuggling into the Bahamas

NEW Customs regulations could clamp down on illegal smuggling of items like guns, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis said on Friday.

Christie's new plan is just an election ploy, says FNM chairman

FREE National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie on Friday questioned the motive behind Prime Minister Perry Christie’s new plan for the future, as he suggested that this was nothing more than an election ploy.

Governor General asks Bahamians to reflect on 43 years of Independence

NATIONAL celebrations to commemorate the country’s imminent 43rd anniversary of Independence started on Friday with National Pride Day festivities, which climaxed with a spirited and cultured flag raising ceremony.

Bahamian Karen Rigby honoured by US for fight against human trafficking

A BAHAMIAN official has been honoured by the US State Department for efforts in the global fight against human trafficking.

Two women among three arrested over $100,00 marijuana catch

TWO WOMEN and one man are in police custody after they were discovered with nearly $100,000 worth of marijuana on Thursday afternoon.

Minnis 'failed' to reach the voters: Lightbourn backs Butler-Turner and Sands

MONTAGU MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday said that FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has failed to connect with the Bahamian electorate as he endorsed Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner and Senator Dr Duane Sands as his choices for the party’s two top posts.

Miller: Open Baha Mar or be seen as lame ducks

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday implored senior PLP members “to do all they can” to jumpstart the stalled Baha Mar project, suggesting that without it the party could be entering the 2017 general election as “lame ducks”.

Two charged with murder outside nightclub

TWO men were charged in court yesterday in connection with the shooting death of a father of two outside a nightclub on Elizabeth Avenue last Saturday morning.

Bahamas meets standards over human trafficking

THE US State Department released its global report on human trafficking yesterday, saying the Bahamas “fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”

Deadline passes for appeal of $16m police overtime ruling

THE deadline has passed for the government to appeal a landmark ruling in an overtime case that could result in as much as $16m being paid to police officers, Wayne Munroe, attorney representing the Police Staff Association in the case, said yesterday.

'Why is there still no report for Carnival?'

NEARLY two months after the highly controversial Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was held in the country, FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest questioned why the government had yet to produce the festival’s financial performance report.

Larger plane for BA direct flights from Heathrow 'very significant'

THE MINISTRY of Tourism has told The Tribune that the introduction of a larger plane on British Airways’ direct route between London Heathrow and Nassau will be “very significant” for the Bahamian economy.

Fitzgerald: Election will be test of voter's view on PLP

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald admitted yesterday that some Bahamians are “angry” and “unhappy” with the performance of the Christie administration but said he believes the true test of the PLP’s effectiveness will be at the polls next year.

Minnis 'ignorant' of education improvements

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald yesterday criticised FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis’ “careless and reckless” statements about the government’s educational investments, claiming that Dr Minnis is “ignorant to the facts of the progress made in education”.

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