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No answers to cost of rehabilitation centre

MONDAY’S opening of the Child and Adolescent and Robert Smith Complex at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre was overshadowed by the sketchy and questionable management of the project by successive administrations, Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday.

Nottage slammed for failure to tackle crime

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday castigated National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage over his recent response to the worrying crime problem, saying the tone of the Bain and Grants Town MP’s remarks was “deaf” and “insensitive”.

DNA leader willing to accept civil unions

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney expressed openness yesterday to allowing homosexual couples to form civil unions, as opposed to marriage, so they could enjoy some of the rights that married couples do.

RBDF crew return fire with suspected Dominican poachers

ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marines were involved in a shootout and subsequent high-speed chase with suspected Dominican poachers in the Cay Lobos area on Monday night, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday.

Door open to same sex marriage

COURT of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen said last night the judiciary is likely to face challenges in determining whether same-sex marriages are legal in The Bahamas, while pointing to “difficulties” inherent in the existing marriage laws that do not present any provision that parties to a marriage must be male and female.

Jury fails to reach a verdict in murder trial

A WOMAN’S defence at trial that a drug trafficker did not need to rob and murder a web shop manager for money was not completely sold on a jury yesterday, which returned unanimous guilty verdicts on charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.

Murder victims named

POLICE have released the identities of two men who were killed during a shooting in Fox Hill on Sunday night.

Sands: Govt desperate to woo voters for 2017

FREE National Movement Senator Dr Duane Sands forecast yesterday that the government would attempt to prematurely roll out large-scale initiatives in a desperate bid to woo disenchanted voters ahead of the 2017 general election.

Sentencing of killers delayed by absent lawyer

THE sentencing of a couple convicted of having a role in killing businessman Kurt McCartney did not proceed yesterday due to a lawyer’s absence.

Housebreaking suspect charged

A MAN was arraigned in a Grand Bahama Magistrate’s Court on 12 counts of housebreaking and stealing from a house.

$55,000 of aid to help feed the hungry

THE Bahamas National Feeding Network (BNFN) yesterday distributed more than $55,000 in food vouchers to its members, allowing scores of soup kitchens, churches and feeding centres to continue feeding efforts throughout New Providence.

THE BIG QUESTION: How would YOU prevent another vote counting fiasco?

After the vote counting fiasco in Constitutional Referendum, what would YOU do to ensure a smoother process in the 2017 general election?

Woman leaps from window to escape house blaze

A SINGLE storey structure in the Kemp Road area was destroyed after it was engulfed in flames yesterday, with a woman having to jump out of the window to escape the blaze.

Miller: Unionists are greedy hogs being paid too much

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday likened unionists to “greedy hogs” as he decried the amount of money spent on salaries and benefits at government-run corporations.

Bishop: Govt failing to tackle crime

PROMINENT religious leader Bishop Simeon Hall said yesterday that Bahamians’ humanity is receding as the government continues to sidestep policies capable of impeding the current surge in crime.

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