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Commissioner defends referendum results

PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall was adamant yesterday that his department did not do a poor job in its handling of last week’s constitutional referendum despite the piecemeal release of results and apparent errors in figures identified by The Tribune.

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Ten armed robberies in a single weekend

POLICE are searching for the suspects responsible for committing ten armed robberies that took place over the weekend, seven of which occurred in less than 24 hours.

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Father one of two victims in deadly Fox Hill shooting

TWO men, including a father, were shot dead in Fox Hill last night about 12 hours after a church minister was killed at an ATM.

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Shot dead at the ATM: Churchman one of three people killed during bloody Sunday

A CHURCH minister was shot and killed early yesterday morning while using a Scotiabank automated teller machine (ATM) at Wulff Road and Jerome Avenue, sparking an island-wide manhunt for the perpetrator of this latest homicide.

Driver killed as car crashes into pole

A MAN died in hospital in Freeport on Friday just days after his car crashed into a utility pole in Grand Bahama.

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Culinary team strikes gold

THE BAHAMAS culinary team returned home last night after a successful Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami.

Stabbing victim in hospital

POLICE in Abaco are investigating a stabbing incident that has left a man in hospital.

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Bishop hails rejection of LGBT ‘plans and schemes’

BISHOP Walter Hanchell has commended Bahamians for their rejection of the four Constitutional Amendment Bills, charging that their “no” vote effectively opposed the “plans and schemes” to “bring The Bahamas in line with other nations as it relates to LGBT rights.”

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Transgender group launch ‘problematic’ for vote

HUMAN rights activist Erin Greene yesterday admitted that Bahamas Transgender Intersex United’s launch in April proved “problematic” for the government as it sought to get support for four constitutional changes, but insisted that the LGBT community should not be blamed for the resounding failure of the equality referendum.

Protest over sewage odour after death of local resident

FOR years residents of a community in Grand Bahama have suffered noxious odours from a nearby sewage plant, but after a resident died of pneumonia last week, the residents for the first time will come together this morning to protest about the conditions.

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Sands father and son making Masonic history for the Bahamas

BASIL L Sands has become the first non-American to hold the prestigious Freemasonry high office of Sovereign Grand Commander and his son, Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands, has been elected to Sovereign Grand Inspector General to mark an historic achievement for the Bahamas and the Sands family.

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Father one of two shot dead in Fox Hill double murder

TWO men, including a father, were shot dead in Fox Hill last night about 12 hours after a church minister was killed at an ATM.

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Man wanted in connection with death threats

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 39–year-old Marcus Bain.

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38-year-old driver dies after Grand Bahama crash

A 38-year-old male resident of Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock, has died in hospital three days after being involved in a traffic accident on Grand Bahama.

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BREAKING NEWS: Man shot dead at Wulff Road/Jerome Avenue Scotiabank cash machine

POLICE are reporting they are on the scene of a fatal shooting at the Scotiabank branch on Jerome Avenue and Wulff Road on Sunday morning.