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Isaacs and Moree suggested as successors to chief justice

BAHAMAS Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday endorsed Court of Appeal Justice Jon Isaacs and Queen’s Counsel Brian Moree as two potential candidates to serve as the next chief justice of the Bahamas.

‘PLP helping their friends - and leaving Bahamians hungry’

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised the Christie administration for exhibiting a “helping those who help us” mentality in governance, charging that “tens of thousands” of Bahamians cannot provide for their families as a result.

Man drowns while swimming in Exuma

POLICE are investigating the apparent drowning of a man who was swimming off Ramsey, Exuma, on Sunday afternoon.

Man held at Freeport Harbour after cocaine find

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Sunday at Freeport Harbour after he was allegedly caught with a quantity of drugs.

Aline McLaughlin dies, aged 94

MISS Aline McLaughlin, 94, died at her San Souci home on Friday evening. With her was her first cousin, Alden Barbes, who had returned from his home in California to help her with her affairs.

Ride for Hope to return to Eleuthera

RIDE FOR Hope is going back to its roots in Eleuthera for its 10th anniversary charity bike-athon next year, the organisers announced yesterday.

Three dead in weekend Family Island traffic accidents

THREE men are dead and another man is in hospital after two separate traffic accidents in the Family Islands over the weekend.

19-year-old man stabbed to death in fight at Andros nightclub

A 19-year-old youth is dead after he was stabbed during fight at a nightclub in Andros early on Sunday morning.

Defence Force officer one of two arrested in connection with firearm, drugs discovery

A Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer and another man are in custody following the seizure of a firearm and a quantity of drugs on Friday.A Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer and another man are in custody following the seizure of a firearm and a quantity of drugs on Friday.

DNA leader raises concerns over landfill developments

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance (DNA) leader Branville McCartney has raised concerns with operations at the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS), suggesting that "political corruption" had "stymied" proposed landfill developments around the country.

Government ministers warn Save the Bays 'nothing' will stop them

DESPITE being served with an injunction restraining them from releasing any information contained in Save The Bays' (STB) private emails, government ministers Jerome Fitzgerald and Fred Mitchell said on Friday “nothing” will stop them.

'Unreasonable' for Bruno Rufa to be given seven days to leave the country

WHILE Director of Immigration William Pratt by law had the power to vary, cancel or reduce the 150-day period that was granted to Canadian Bruno Rufa on his entry to the Bahamas last year, Supreme Court Justice Petra Hanna Weekes found that it was “unreasonable” for the director to have given him seven days to leave the country - a day and half before the Christmas holiday.

Warning over drone use in Love Beach area

CIVIL Aviation on Friday warned that the Love Beach area is a no-fly zone for drones, citing the dangers of contact between commerical planes and the small unmanned aircraft.

Witness takes offence to laywer's 'conman' suggestion in BEC bribe case

A MAN who received immunity from the prosecution for his role in an Alstom SA/Bahamas Electricity Corporation bribery scheme took offence at being labelled a conman by the lawyer for accused bribe taker Freddie Ramsey.

Roberts hits back at Greg Moss over referendum

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) chairman Bradley Roberts hit out at Marco City MP Greg Moss on Friday, suggesting that he has issues with his sexuality that are causing him to speak out against the contentious fourth bill of the constitutional referendum on gender equality in the Bahamas.

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