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Foul play not suspected as teacher’s body found

THE BODY of a woman was discovered on the floor of her living room early yesterday morning in what police described as a sudden death.

Fly infestation on the rise from South Bimini dump

SOUTH Bimini’s fly infestation has again become unmanageable with residents complaining about the Department of Environmental Health’s failure to respond.

Man held over murder, four more for drugs

AN Eight Mile Rock man was arrested in connection with a murder, and four others were taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of illegal drugs in the Freeport area, police reported on Tuesday.

Holy Trinity rector appointed as Anglican archdeacon

MARK Fox, the rector of Holy Trinity Church, Stapledon Gardens, has been appointed an archdeacon in the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands.

Insurer backs COB scholar scheme

COLLEGE of the Bahamas officials yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Tristar Insurance Agents & Brokers Ltd for the company to become an official donor of COB’s President’s Scholar’s Programme.

Technology on the menu for Bahamas entrepreneur

FRED Lightbourn, owner of The Poop Deck at Sandyport, has been in the restaurant business for 30 years so has a wealth of experience of customers’ dining tastes, likes and dislikes.

Taxi drivers allege ‘unfair’ competition for Atlantis fares

A GROUP of disgruntled Paradise Island-based taxi drivers have expressed concern over some of the Atlantis resort’s employees allegedly facilitating “unfair” competition in the ground transportation industry.

Stellar energy expands waste disposal plans

STELLAR Energy, the company with a proposed waste-to-energy facility at the centre of a controversial letter of intent signed by the former the parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Works, has expanded on its plans to reform waste disposal in the Bahamas.

Second group of migrants in two days brought to Freeport

TWENTY Cuban migrants were taken to Grand Bahama by the US Coast Guard and handed over to immigration authorities on Monday morning.

VIDEO: Massive Crooked Island fires ‘under control’

THE four massive fires reportedly burning in Crooked Island for well over a week have now been repressed but not fully extinguished, according to Crooked Island and Long Cay Administrator Francita Neely.

Bahamians Participate in US State Department Exchange

The US Embassy, through the US Department of State, sponsored a subregional International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) professional exchange focused on “Combating Corruption” from March 6-16, 2016.

Accused ‘did not remember pending arson case’ until arrest at roadblock

A MAN did not remember he had a six-year-old pending arson case before the Supreme Court until his recent arrest during a roadblock, a judge heard yesterday.

Jury is empanelled for election night murder trial

A JURY was empanelled yesterday in the Supreme Court for the trial of a man accused of being involved in one of two May 7, 2012 election night murders.

Roberts: Lack of viable candidates for FNM chairman ‘underscores fracture in the party’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has said the inability of the FNM to attract viable candidates to replace Michael Pintard as chairman “underscores yet again the depth of the fracture within the FNM under the leadership of Dr Hubert Minnis.”

Rodney Moncur in bid to be FNM chairman

FORMER Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for Bain Town and Grants Town Rodney Moncur believes he is the best choice for Free National Movement (FNM) chairman because the party lacks “a fighting machinery” and needs more people who “connect” to grassroots Bahamians.

The Tribune