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Doctor turned patient seeks help for transplant

AFTER 25 years of practising medicine in the public healthcare sector, Bahamian Dr Elaine Lundy is very ill and in need of a life-saving lung transplant.

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Baark campaign to spay homeless animals

THE Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness (Baark) recently teamed up with Renew Bahamas for a one-day mobile animal sterilisation hospital (MASH) clinic at the Harrold Road Landfill site.

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Car dealer says ‘shady website’ to blame for defaulting on customers

A LOCAL car importer yesterday contended that a “shady website” was the reason he defaulted on nearly 30 purchasing agreements in the past month, leaving clients out of roughly $60,000.

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On Da Hook

REPORTS from two captains who were fishing in the northern Bahamas make good reading this week.

VIDEO - U.S. man: Hospital left me gutted like a fish

A MINNESOTA man said he is “lucky to be alive”, alleging that doctors at the Princess Margaret Hospital “gutted” him like a fish to remove his appendix, which he later found out was “perfectly healthy”, according to international reports.

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Death penalty sought for Bruner killers

A PROSECUTOR argued yesterday that the murder of an American sailor during his attempt to prevent a robbery of two visitors is a fitting case for the imposition of the discretionary death penalty.

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Justice for Alexis as killer found guilty

A MAN was found guilty yesterday of murdering his 15-year-old girlfriend Alexis Smith, who was shot to death outside a sports bar in Eight Mile Rock two years ago.

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Pintard: Did Mitchell mislead parliament?

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday questioned whether Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell “misled” parliamentarians when he said two Cuban men recently released from prison posed risks to national security.

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PM slammed over mortgage promises

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for “playing politics” with his administration’s long-promised mortgage relief plan, lambasting Mr Christie for continuing to promise results for “grieving families” when he has “helped less than six families save their homes”.

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Schools close as dump burns

A MASSIVE fire broke out at the Harrold Road Landfill late Monday night, forcing some residents in nearby neighbourhoods to leave their homes and two schools to temporarily close their doors.

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Sands: NHI talks are improved at last

THE Christie administration has finally “opened up all avenues of communication” as it relates to the formation of National Health Insurance, according to leading cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Duane Sands.

Six arrests after marijuana discovery

FOUR women and two men were arrested in Grand Bahama on Monday after marijuana and cash were seized from a home.

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Appeal court considers affadavit in shooting case

THE Court of Appeal yesterday probed the necessity of an affidavit filed by a woman who is contesting a jury’s verdict that the shooting death of her husband was not accidental or in self-defence.

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Govt closing in on plan to tackle flooding

OFFICIALS are now “finalising” the costing of a multi-million dollar initiative to alleviate the flooding issues in the Pinewood constituency before the project goes out to bid, Pinewood MP Khaalis Rolle said yesterday.

Call for public support of equality referendum

CITIZENS for Constitutional Equality yesterday issued a call to action for civic organisations to declare their stance on the proposed constitutional referendum on gender equality.