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PLP chairman accuses FNM leader of creating hostility in beach protest

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts accused Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis of creating an “atmosphere of hostility that cultivated in disorderly conduct” at a protest on Paradise Island yesterday morning.

Police criticised for failing to investigate attack on elderly man

THE family of an elderly man that was reportedly severely beaten “within an inch of his life” five days ago claimed that police have yet to take a statement from the victim or process the crime scene.

'Historic day' as gender equality bills passed

THE four Constitutional Amendment Bills on gender equality were passed in the House of Assembly on Wednesday in what has been called a “historic day.”

Tourism Minister backs delay in convention

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday defended the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) decision to delay its convention until November.

Serial rapist sentenced to 43 years in prison

A JUDGE said yesterday that women should be protected from persons like Oscar Ingraham whom she sentenced to 43 years in prison for his third conviction to date for burglary, armed robbery and rape concerning an attack on a second-home owner.

Prime Minister and Wilchcombe ‘worked late into night’ on extension

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe said he and Prime Minister Perry Christie worked late into the night Monday to convince Access Industries to allow vendors temporary access to Cabbage Beach through their usual point of entry, hours after those vendors protested the erection of a fence that blocked their entry to the area.

CATHOLIC BISHOP CALLS FOR GENDER VOTE SUPPORT

CATHOLIC Archbishop Patrick Pinder has expressed “prayerful support” to all MPs as Parliament votes today on amendments to the Constitution, which seek to achieve gender equality.

TORN DOWN: Protestors act as access extended

DESPITE the prime minister’s assurance that he would “personally” work to find an alternative solution for vendors who were blocked from their regular access point to Cabbage Beach, more than a hundred protestors marched over the Sidney Poitier Bridge to Paradise Island and tore down the fence which obstructed the beach path.

Man dies after Fleming Street drive-by shooting

A MAN has died in hospital after a drive-by shooting in Fleming Street on Tuesday night and police are searching for the suspects responsible.

Police say no complaints of excessive force at protest

ACTING Deputy Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said as far as he knew, the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) has not received complaints of use of excessive force or abuse stemming from Monday’s protest at the Sidney Poitier Bridge.

Butler-Turner: Not one good reason why equality bills should not be passed

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday said there is not one good reason why each of the four proposed bills to amend the Constitution should not be passed in Parliament and approved by the electorate during a referendum.

PM says gender vote ‘will be a historic day’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said all parliamentarians will vote today on the four constitutional bills regarding gender equality in The Bahamas that is before the House of Assembly, vowing that it will be “a historic day”.

Man charged with murder

A SEVENTH Street resident was remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned on a murder charge.

Marijuana use compounded man’s schizophrenia, court hears

A schizophrenic man who fatally stabbed his five-year-old brother had a “genetic predisposition” to the mental illness that was further compounded by marijuana abuse, a psychiatrist told a Supreme Court judge yesterday.

National Health Insurance meetings continue

THE National Health Insurance (NHI) Secretariat has continued stakeholder meetings, media appearances and consultations with the public to ensure input is provided on the draft NHI Bill, which was released on February 18.

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