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Attorney charged with stealing by reason of employment

A 32-year-old attorney was charged on Friday with stealing by reason of employment and receiving in connection with the alleged theft of a laptop and mobile phone worth a combined $838.

Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union says it has reached an impasse

CUSTOMS and Immigration officers are still reporting disrupted health insurance coverage and being forced to pay medical bills out of pocket, according to their union, more than a month after the Davis administration said insurance services had resumed following a suspension affecting hundreds of public officers.

Employers to face tougher mandate to hire people with disabilities

EMPLOYERS would face a significantly tougher mandate to hire people with disabilities under proposed changes to the country's disability law, with the threshold lowered to 50 workers and the required share effectively doubled from one percent to two percent.

Police seize estimated $1.68m of suspected cocaine, firearm and ammunition in Exuma

POLICE seized an estimated $1.68m worth of suspected cocaine, along with a firearm and ammunition, during a joint operation in Exuma on Saturday.

Five men reported missing at sea found safe

FIVE men reported missing at sea near Bimini were found safe on Friday morning after their boat ran out of fuel during a fishing trip.

Man hospitalised after falling about three storeys at GB police headquarters

A 20-year-old man was hospitalised after falling about three storeys while installing air-conditioning units at Police Headquarters in Grand Bahama on Friday.

Three to be charged with murder in Katrina Kelly disappearance

THREE people are expected to be charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of Eleuthera woman Katrina Kelly.

BPL outages hit downtown businesses and tourists

TOURISTS cut short their vists to downtown Nassau yesterday, with some complaining about sweltering heat in shops and saying they would have spent more money ashore had hours-long power outages not forced businesses to close or operate in darkness.

State ordered to pay interim $80K to man paralysed in police shooting

A MAN left paralysed after being shot in the back by a police officer has secured an $80,000 interim payment from the state after developing a severe pressure ulcer that now requires surgery as the courts continue to determine how much he should ultimately receive for the 2016 shooting.

‘FNM needs to find a leader who can win’

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has told the Free National Movement to find “someone who could win” if it wants to return to government, remarks some insiders interpreted as a sign that he does not believe Michael Pintard is the leader to take the party back to power.

35 Bozine Town families finally receive land deeds

THIRTY-FIVE Bozine Town residents received deeds to their properties yesterday, ending decades of uncertainty for families who had long feared they could lose the land on which they built their homes.

BTCU blasts traffic chief over ‘cherry-picking’ in airport dispute

THE Bahamas Taxi Cab Union has accused acting Road Traffic Controller Kelsey Munroe of selectively enforcing the law in favour of livery operators, escalating a longstanding airport transport dispute and warning there will be no end to the conflict while the two sectors are treated differently.

Data breaches underreported as public bypasses regulator

ONLY about 20 to 25 data breaches have been reported to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner this year, but Commissioner Michael Wright believes the true number could be much higher because people do not realise they report the mishandling of their personal information to his office.

Six names make shortlist to rename Columbus Primary

AT least six names are under consideration to replace Christopher Columbus at Columbus Primary School, with the institution’s coat of arms and other symbols also likely to be reviewed as part of a renaming process that education officials say is already well advanced.

Suspect faces rape charges after viral voice recordings

A MAN accused of raping an 18-year-old woman twice in New Providence last weekend was remanded to prison yesterday.

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