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Pintard: Convenient for AG that crime isn’t a political issue now

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard said it is “convenient” that Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson would now admit that crime is not a political issue, now that the country has recorded the “highest number of murders” in history under her watch.

Error blamed for Rufa being granted 150-day landing period

ASSISTANT Director of Immigration Hubert Ferguson said that the 150-day landing period granted by an immigration officer to Canadian citizen Bruno Rufa on his entry to The Bahamas in November was due to “internal miscommunication and unfamiliarity” with the process.

Officers to commemorate International Customs Day

CUSTOMS officers on Grand Bahama have planned a number of events in commemoration of the 27th International Customs Day observed on January 26.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - The Enjoy! Cycling Club Social will be held on Friday, January 29, from 7pm-10pm at Island House near Lyford Cay. Bus pick-up from Harbour Bay, 6pm sharp and Cable Beach Police Station at 6:30pm sharp, returning at 10pm.

Fast-food restaurant manager’s killer has sentence cut to 55 years

A man sentenced to life in prison for the throat-slashing murder of a fast food restaurant manager had his sentence reduced to 55 years by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Court of Appeal quashes Jamaican woman's human trafficking conviction

A JAMAICAN woman previously convicted in The Bahamas’ first human trafficking case tried in Supreme Court will be returning to her home country as early as Thursday evening after the Court of Appeal quashed her conviction and sentences.

‘Streets of capital have never been so poorly kept’

CENTRAL Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant yesterday criticised the Christie administration over the condition of New Providence’s main roads saying that he has never seen streets in the capital kept so poorly.

Police hunting for man wanted in latest killing

POLICE are looking for a 30-year-old man who they believe can help in their investigation into the country’s latest homicide.

$33m to be borrowed to help monitor govt finances

THE Christie administration yesterday brought a resolution to the House of Assembly to borrow $33m from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the management of the country’s finances.

Frustration growing over role of Ministry of Agriculture at Potter’s Cay

AS redevelopment efforts at Potter’s Cay Dock shift into high gear, concerns are mounting over the scope of the Department of Agriculture’s involvement in the multi-million dollar project, aimed at enhancing the multi-faceted site.

FNM convention - but no voting?

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday said he expects that the party will hold a convention ahead of the next general election, but revealed that there is a possibility it could be a non-voting event in which none of the organisation’s executive posts would be open for a challenge.

Mass demonstration threat over Cable price increase

NATIONAL Congress of Trade Unions of the Bahamas President John Pinder yesterday threatened to launch a mass demonstration “in short order” if the government doesn’t reverse the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s decision to approve Cable Bahamas’s application to increase its rates.

‘Why was our mother’s body mistakenly cremated?’

THE bereaved family of the late Lillian Theresa Gilbert, whose body was mistakenly released from the Rand Memorial Hospital to the wrong funeral home and cremated, said their mother would not have wanted to be cremated because of her religious beliefs.

‘Slow down and consult properly over NHI proposals’

AS the Christie administration faces push back from stakeholders over its National Health Insurance plans, FNM Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday called on the government to slow down its efforts to implement the scheme in order to properly consult stakeholders.

Drugs haul found

A quantity of suspected cocaine and marijuana were discovered in the Eight Mile Rock area on Wednesday; however, no one was arrested in connection with the find.

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