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Minnis condemns ‘false hope’ being sold over Baha Mar

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has hit out at the Christie administration for continuing to “sell false hope” over the stalled Baha Mar resort, as thousands of the hotel’s former employees remain out of work and Bahamian contractors are owed millions.

Bravery by police officer as he foils robbery

AN “act of bravery” by a police officer who “jumped into action and foiled an armed robbery” resulted in two armed men being shot and taken into custody on Sunday, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said.

As NHI looms, doctors say: NO

HOURS before Bahamians were expected to begin registering for National Health Insurance, the Consultant Physician Staff Association decided yesterday that it will not support the government’s proposed scheme.

Five arrested in drug trafficking swoop

POLICE arrested five people early on Thursday morning who they believe to be members of a “major drug trafficking ring”.

Chief Justice calls for judiciary to control funds

THE judiciary would be more efficient if it received additional funding and had control of its own finances, Chief Justice Sir Hartman Longley has said.

Two arrested over drugs find

TWO men are in police custody following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs on Saturday.

Two in hospital after shootings, man dies in motorcycle crash

Police are searching for suspects after separate shooting incidents on Friday night and Saturday morning.

AG: We are working hard to fix legal system

AGREEING that the legal system in the Bahamas has been broken for a long time, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson pledged on Friday that efforts are being made to fix it.

Immigration Dept investigating three 'matters of national import'

THE Department of Immigration is investigating three “matters of national import” after receiving complaints and reports of irregularities in recent weeks.

Haiti reports cases of mosquito-borne Zika virus

HAITI is reporting its first cases of a mosquito-borne virus that is rapidly spreading in the Americas and now appearing in the Caribbean is suspected of causing over 3,500 birth defects in Brazil.

Sean McWeeney, QC, meets Pope Francis

SEAN McWeeney QC, the Bahamas non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See, attended the Pope’s annual keynote address to the diplomatic corps in Rome this week, at which the primary focus was the issue of migration.

Man loses appeal against attempted murder conviction

A MAN who maintains that police framed him over the daylight robbery of a Scotiabank branch had his hopes dashed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday when his appeal against convictions for attempted murder and other serious crimes were dismissed.

Archdeacon tells members of the judiciary 'legal system is broken'

IN A hard-hitting sermon, Archdeacon Harry Bain told members of the judiciary and the legal profession at a special service to mark the opening of the legal year in Grand Bahama on Friday that “the legal system is broken” and “spiralling out of control”.

One in custody, search for four others over robbery and assault of pastor

POLICE have one man in custody and are searching for four others in connection with the armed robbery and assault of Pastor Rex Major on Thursday morning.

Man shot in front of his Yellow Elder Gardens home

POLICE are on the hunt for the occupants of a gold Honda Accord who shot a man early on Thursday morning in front of his home in Yellow Elder Gardens.

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