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Man awaiting murder trial to submit alibi within 21 days

A MAN awaiting trial on a murder charge said he would submit an alibi to the Office of the Attorney General within 21 days.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - The Cycling Club will be holding its social on Friday, January 29, from 6pm-9pm. Venue to be announced.

NHI meeting in Freeport

AS THE government moves towards introducing National Health Insurance (NHI), private medical professionals in Freeport yesterday met a team from the Ministry of Health and NHI Secretariat to review details of the proposed design for the primary healthcare model and to discuss different options by which providers will participate in NHI.

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VIDEO: Humpback whale spotted close to New Providence

A HUMPBACK whale has been spotted in waters just two miles off New Providence, with local dive officials yesterday claiming they have never seen the species venture so far into the Bahamian archipelago.

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Police and family devastated as body of missing officer found

THE body of a missing Grand Bahama police officer was discovered on Thursday afternoon in the area of the North Star Resort on Fortune Bay Drive, Freeport, leaving police officers and family members devastated.

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RBDF on patrol after jet ski alert

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has deployed watercraft in its operations around New Providence to conduct patrols in the wake of reports concerning criminal activities occurring on beaches on or near New Providence, a statement from the RBDF said.

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PM: Huge number of investors interested in Baha Mar

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday there are a “huge number” of internationally recognisable corporate names interested in investing in Baha Mar and he is doing “all he can” to ensure construction is restarted “very soon”.

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More courts needed, warns Chief Justice

MORE courts will be needed to rid the judicial system of the extensive backlog in criminal cases, Chief Justice Sir Hartman Longley said yesterday.

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What has Bimini cruise ship cost the Bahamas, asks Turnquest

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday raised questions over the financial shortfalls incurred by The Bahamas amid the cancelation of the Resorts World Bimini’s cruise ship.

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Carnival Commission holds first meeting

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission held its first meeting yesterday ahead of the second Junkanoo Carnival and has been asked to devise a plan to uplift Bahamian culture, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said.

Former MP blasts FNM council changes

AN ANGRY former Free National Movement MP yesterday blasted party executives over the removal of certain Central Council members, despite party Chairman Michael Pintard’s emphatic statement that past election hopefuls would not be excluded from the body.

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Doctors still 'left in the dark' on NHI legislation

LOCAL physicians are growing “increasingly sour” over the government’s handling of National Health Insurance and are still “just as much in the dark as the general public” over the scheme’s implementation, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Duane Sands said.

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Rare January hurricane forms in Atlantic, threatens Azores

MIAMI (AP) — A rare January hurricane formed far out in the Atlantic on Thursday, and U.S. officials said it was the first hurricane to form in the month of January since 1938.

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Hunt for gunmen who terrorised Pastor Rex Major and family at home

POLICE are looking for five gunmen who reportedly broke into the home Pastor Rex Major this morning and terrorized his family.

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Attorney General: Be more hesitant to grant bail

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, QC, yesterday urged the judiciary to be more hesitant to grant bail in cases of murder and other serious offences.

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