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Teenager accused of attempted murder

A teenager was charged with attempted murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Man accused of stabbing and killing Jamaican woman in 2013

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a murder charge concerning the fatal stabbing of a Jamaican woman that occurred two years ago.

PM hails investments to boost east Grand Bahama

PRIME Minister Perry Christie has indicated that significant investments are in the pipeline that will provide major economic stimulus for east Grand Bahama.

Discussions to benefit both The Bahamas and Cuba

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe said discussions currently underway to package the Cuban and Bahamian tourism products as a joint multi-destination offer could, if achieved, “bolster the opportunities for both countries:.

PM named one of Jones Communications' persons of the year for VAT introduction

PRIME Minister Perry Christie has been selected as one of The Jones Communications Network’s (JCN) 2015 ‘Persons of the Year.’

Minnis says oil explorer 'known to swindle'

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday accused the Christie administration of conducting business with a Canadian man “known to swindle” clients of money as he questioned the government’s ability to properly police the petroleum industry.

Two Cubans escape from detention centre

TWO Cubans who were detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre escaped from the facility on Saturday, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday.

Gomez would be interested in return to Cabinet

CENTRAL and South Eleuthera MP Damian Gomez said yesterday that he is interested in returning to Cabinet after resolving the issues that prompted him to tender his resignation as state minister of legal affairs earlier this month.

Sales slow, but officials promise a flawless Junkanoo parade

OFFICIALS from the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence yesterday raised concern about slow ticket sales as they guaranteed that this season’s parades will be “flawlessly and excellently produced”.

Teenager accused of web shop raid asks for protective custody

ONE of three men accused of being a part of an armed robbery ring that recently targeted a popular web shop asked a magistrate yesterday to put him in protective custody at the prison.

Christie again denies conflict of interest

PRIME Minister Perry Christie was forced to again defend himself against allegations of a conflict of interest connected to the country’s oil exploration industry over which he castigated the Free National Movement for using “smear politics” to “wantonly” assault his integrity.

Murdered volleyball coach had been dead for "quite some time" say police

THE partially decomposed body of 40-year-old man was found "with blunt force trauma" on Monday afternoon in an apartment complex off West Bay Street.

Ministry denies plans to demolish academy

MINISTRY of Education officials have denied allegations that the ministry is seeking to demolish portions of the former Bahamas Academy building on Wulff Road despite it reportedly being registered as an historic landmark.

VIDEO: Ship stranded miles inland by hurricane is relaunched

THE Emerald Express, left stranded miles inland by Hurricane Joaquin in early October, has been successfully relaunched off the northern point of Crooked Island after a month-long operation that saw island officials dredge a road and tow the massive ship six miles overland.

Handbook is essential guide to The Bahamas

THE Bahamas’ first megastar, a high-priced lawyer who donates his expertise to human rights and environmental causes and how the Cold War of the 1970s helped to grow The Bahamas’ financial services sector are just some of the stories in the 2016 Bahamas Handbook which arrived in bookstores last week.

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