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40 years in jail for double killer

A SUPREME Court judge did not impose the death penalty on a man convicted of double murder who yesterday threatened to have the London-based Privy Council remove him from the bench alleging that both the judge and the prosecutor were “corrupt”.

Curtain rises on Bahamas International Film Festival

THE New Providence stretch of the 12th annual Bahamas International Film Festival got underway yesterday.

Freeport council launches student scholarship fund

THE City of Freeport Council, in partnership with The College Of The Bahamas’ northern campus, has established a new scholarship fund to provide financial aid to students pursuing higher education at the college in Grand Bahama.

Jury hears different witness account of killing

A JURY yesterday heard a different account of the events that transpired in Gambier Village two years ago concerning the murder of businessman Kurt McCartney by a child witness whose evidence the Crown opted not to use.

ON DA HOOK

THIS year, the weather has really tested fishermen across The Bahamas and those that come from Florida.

BREAKING NEWS: Student dies after stabbing

POLICE are investigating the fatal stabbing of a male student who was attacked on Prince Charles Drive.

Gomez denies he will leave the PLP

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that a recent admission from Damian Gomez that he is in the dark on the specifics about National Health Insurance is proof that the Christie administration is “in a state of chaos.”

22 days to go - and still no NHI legislation

WITH 22 days left until the proposed start of National Health Insurance, the Christie administration has yet to present legislation that will govern the healthcare scheme, something prominent heart surgeon Dr Duane Sands sees as further mishandling of NHI’s implementation.

Crisis Centre demands apology from Miller

THE Bahamas Crisis Centre yesterday demanded that Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller apologise and retract his “vile,” “offensive” and “malicious “ attack on the non-profit organisation a day after he said it was filled “with phonies, fakes and frauds”.

Women forced to sleep on cell floor: Activists say 11 Jamaicans had to urinate on ground

TWO local women’s rights groups are urging Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade to launch a probe into the arrest and detainment of 11 Jamaican women amid allegations that the group was forced to urinate on the floor of the cell where they slept on cardboard boxes.

Attorney General hits back at Greenslade over bail

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday pushed back against Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade’s recent criticism of the performance of the judiciary when it comes to dealing with those responsible for violent crime.

Munroe comments on immigrants ‘despicable’

BAHAMAS Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday blasted recent calls from prominent attorney Wayne Munroe to flog illegal immigrants, saying the “despicable” comments are “diametrically opposed to the preservation of human dignity”.

Attorney General counters Gomez statement on campaign finance laws

WEEKS after State Minister for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez said no efforts have been made towards enacting campaign finance laws, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson seemed to contradict him yesterday, saying the matter is being “continuously looked at” by the government.

Man found dead after car crash

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was found slumped over in his car after crashing into another vehicle yesterday morning.

Colin Callender dies, aged 74

THE work of the late Colin Callender cannot be quantified by the cases he won or the battles he fought but can only be summed up by the impact he had on the Bahamian legal profession and the lives he touched over the years, according to his law partner Fred Smith.

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