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Police issue plea to find two wanted men

POLICE yesterday captured another one of the country’s most wanted suspects, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean.

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Police search for missing man, aged 50

POLICE is seeking the public’s help in locating 50-year-old Moses Mackey of Pride Estates, New Providence, who was reported missing by family members.

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Pathologist tells jury cause of Kurt McCartney’s death

A pathologist told jurors hearing evidence in a trial into the murder of a prominent businessman yesterday that the victim not only died of a gunshot wound to the head but significant blunt force trauma to most parts of his body.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - This Saturday, The Bahamas Aids Foundation would like club members to ride in their event. Start at Goodman’s Bay at 6am - leave Harbour Bay at 5:30am sharp and gather at the start. (Bring your registration forms)

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Key witness quizzed again in McCartney murder trial

A LAWYER for one of five persons alleged to have a role in the death of businessman Kurt McCartney probed the criminal history of the prosecution’s key witness yesterday in the Supreme Court.

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Veterans may march in protest over pension concerns

THE British Legion of the Bahamas is putting pressure on the Christie administration to honour its requests, sending the government a list of demands it wants fulfilled including a pension increase for war veterans.

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More than 60 apply to become FNM candidates

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday said more than 60 professionals have submitted applications to the party in a bid to run on the FNM’s ticket in the 2017 general election.

Residents feeling left in the dark over Ocean Cay development plans

THE Christie administration is being accused of leaving residents and stakeholders in the dark over a proposed multimillion-dollar development project off Bimini and of undermining approvals processes through its “shady” reliance on heads of agreements.

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Minnis slams ‘chaotic’ NHI

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday castigated the Christie administration over the “chaotic manner” in which it has sought to implement National Health Insurance as he urged the government to delay the launch of the healthcare scheme to properly engage stakeholders.

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Student stabbed in fight over video game

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck during an argument at C R Walker Senior High School early yesterday morning.

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Lawyer hits back at supplier over music festival claims

THE president of a Florida-based audio/visual equipment rental service provider was yesterday warned to govern himself accordingly ahead of a potential lawsuit after legal documents revealed alleged discrepancies in his claims that Caribbean Muzik Festival’s CEO Michael Tomlinson was responsible for the event’s failure.

Identity of murder victim revealed

THE man killed in Grand Bahama on Tuesday has been identified as Whitfield Jones, a resident of Coral Reef Estates.

Demand for release of Haitian man

A SUPREME Court judge has approved the filing of a writ of habeas corpus against the police and prison authorities for their alleged unlawful detention of a Haitian man recently acquitted of an illegal entry charge, The Tribune can confirm.

Activist ‘thrilled’ at reluctance to apply tough immigration penalties

FRED Smith, president of the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association, said yesterday he was “thrilled” that the courts are “not responding” to the government’s policy change to ensure harsher penalties for breaches of the Immigration Act.

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Bid for early release dismissed by judge

A JUDGE yesterday dismissed a man’s request for early release from prison in an application that disputed the lawfulness of his four-year mandatory minimum sentence for firearm and ammunition possession.

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