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Tributes paid to trailblazing businesswoman Hillary Jones

WELL-KNOWN Grand Bahama businesswoman Hillary V E Jones, president of the Churchill and Jones Real Estate company in Freeport, has died. She was 69.

Staniel Cay Airport reopens after seven months

STANIEL CAY airport, which has been closed for seven months for runway repairs, reopened to air traffic yesterday, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation has announced.

Sir Arthur: Public should demand referendum

FORMER Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes said yesterday the Bahamian public should “demand” the equality referendum happen “sooner rather than later” and was concerned that no date has been announced for when the vote will be held.

Glinton to take contempt case to Privy Council

A LAWYER intends to have the country’s highest court examine a conviction for contempt of court despite him paying a $15,000 fine for his words and actions during an extradition appeal that he contended were not contemptuous.

Accused denies that he sexually assaulted boy in his care

A MAN accused of being “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that he did not sexually assault a boy entrusted to his care.

Hurricane was ‘a sign that Bahamians need to repent’

BAHAMAS Christian Council President Dr Ranford Patterson says Hurricane Joaquin was a warning that Bahamians need to repent their sins and turn back to God.

Students of the Year

THE SIX College of the Bahamas students who have been announced as finalists in the 2015 Student of the Year Award by the Bahamas Financial Services Board will find out which of them has won the title on Friday night.

Masonic lodge loses appeal over expulsion of freemason

THE Court of Appeal yesterday rejected a lodge’s bid to reverse a landmark civil action in the Supreme Court concerning the suspension and eventual expulsion of a freemason from the Prince Hall Grand Lodge.

Minister hands bus over to Anatol Rodgers Achool

THE students of Anatol Rodgers High School will have a new bus to transport them to and from academic and sporting activities after Minister of Environment and Housing, Kenred Dorsett, donated a 2015 Toyota Bus yesterday.

ON DA HOOK: Confidence is key

FISHING is like any other sport you decide to engage in and embrace.

Pastor receives award for activist work

GRAND Bahama Pastor Eddie Victor has become only the second Bahamian to be internationally recognised as a Golden Rule International Award recipient.

Man dies after being hit by car on way to work

A MAN was hit by a car and killed early on Wednesday morning while attempting to cross Fire Trail Road on his way to work.

Butler-Turner sceptical of Baha Mar optimism

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday insisted that Prime Minister Perry Christie has not proven himself to be a good barometer regarding Baha Mar, saying Bahamians should be cautious over his pronouncements of optimism over the mega resort.

Boy tells court how he was sexually assaulted

A BOY who testified in court yesterday of his alleged sexual assault by a man he knew said he didn’t know if what was happening to him at the time was “right or wrong”.

Victim believed to have posted ‘hit list’ to social media

POLICE suspect that the country’s latest murder victim was behind an alleged “hit list” that was posted on a social media page under the guise of one of New Providence’s most dangerous gangs.

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