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Police warning over car crime and illegal guns

SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour yesterday expressed concern over the significant increase in car thefts and stolen vehicles and the “proliferation” of illegal guns in Grand Bahama.

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Police still probing Grand Bahama murder cases

POLICE investigations are still underway into two recent murder cases on Grand Bahama, Police Chief Emrick Seymour said yesterday in Grand Bahama.

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Mortimer: I’m not quitting DNA

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday denied that he is planning to sever ties with the third party to join to the Progressive Liberal Party.

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PAC to resume Urban Renewal probe

THE Public Accounts Committee will not place much weight on the government’s independent report into the Small Home Repairs Programme when it resumes its stalled probe into Urban Renewal 2.0 today.

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Pair land eight years in jail for receiving stolen goods

TWO men who admitted to receiving cars and electronic items they knew had been stolen were sentenced to a prison term of more than eight years yesterday.

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No early release for father turned killer

A MAN who killed his three-year-old daughter and hid her dismembered body had his hopes for an early prison release dashed by a Supreme Court judge yesterday.

Stepping up to the task - Downtown clean-up by citizens

TWO concerned citizens decided to stop talking and turn their words to action, as the duo yesterday began to clean up the Rawson Square area in the wake of a social media video which showed dirty, rundown parts of downtown Nassau.

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What a way to celebrate an 80th birthday

RASHEEDA Ali-Seck received a surprise 80th birthday welcome when she arrived in Nassau yesterday.

As one storm fades away gracefully, next one stirs into life

TROPICAL depression Grace dissipated yesterday morning, proving a short-lived tropical cyclone in the eastern Atlantic that, like others before it, succumbed to unfavourable dry air and wind shear conditions.

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Champagne launch for three new tugboats

THREE new tugboats were commissioned and christened at the Freeport Harbour yesterday as the Svitzer Corporation upgrades its fleet to provide safe, efficient, quality towage and emergency response services in Grand Bahama.

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On Da Hook

THIS week has brought the first signs of Wahoo and Yellowfin Tuna in Nassau and Eleuthera.

Two arrested for possession of firearm and ammunition

TWO men were arrested for possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition on Tuesday.

Grace blows out in mid-Atlantic

TROPICAL depression Grace dissipated at 11am on Wednesday, proving a short-lived tropical cyclone in the eastern Atlantic that, like other named storms before it, succumbed to unfavourable dry air and wind shear conditions.

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Bostwick has case to answer over ammunition

AXED Free National Movement Senator John Bostwick II has been called on to “give a defence or remain silent” by a magistrate who determined yesterday that he does have a case to answer concerning the alleged discovery of 10 rounds of ammunition in a backpack at the Grand Bahama International Airport.

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Rum Cay repairs to include four new structures

THE $500,000 repairs at the Rum Cay All-Age School will include the addition of four new structures to the existing building, a school official said yesterday.