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Man convicted of endangering police officers during chase

A MAN was convicted yesterday of endangering the lives of two police officers with a gun following a car chase in 2020.

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Mom questions police search after missing son found dead

ON a rainy Sunday morning, Ingrid Francois drove her son Antonio Cartwright to work after the weather interrupted his usual skateboard commute, never imagining it would be the last time she would see him alive.

Police warn dog owners to secure pets after Bimini attack

PET owners could face criminal charges and civil liability if their dogs attack and injure someone, police warned yesterday as investigators continued probing the mauling of a nine-year-old American boy in Bimini.

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Glover-Rolle rejects claims of feud with Coleby-Davis over power outages

GOLDEN Gates MP Pia Glover-Rolle has rejected claims that her public demand for answers over prolonged electricity outages exposed a feud or tension between her and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis.

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PHA chief: ‘we will learn from tragedy’

THE Public Hospitals Authority will accept a Supreme Court finding that Princess Margaret Hospital’s failure to monitor a distressed unborn baby for 27 minutes caused her fatal injury, saying it will not appeal the ruling or challenge the damages awarded to the child’s mother.

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Island-wide blackout after transformer explosion at Blue Hills Power Station

An electrical fire at the Blue Hills Power Station triggered an island-wide power outage in New Providence early this morning after a suspected underground cable fault caused the explosion of a transformer, according to Bahamas Power and Light (BPL).

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BPL employee electrocuted working on Grand Cay pole

A Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) employee was electrocuted while working in Grand Cay on Tuesday, leaving his family and the tight knit community in shock.

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Hospital to install door after A&E flood incident

PRINCESS Margaret Hospital plans to install a roll-down security door at the newly renovated Accident and Emergency Department after floodwater entered the facility during heavy rainfall on Sunday.

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PHA buys Harborside clinic for $29m to expand capacity

THE Public Hospitals Authority has acquired Doctors Hospital’s Harborside facility for $29m, securing 46 private bed spaces and a site that will offer urgent care, diagnostic and laboratory services, emergency dialysis, rehabilitation, pharmacy services and clinical training.

Grandson accused of setting elderly grandmother on fire

A POLICE officer testified yesterday that a 74-year-old woman accused her grandson of dousing her and another relative with gasoline and setting them on fire in 2023.

Father accused of sex assault of his eight-year-old daughter

A 42-year-old father accused of sexually assaulting his eight-year-old daughter earlier this month was remanded to prison yesterday.

Man charged over bumper theft

A MAN accused of being caught at 3.30am trying to remove a car bumper outside Super Value on Robinson Road while carrying several tools was granted reduced bail yesterday.

Man accused of tossing pistol

A MAN accused of fleeing from police and discarding a loaded firearm on Eleuthera Avenue last week was granted bail yesterday.

Bikers association seeks official govt recognition and facilities

THE Bahamas Bikers Association is seeking government recognition as the country’s official motorcycle body and access to organised riding facilities as it pushes for safer roads and challenges perceptions of riders as a threat to public order.

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NexGen mentorship programme graduates nine young men

NINE young men graduated from the NexGen Young Men Mentorship Programme yesterday after completing four months of leadership training and practical instruction intended to prepare them for adulthood, employment and service to their communities.

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