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Glover-Rolle addresses public servants’ concerns over incremental increases

AFTER some public servants complained that incremental increases were not accurately reflected in their monthly pay, Labour and Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said yesterday that payments were made on time.

$300m GB resort project receives full approval

THE SIX Senses development in Grand Bahama has received full approval to start its $300m resort project, according to developer Marc Weller.

Camp launched in GB for children with disabilities

A SUMMER camp was launched in Freeport on Monday for Grand Bahama children with disabilities.

RBDF chief says illegal migration has slowed ‘considerably’ despite expectations of a surge

DEFENCE Force Commodore Raymond King said officials expected illegal immigration, which has slowed “considerably” since the start of the year, to increase when Kenyan officers reached Haiti to lead a multi-national security mission there.

A doctor, psychologist and lawyer among RBDF reserve graduates

A MEDICAL doctor, a psychologist and a lawyer are among the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) reserve training programme graduates.

Man tells judge that he feared for his life after admitting to removing monitor

A MAN who admitted to breaching his bail conditions and ditching his monitoring device on the street told a judge he feared for his life after being shot four times.

Man charged with July 18 fatal stabbing

A 42-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of a fatal stabbing in Sunshine Park earlier this month.

Man accused of sexually assaulting woman

A 45-year-old man was granted $3,000 bail yesterday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Fox Hill in May.

Man gets three years jail for loaded gun

A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after admitting to having a loaded gun in his Kennedy Subdivision home last week.

Doctor in need of transplant airlifted to US

AJITA Wallace-Pinder, a newly married doctor in dire need of a heart transplant, was airlifted out of the country on Friday and underwent surgery.

Cooper: 12 million to visit this year

ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper expects The Bahamas to attract 12 million visitors this year.

A month on, no update from police on shooting of dog

THE owner of a dog police killed last month is questioning why it is taking so long for police to investigate the incident and reveal its findings.

Three dead in road crashes

NARISSA Reckley, a young woman killed in a car accident on Friday, was a quiet and loving person “who lived life to the fullest”, her relatives said.

Two men accused of deadly shooting

TWO men were remanded in custody on Friday after they were accused of killing Elvardo Thompson, 24, on Pinecrest Drive last weekend.

52-year-old jailed for gun possession

A 52-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday after admitting to having an unlicenced gun in his home in March.

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