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British Colonial ordered to pay former hotel employee over $6,000

THE Industrial Tribunal ordered the British Colonial Hotel to pay a woman $6,399.49 after finding that she was wrongfully dismissed and deserved additional vacation pay and accrued Christmas bonus.

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BREAKING: Sylvanus Petty resigns as Water and Sewerage Corporation executive chairman

SYLVANUS Petty has resigned from this role at the Water and Sewerage Corporation at the request of Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis.

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Dr Perry Gomez laid to rest in official funeral

FAMILY, friends, and members of Parliament gathered at the St Agnes Anglican Church yesterday to lay to rest Dr Perry Gomez, the former minister of health remembered by the prime minister as “a man for all seasons.”

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Man says he helped murder accused out of fear of him

A MAN testified that he gave Rodrigo Rolle the pickax he used to break into the safe of an elderly American woman he allegedly killed in Cat Island in 2017.

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Child found dead in bushes close to his home in the Fox Hill area

A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy of Brice Lane off Fox Hill Road was found dead in bushes near his home yesterday.

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‘STAFF PANICKED AS BOAT SANK’: 75-year-old US woman dies, two passengers taken to the hospital

PASSENGERS complained that panicking staff did not know what to do and provided no directions as their double-decker boat began sinking en route to Blue Lagoon Island yesterday.

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Man accused of attempting to steal woman’s vehicle while armed with a gun

A MAN was remanded after allegedly trying to steal a woman’s car at gunpoint last week.

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Man allegedly found with a loaded gun and drugs in his house granted bail

A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he was allegedly found with a loaded gun and drugs in his house last week.

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Two men fined after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana, both granted bail

TWO men were each fined over $1,000 after admitting to two separate drug charges.

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Munroe promises a Defence Force base for the West GB and Bimini constituency

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said a Defence Force base will be built in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini constituency.

PLP compiling a report on hot button issues discussed at convention

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party officials are compiling a report about how party members reacted to various hot-button issues discussed during closed sessions at last week’s convention, according to chairman Fred Mitchell.

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Govt building in West GB named in honour of Obie Wilchcombe

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis called Obie Wilchcombe a “great Bahamian” as he opened an administrator’s complex named in his honour.

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Woman dies in boating accident off Paradise Island

One woman is dead after a boating accident close to Paradise Island this morning.

Ministry says diplomatic notes exchanged after DeSantis comments on rockets

UNITED States Charge d’Affaires Usha Pitts regrets if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ comments about levelling The Bahamas suggest “anything other than a close alliance between our two democratic nations,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Delta flight to Eleuthera forced to turn back

A FLIGHT to North Eleuthera from Atlanta had to turn around due to airport weather station issues last week.