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‘Wilson should be fired’

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis argued that Financial Secretary Simon Wilson should be fired because of his recent altercation with a reporter at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Man shot by police ‘fired replica gun at officers’

AN officer has testified that on the night police killed Walter Johnson, the suspect had fired a replica gun at them.

Promised shelter to be bought ‘by end of month’

A BUILDING for the government’s long-promised shelter for domestic violence victims is expected to be bought by the end of this budget year, which ends this month.

Boarding school ‘will care for at-risk boys’

SOCIAL Services Minister Myles Laroda said the government’s proposed boarding school for at-risk boys will provide psychological, academic, and 24-hour care for its students.

‘Govt spending too little on what we need and too much on what we don’t’

EAST Grand Bahama MP Kwasi Thompson said the Davis administration is underspending on national priorities and overspending on less critical items.

$7,000 bail for woman accused of maiming

A WOMAN was granted $7,000 bail after being accused of maiming a person on King Street last week.

Bail for phone theft suspect

A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of stealing a phone last year.

Four years’ jail over loaded gun

A 33-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to four years in prison after he admitted last week to having a loaded gun.

RUSSIAN warships conducted drills in the Atlantic, the military said Tuesday, as they were heading to visit Cuba, part of Moscow’s efforts to project power amid the tensions with the West over Ukraine.

Graduation rate sees 14 percent increase

EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said the graduation rate increased by 14 per cent compared to the previous academic year after government approved changes to the Bahamas High School Diploma.

Two men shot to death in less than 24 hours

A MAN was shot dead last night in the second murder of yesterday and the 53rd murder of the year.

Sex claim about senior govt official dubbed ‘just rumours’

AFTER sex-related rumours about a senior government member spread like wildfire over the weekend, communications director in the Office of the Prime Minister Latrae Rahming said the government is not distracted by “social media trolls”.

Andros woman pleads guilty to drug charge

A WOMAN was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after admitting to holding a loaded gun and $40,000 worth of cocaine in her North Andros home last week.

BPL deal to bring ‘new era’

THE Davis administration unveiled its planned reforms for the country’s energy sector yesterday, pledging to modernise the electricity grid and introduce equity rate adjustments for more affordable and reliable electricity.

Hanna Martin addresses education concerns

EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin is concerned about businesses catering to students during school hours and parents threatening school safety through disorderly conduct that require intervention from law enforcement officers.

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