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54-year-old Chinese national killed in fall at sports centre

A 54-year-old Chinese national died falling from a scaffold while working near the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium Sports Centre on Thursday.

American fined $20K for possession of marijuana and psilocybin at LPIA

AN AMERICAN who admitted to bringing $6,800 worth of marijuana and psilocybin into The Bahamas was fined $20,000 on Thursday.

Man accused of stealing McDonald's cash register granted $5,000 bail

A MAN accused of stealing a cash register full of cash during a robbery at McDonald’s on Madeira Street last month was granted bail on Thursday.

Man accused of Coral Harbour rape acquitted

A MAN was acquitted on Thursday for the alleged sexual assault of a woman he gave a ride to work in western New Providence in 2023, an act the defense called consensual “lovemaking”.

Man accused of threatening mother of his child, and endangering infant granted bail

A 20-year-old man was granted bail on Thursday after he allegedly threatened the mother of his child with a gun and endangered their infant child by placing him on the road on West Street last week.

Woman gets 15 years in prison for SUV attempted murder

A woman who crippled her ex-boyfriend after intentionally ramming an SUV into him after he broke up with her in 2024 was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week.

Police say no evidence links officer to fatal hit-and-run

POLICE said there is no evidence that a serving officer was involved in the fatal hit-and-run in Nassau Village that claimed the life of a man on Thursday.

Fatal hit-and-run sparks gun battle with off-duty police

What began as an apparent fatal hit-and-run on Carmichael Road erupted into a gun battle between suspects and two off-duty police officers on Sunday morning, leaving one suspect wounded and another being hunted by police.

Bodies of 10 North Andros crash victims returned to Nassau as investigation continues

The bodies of the 10 people killed in Friday's North Andros plane crash were returned to New Providence last night, where Christian Council president Mario Moxey led prayers on the airport tarmac for the victims and their grieving families.

PM: No survivors in North Andros plane crash

Prime Minister Philip Davis confirmed that all 10 people aboard a plane that crashed in North Andros on Independence Day have died.

Family Independence Day event converted to memorial after North Andros plane crash

The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage has converted tonight's Family Independence Day celebration at Clifford Park into a memorial service following the North Andros plane crash.

UPDATE: AAIA identifies aircraft as Cessna 402; investigators dispatched to North Andros crash

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority has identified the aircraft involved in Friday's North Andros crash as a Cessna 402, registration C6-FLX.

Flamingo Air operations suspended after North Andros plane crash

The crash of a plane carrying at least seven people near North Andros Airport today has prompted aviation officials to temporarily suspend Flamingo Air's Air Operator Certificate as a search for those on board continued.

Rights group demands probe into viral police slap video

HUMAN Rights Bahamas has called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into a viral video that showed a Royal Bahamas Police Force officer slapping a man during a crowded public sporting event.

‘I just wept, I really felt the pain’, says mother

LOVAN Miller-Christie, the Andros mother who lost all three of her sons in a car crash less than two years ago, said she wept for the five teenagers killed in last month’s Shirley Street crash, saying the tragedy tore open the grief she still carries.

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