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Man charged with vehicular manslaughter of two people

A MAN was granted $10,000 bail yesterday after he was accused of causing the death of two people on a motorcycle in a traffic accident on East Street last October.

‘Crime crackdown shouldn’t violate human rights’

HUMAN Rights Bahamas (HRB) said the country’s rising murder rate is no excuse for law enforcement to arbitrarily detain people, warning that the Davis administration’s plan to crack down on crime shouldn’t violate human rights.

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Woman’s pandemic job loss becomes a ‘Litable’ success

RISHAUN Bowe was laid off from her server job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the job loss turned out to be a silver lining when it pushed her to start her own frozen drink business called “Litables”.

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Woman who fell at Corporate Centre wins case – awarded over $100k in damages and fees

THE Supreme Court awarded a 72-year-old woman $62,500 in damages and $55,000 in costs after she sued the Goodman’s Bay Corporate Centre following a slip and fall accident she had in 2001.

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Man dies after being thrown from his motorbike on JFK

A MAN in his early to mid-20s died after he lost control of his motorbike yesterday.

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Tributes paid to Dr Elwood Donaldson, who died age 86

TRIBUTES were paid over the weekend to Dr Elwood Donaldson, the former parliamentarian and nation builder who died at 86.

Stuart Cove says shark attack at Atlantis first since operation began

STUART Cove said a shark attack at Atlantis last week involving a ten-year-old boy is the first guest-related incident since the operation began in 2006.

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Friday: Murder. Sunday afternoon: Murder. Sunday night: Murder – WHEN WILL THE KILLINGS END?

ANOTHER bloody weekend saw two men and a woman murdered, bringing the murder count to 17 for the year.

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Week-long Marine Conservation Workshop hosted at Defence Force Coral Harbour Base

THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF), in partnership with The Bahamas Wildlife Enforcement Network (BahWEN) and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), hosted its fifth week-long Marine Conservation Workshop from the 15th to 19th January 2024 at the HMBS Coral Harbour Base.

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Two dead, one in critical condition after separate shootings

Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after two shooting incidents on Sunday.

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Minnis: Govt must be seen to implement the laws

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said on Friday that the government must lead by example in the fight against crime, saying the government can’t be “seen as a lawbreaker and at the same time expect others to do different.”

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Former PM voices support for capital punishment

IN light of the country’s soaring murder count, former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Friday expressed his support for capital punishment, saying he remains a strong advocate for hanging.

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Aircraft crash lands on runway in Cat Cay – no injuries reported

Police on Bimini are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash landing of an aircraft on Cat Cay, at around 4.30pm on Friday.

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Man dies after shooting on West End Avenue

Police are investigating after a 40-year-old man died following a shooting on Friday night in the vicinity of Market Street and West End Avenue.

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Conditional discharge for man accused of damaging woman's car

A 54-year-old man who admitted to damaging a woman’s car last week was given a conditional discharge on Friday.