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$60k worth of suspected marijuana seized in GB drug bust

Police in Grand Bahama arrested a 25-year-old man after he was found on a vessel containing ammunition and nearly 40 pounds of suspected marijuana yesterday.

Crowdfunded real estate business still waiting one year later for Securities Commission approvals

AKERAGE Ltd, a crowdfunding business promising to revolutionize how people invest in real estate, is still awaiting relevant approvals from the Securities Commission of The Bahamas a year after announcing provisional approval from the regulator.

LN Coakley High School students on half days due to water shortage issues

SOME 300 LN Coakley Senior High students in Exuma are attending school half-day because of water shortage issues, according to acting Director of Education Dominique Russell.

‘I do not support capital punishment’

ONE day after former Cabinet minister Leslie Miller said legislators “lack the guts” to ensure capital punishment is executed, a prominent pastor took a firm position against the death penalty during a sermon as lawyers, judges, and government officials gathered at Christ Church Cathedral to mark the opening of the legal year.

Three brothers remembered at emotion filled funeral

THE Christie brothers — Philip McCarron Christie, 24, Philip D’Caprio Christie, 23, and D’Angelo Christie, 20 — were laid to rest in an emotional funeral service at New Mount Pisgah Trinity Baptist Church in North Andros on Saturday after dying on September 2 in a car accident on Sir Milo Butler Highway.

Bail defended as officials mark opening of the legal year

THE contentious bail issue took centre stage when lawyers, the attorney general, judiciary members and top police officials marked the opening of the legal year against the backdrop of a soaring murder rate yesterday.

MURDER RATE UP 150 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR: Grandmother is latest victim, her grandson in critical condition after shooting

THE murder rate has skyrocketed 150 per cent compared to last year as the country grapples with one of its deadliest ever starts to a year.

Mother of teen girl killed when home was riddled with bullets was arrested

THE mother of the teen girl who was gunned down in her home last weekend is in police custody and is expected to be charged with a crime.

Two men charged for the murder of Gerrard Coakley remanded

TWO men were remanded yesterday after they allegedly chased and gunned down a 31-year-old man in his South Beach home while he was on release for attempted murder last week.

National Tripartite Council sets out three-year agenda

THE National Tripartite Council (NTC) has reconvened with an ambitious three-year agenda, focusing on living wages, decent work conditions, and improved worker benefits.

SHOOTING INCIDENT: Man being questioned after woman killed, toddler in critical condition

Police are questioning a 27-year-old man of Lily of the Valley Corner in connection with a shooting incident on Thursday that has left a 56-year-old woman dead and her two-year-old grandson in critical condition in hospital.

Davis: PharmaChem loss a blow to GB – but we tried to intervene

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government was unsuccessful in intervening to prevent the closure of PharmaChem Technologies and the loss of more than 100 employees, which he called a “blow” to Grand Bahama’s economy.

154 prison officers promoted – but others wait for their turn

ONE hundred and fifty-four prison officers were promoted this week, but the head of the association representing them said he will not be satisfied until others awaiting promotion are advanced.

Two women in hospital after being shot in car

Two women aged 23 and 24-years-old are in hospital after a shooting incident off Wulff Road early on Thursday.

Man dies after shooting in Montell Heights

A 28-year-old man is dead after a shooting incident in Montell Heights on Wednesday night.

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