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Police and Christian Council speak with gang members but get only silence in return

GANG members refused to answer critical questions about violence in the country when Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander and Bahamas Christian Council leaders met them over the weekend.

Fernander ‘disappointed’ in chairman of Neighbourhood Watch Council’s comments

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he is disappointed in Keno Wong, the chairman of the Bahamas National Neighbourhood Watch Council, who complained last week that the relationship between the council and the Royal Bahamas Police Force has deteriorated in the last year.

UPDATED: Grand Bahama woman who went missing at Miami International Airport found alive and well

UPDATE: The Bahamas Consulate General Miami Office has confirmed that Merlyn Cooper, a 78-year-old Grand Bahama resident who went missing at the Miami International Airport Sunday evening, has been found alive and well.

Legal warning in beauty queen row

THE law firm representing the Miss Bahamas Universe Organization has issued a warning that publishing interviews with former Miss Bahamas Universe winners Chantel O’Brian and Melissa Ingraham could lead to prosecution for defamation.

Traffic death of Abaco teen leaves family inconsolable

THE tragic death of an Abaco teen has left relatives inconsolable in the days following the country’s first recorded traffic fatality of the year.

Tributes paid to Davinique after deadly shooting

THE brutal shooting death of a 16-year-old RM Bailey Senior High School student led some of her peers to pledge themselves to Christ during a special assembly yesterday.

‘WE MUST CHANGE LAWS ON BAIL’: Commissioner repeats call for legal changes after schoolgirl’s murder

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said some people charged with serious crimes last year were released on bail “within two or three months”, adding: “Something is definitely wrong with that.”

Judge dismisses woman’s injury claim against Commonwealth Brewery Ltd

A SUPREME Court judge dismissed a lawsuit from a former Commonwealth Brewery Limited employee last week after the woman sued the company for injuries she allegedly received after falling over a box at work.

Teen sent to Simpson Penn after being charged with Christmas Day murder

A 15-year-old boy was sent to Simpson Penn yesterday after he allegedly fatally shot a 38-year-old man on Jerome Avenue on Christmas Day.

52-year-old man accused of molesting his four-year-old son remanded

A 52-year-old man was locked behind bars yesterday after he was accused of molesting his four-year-old son last October.

Man and woman allegedly found with a loaded gun granted $7,500 bail

A MAN and woman were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with a loaded gun and a large quantity of ammunition at a residence in Nassau Village last week.

Man accused of fatal stabbing of father must receive medication for sickle cell anemia

A 26-YEAR-OLD American man suffering from sickle cell anaemia must receive medical attention in prison after he was remanded over the weekend for the year’s first murder.

Teenage girl shot dead as gunmen open fire on home

SIXTEEN-year-old Davinique Gray was murdered on Saturday, two years after her father was murdered and one day after what would have been his birthday.

Pintard says Mitchell’s comments let ‘the cat out of the bag’ on govt view of FOIA

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell’s dismissive comments about the Freedom of Information Act are “incredibly sad” and let “the cat out of the bag” about how the Davis administration feels about a system whose implementation has been slow for more than a decade.

Former pageant winners want governing organisation investigated

FORMER Miss Bahamas Universe winners want a “formal investigation” into the organisation governing the pageant, citing concerns about mismanagement and lack of accountability.

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