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Man fined $2,000 for body armour he claims he found in the garbage

A MAN was fined $2,000 yesterday after admitting to having police body armour that he claimed he found in the garbage last week.

Woman granted $4k bail after allegedly stabbing boyfriend

A WOMAN was granted $4,000 bail yesterday after she was accused of stabbing her boyfriend during a fight last weekend on Carmichael Road.

Man charged with being found with loaded gun, granted bail

A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he was allegedly found with a loaded gun last weekend.

Man in jail for large amount of drugs sentence loses appeal

THE Court of Appeal upheld a man’s two-and-a-half-year prison sentence after he was convicted while being a passenger in a car that had $340,000 worth of marijuana in North Bimini in 2017.

Buckeye resolves odour issue that affected residents living nearby in Grand Bahama

BUCKEYE Bahamas Hub said it had resolved an odour issue that affected nearby Grand Bahama residents last week.

Dismissed worker wins just under $2,000 of the more than $50,000 he sued Ministry of Tourism for

CHIEF Justice Ian Winder ruled that the government pay $1,963.19 to a former Ministry of Tourism contract worker, far less than the more than $50,000 the man sought.

Labour on the Campus fair held to help students plan for the future

DOZENS of senior high school students attended a career fair at the Andre Rogers National Baseball Stadium yesterday, an initiative to assist students entering the job market.

Friend says victim was changing to a godly life

THE best friend of a man killed on Monday night said the victim was transitioning to a godly lifestyle before he was killed.

Davis administration accused of cronyism on Miller deal

A BAHAMIAN investor who submitted a proposal for the Road Traffic Department accused the Davis administration of “cronyism” for choosing to house the department’s headquarters in Leslie Miller’s Summerwinds Plaza instead.

SHANTY DEMOLITION COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Social Services to help displaced Bahamians – not other nationalities

THE Ministry of Social Services will provide housing assistance to Bahamians facing eviction from the Kool Acres and All Saints Way shanty towns, where 162 illegal structures are set to be demolished starting Monday.

Traffic police get new uniform shirts

ROYAL Bahamas Police Force traffic officers will wear new “dry fit” uniforms to protect them from the sun.

Man charged with murder of Darren Bastian in Nassau Village in May

A MAN has been remanded after allegedly killing a 24-year-old man on bail in a drive-by shooting in Nassau Village in May.

Man accused of five sexual assaults of a friend’s two younger sisters

A MAN is accused of five times sexually assaulting a friend’s two younger sisters in the last two months.

Bahamian importer said he was unaware of guns American man shipped through his service

A POLICE officer testified yesterday in the trial of a businessman who allegedly imported ten firearms and more than 100 rounds of ammunition through a courier company in June.

Two charged over fraudulent extensions for foreign nationals

AN immigration officer and a civilian were charged and granted bail yesterday after allegedly forging fraudulent approval and extension forms for foreign nationals.

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