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Clubs & Societies August 25th, 2023

THE Cancer Society of The Bahamas will hold its next free clinic in Long Island on September 16, 2023, from 9am-2pm at Deadman’s Cay and Simms.

Exuma oil spill settlement ‘confidential’, says Pinder

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said he would not reveal how much the government fined Sun Oil Limited for an oil spill in Exuma last year.

Serial groper falsely blamed of attempting to abduct girl

POLICE took Sidney Cooper, a serial groper whose prison release authorities publicised, into custody for his own protection yesterday after he was wrongfully accused of trying to abduct a 12-year-old girl.

BPL staff on work to rule as issues unresolved

BAHAMAS Power and Light workers have gone on work-to-rule, raising questions about how the company would function in emergencies.

Jean Rony - famed for legal fight to stay in nation - is stabbed to death

JEAN Rony Jean-Charles, the man born in The Bahamas to Haitian parents whose legal case had far-reaching implications for the country’s immigration and citizenship laws, has been murdered.

MARIJUANA LEGAL PLANS REVEALED: Bills would ease restrictions on religion and medicine use - but recreation ‘an offence’

THE Davis administration released a compendium of bills that would transform cannabis use in The Bahamas from a strictly illegal activity to an industry regulated for medical, recreational, religious and scientific research purposes.

Prosecution makes closing arguments against brothers accused of murder

THE prosecution closed its case yesterday concerning two brothers accused of murdering a man in 2019.

Police investigate Flamingo Air crash landing in Exuma - no injuries reported

Police on the island of Exuma are investigating the circumstances surrounding an emergency crash landing that happened yesterday.

Men charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply

TWO MEN were granted $9,500 bail after they were found with dangerous drugs last week, including 327 methamphetamine pills.

Man charged with housebreaking and death threats gets $5k bail

A MAN was granted $5,000 bail after he was accused of housebreaking and threatening a woman with death.

Man accused of not charging monitoring device and escaping police pleads not guilty

A MAN on bail for armed robbery and kidnapping was sent to prison after he was accused of failing to charge his monitoring device and trying to escape police.

Four-year-old boy and two adults shot – one man dead

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy and two adult men were injured in a shooting on Thursday night that left one of the men dead.

Residents of Crooked Island upset with lack of progress on new road work

CROOKED Island residents say they are dissatisfied with unfinished roads, telling The Tribune the roads are affecting their quality of life.

Thompson: Davis administration making a mockery of accountability as fiscal responsibility report late again

EAST Grand Bahama MP Kwasi Thompson said the Davis administration has again failed to release a fiscal responsibility report in time.

Police make 30 arrests in GB as a result of Operation Sling Shot

Grand Bahama Police made over 30 arrests during a police operation that was successfully executed on Tuesday.

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