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Bahamas and EU ‘seek partnership’

THE Bahamas and the European Union are recommitted to building and strengthening a mutually beneficial partnership as they have concluded the dialogue on Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement.

Lincoln Bain and eight others charged

LINCOLN Bain and eight others were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with unlawful assembly and obstruction in connection with Wednesday’s protest in Parliament Square.

$19.9m of meteorology equipment uninsured

DEPARTMENT of Meteorology equipment worth at least $19.9m has been left uninsured and vulnerable to loss or damage, Auditor General Terrance Bastian has revealed following a probe of operations there.

Mother ‘will keep faith’ as sea search called off

SEARCHES at sea have been called off for a 28-year-old Eight Mile Rock man who went missing almost two weeks ago, according to his mother.

ANGLICANS SUPPORT MARITAL RAPE LAW – Bishop: Wherever rape happens, it is called rape

BISHOP Laish Boyd said the Anglican Diocese “wholeheartedly” supports the proposed amendments to the Sexual Offences Act so that “wherever rape happens it is called rape”.

Sunset Pilot member announced as Club Ambassador

THE Sunset Pilot Club of Grand Bahama has announced that Ms Toni Hudson-Bannister is the 2022-2023 1st PIFF (Pilot International Founders Fund) Club Ambassador.

Bail granted over firearm and bullets

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on firearm and ammunition charges.

$300 fine for Indian hemp possession

A MAN was fined in Magistrate’s Court after admitting to owning 18 grams of Indian hemp.

Miller ‘satisfied’ with Equinor clean-up

ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller says he is satisfied with the clean-up of the oil spill at Equinor South Riding Point and in the surrounding communities in East Grand Bahama, but added that the clean-up efforts continue.

Four armed robberies

POLICE are seeking help from the public to assist them in solving four recent armed robberies.

Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 20th October: Freeport

STARTS: 10/20/2022 6:15 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/20/2022 7:45 PM EDT

Two feeding programmes launched

SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe announced the start of two new feeding programmes that will offer breakfast to students and make available provisions for people to be fed at night.

Govt owes $1.7m to BTVI

MORE than $1m is owed to the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) by the Ministry of Education, according to an audit into the institution.

‘Govt will phase in liveable wage’

LABOUR Minister Keith Bell said the government remains committed to phasing in a “liveable wage” for Bahamian workers.

Police investigate ‘man with knife’ at school

POLICE have confirmed an investigation is ongoing into a six-year-old girl’s account that she was approached and chased by a man with a knife while at school.

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