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Campbell expects charges over dog attack that left toddler injured

AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Jomo Campbell yesterday urged the owner of the dog that mauled three-year-old Skyla Lightbourne to surrender to police, saying investigators know who he is and expect charges to follow.

Nurses union president survives removal bid

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn will remain in office until the union’s next election after surviving a months-long court battle by executives seeking to remove her — although a Supreme Court judge found that her suspension of two board members was unlawful.

Nurses frustrated by delays as BNU says agreement is near

NEGOTIATIONS for a new industrial agreement for nurses should be completed soon, Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) president Muriel Lightbourn said yesterday, while acknowledging nurses' frustration over the delay.

Ten-year-old boy’s battle against cancer

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy whose father was murdered seven years ago is now battling an aggressive form of leukaemia, leaving his mother to confront another crisis as he spends what should have been the start of Grade Six in hospital.

Five structures demolished at Cowpen Manor shanty town

AUTHORITIES demolished five structures and removed about 20 residents from the Cowpen Manor shanty town yesterday, months after occupants were ordered to leave the unauthorised settlement off Cowpen Road.

Triple murder accused remanded over deadly 20-hour crime spree

A 20-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of committing three murders and three attempted murders within about 20 hours last month.

Ex-candidate granted $9K bail in procuration case involving teen

A FORMER independent political candidate was accused yesterday of soliciting sex from a 16-year-old girl in New Providence.

Police probe fatal ship accident that killed 36-year-old crewman

A 36-YEAR-OLD Indian man died after becoming trapped beneath metal plates in the engine room of a vessel travelling from Grand Bahama to New Providence on Saturday night.

Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting his adult sister

A MAN admitted yesterday to sexually assaulting his sister in New Providence.

Teen girl hospitalised after alleged self-harm attempt

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl was taken to hospital on Sunday after allegedly ingesting medication in an attempt to harm herself at Holmes Rock, Grand Bahama.

Bahama Rock told to revise environmental documents

THE Department of Environmental Planning and Protection has asked Bahama Rock to revise its environmental documents as the company approaches a production shutdown that will temporarily put 69 hourly employees out of work and could become permanent if its proposed Grand Bahama expansion is not approved.

Family hires Bahamian lawyers in search for missing sailor

THE family of missing Spanish-American sailor Miguel Campoy has hired Bahamian lawyers and obtained more precise technical information about his last known position as it intensifies efforts to determine what happened to him nearly a year after he vanished between Abaco and New Providence.

Gardiner seeks more time to challenge New York case

CONVICTED Bahamian drug trafficker Jonathan Eric Gardiner is seeking more time to challenge the federal case against him in New York, with his attorney telling a judge that she needs additional time to review the record because Gardiner was arrested long after his co-defendants.

Aircraft debris, additional remains found off Andros

AIRCRAFT parts recovered alongside human remains from a large debris field north of Andros are believed to have come from the plane that crashed with an American family of four aboard, investigators said, nearly a week after relatives mounted their own search and recovered the victims.

Loved ones gather as Stefan Davis’ remains return home from Miami

BAHAMIAN artist and entrepreneur Stefan “Legend” Davis was remembered as a man whose influence reached across generations as family and friends gathered at a Bahamasair hangar on Friday to receive his body following his sudden death in Miami.

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