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Deadly mistake as man shot dead by accomplice in murder bid

AN ARMED man was accidentally shot and killed by his co-assailant after they attempted to kill another man in Pinewood Gardens yesterday.

For Tamara, giving up is no option

A MOTHER-of-three who is battling stage four breast cancer has appealed for financial help to cover the cost of medical bills.

$500k needed to pay beach contractors

MCKELL Bonaby, executive chairman at Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority, says more than half a million dollars is owed to contract workers.

THIRD ARREST IN BOAT DISASTER: Rescue services move to recovery mode after no survivors are found

SEARCH and recovery efforts for missing Haitian passengers from Sunday’s boating incident continued yesterday with negative findings, according to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force - as a third person was arrested over the tragedy.

Suspect accused of assault with intent to rape

A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services from a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he was charged of assault with intent to rape.

Charged over murder bid

A MAN was remanded in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of trying to kill another man with a gun.

Man accused over PI stabbing

A MAN was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly stabbing to death a man on Paradise Island last week.

Teen boys deny gun possession

TWO male juveniles were granted $7,000 bail yesterday after being found in possession of a loaded pistol.

SO DESPERATE: 17 die with eight missing and 25 rescued in smuggling tragedy, three Bahamians in police custody

TWO Bahamian men are in police custody after 17 suspected Haitian migrants, including a minor, died when their boat capsized in rough seas early yesterday morning during a suspected “human smuggling operation”.

COVID vaccine doses for children as young as five arrive in The Bahamas

PAEDIATRIC doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Saturday and could be administered in The Bahamas as early as Monday, Minister of Health Dr Michael Darville announced.

‘World wants us to absorb all who leave Haiti’ - PM

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said despite the world suggesting that The Bahamas “should absorb all of those who leave Haiti”, the government will not open the country’s borders to irregular migration.

PM disappointed over US trafficking report

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday expressed disappointment in observations made in a recent US Trafficking in Persons Report concerning his government’s recruitment of Cuban nurses.

Three shot by police during chase

A MAN and two juveniles were shot by police yesterday flowing a high-speed chase.

Store owner tied up by robbers

A WOMAN foodstore owner was forced into her vehicle and driven to a bushy area in the Coral Harbour area where she was tied up, forced to sign a cheque and robbed.

Chapel rededicated at prison

BAHAMAS Department of Correctional Services hosted the rededication of the maximum and medium security chapels on Friday.

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