‘Hand back Bella’s body’
MURDERED toddler Bella Walker’s body was removed from the morgue and taken to a funeral home without the consent of anyone who has legal custody of the remains, attorney Bjorn Ferguson said yesterday.
Free COVID testing ‘in first quarter of next year’
PRESS Secretary Clint Watson says the government will provide free COVID-19 testing in the first quarter of next year.
Million tourists target’s in reach
TOURISM Director General Joy Jibrilu said hotels are seeing record occupancy levels for the Thanksgiving period and a target of one million stopover visitors by year-end is within reach.
14 sworn in as Bahamas citizens
FOURTEEN people were sworn-in as Bahamian citizens at an official swearing-in ceremony yesterday in Grand Bahama.
‘I’m the man to lead FNM’
WITH one day left until the Free National Movement’s leadership convention, the three contenders vying for the party’s top post are urging party members to turn out in a show of support, all insisting they are the best choice to lead the organisation.
One dead in double shooting
A MAN was killed and another injured in a double shooting in Eight Mile Rock last night.
Loretta - PLP now the party for me
LORETTA Butler-Turner, the Davis administration’s newly appointed consultant to the Small Business Development Centre, said she is now aligned with the Progressive Liberal Party, shifting further away from the Free National Movement which she once led in the House of Assembly.
GOVT WON’T ALLOW RCL’S 150-YEAR LEASE: Brave seeking compromise in Crown land row but says length of deal must change
PRESS Secretary Clint Watson said the Davis administration will not let Royal Caribbean International lease seven acres of Crown Land on Paradise Island for 150 years.
A chance to give thanks
A PRE-THANKSGIVING day event was held by Nassau Village MP Jamahl Strachan for members of the Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI).
Fake COVID test claim must be answered
A MAN accused of attempting to use a fraudulent COVID-19 test to travel domestically earlier this year has a case to answer, a magistrate ruled yesterday.
Drugs in gift boxes cost man $2,500 fine
A MAN was fined $2,500 after he was found driving around with two pounds of marijuana concealed in two gift boxes.
Marijuana found after high-speed chase
A POLICE officer found a quantity of marijuana in a car occupied by three men who led them on a high-speed chase, a court was told.
Bail granted in firearm assault case
A 56-year-old man was granted bail after he faced allegations that he used a loaded firearm to assault his relative.
Suspect accused of Eight Mile Rock killing
A GRAND Bahama man was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Bell praises immigration officers after promotion
IMMIGRATION and Labour Minister Keith Bell commended the 48 officers at the Department of Immigration in Grand Bahama who received their promotions in rank on Thursday.
