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Church to host benefit concert for senior citizen project

THE leadership of Calvary Deliverance Church is inviting members of the community to the Faith Village benefit concert to assist the elderly.

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Mourners pay tribute to Charles Maynard

AFTER his funeral at Christ Church Cathedral, the late FNM chairman Charles Maynard was interred at Woodlawn Gardens Cemetery on Friday afternoon.

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Charles Lashley dies, aged 68

CHARLES Martin Lashley, 68, of Carriacou, Skyline Heights, died at his home on Thursday.

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I told them – check. They said: ‘You going to Haiti’

JEAN RONY Jean-Charles was waiting for his friend to purchase a few cigarettes before heading to a job site when he was arrested by immigration officers in early September last year.

Customs splitting ‘sheep from goats’ in courier industry

CUSTOMS’ roll-out of its new electronic platform has exposed several “rogue operators” in the courier sector, its top official saying: “The time has come to separate the sheep from the goats.”

Flowers: Clubhouse will separate juniors from the adults

WITH the driving range and nine-hole golf course now in full operation, businessman Craig Flowers said they will now focus on the construction of a clubhouse that will separate the juniors from the adults.

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Call for privilege committee to await court ruling

OPPOSITION MPs of the House of Assembly’s Committee on Privilege have been advised to request that the probe into Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on the limits of parliamentary privilege be adjourned until the matter is no longer before the courts.

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Weak evidence prompts judge to order jury to acquit man accused of murder

A JURY was directed yesterday to acquit a man of a late-night murder in February 2014 when a judge found that the prosecution’s recognition evidence was “vague and inherently weak”.

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Spanish Wells Bulldogs repeat as champions B team in 4-3 victory over Jordan Prince Williams Falcons

The Spanish Wells Bulldogs, splitting their team in two, repeated as the Bahamas Softball Federation’s Austin Knowles National High School Softball champions as the B team showed the A team how to do it.

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CI Gibson graduates secure athletic scholarships for the Hawks at NECC

THEY came together as a package and with the addition of Charles Joseph, Jaden Strachan, Emaniel Alexandre and Saheed Sanusi will be leaving CI Gibson as a combo to continue their education at Northeast Community College.

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Bodybuilders named for CAC

National champions Charles Reckley, Shakeria Ferguson, Angelica Wallace-Whitfield, Enderich Rahming and Giovanne Farrington will head the Bahamas’ 22-member team that will compete at the 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

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'Who were the robbers?' is 'critical question' for jurors in John Bull trial

A JUDGE told the jurors of the John Bull Rolex Boutique robbery trial that the critical question for them during their deliberation on a verdict will be ‘who were the robbers?’

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Jean Rony come home

THE Passport Office has issued an emergency travel document valid for one year for Bahamas-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles.

Former ZNS reporter awaits ruling on evidence in false testimony case

A SUPREME Court judge is now contemplating the fate of a former ZNS reporter who is accused of giving false testimony while being cross-examined for his alleged involvement in defamatory websites and articles published against billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon.

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Doctors to wait ‘a few days’ for response by ministry

PRESIDENT of the Doctors Union Dr Charles Clarke said his members will wait “a few days to see” what the Ministry of Health and the Public Hospitals Authority will offer before “moving to the next phase of their plan”.

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Privilege Committee investigations stalled

MAJOR investigations by Parliament’s Committee on Privilege have stalled in recent months, with no clear end in sight for them.

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Lawyer claims accused was 'fishbagged'

A LAWYER claimed police tried to drown his 17-year-old client when they 'fishbagged' him while he was in custody.

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Dames: I don’t know when prisoners will receive vaccinations

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames admitted yesterday he did not know when the vaccine roll out would take place at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, but gave good news regarding low numbers of infections at an armed force agency.

‘Fiscal hesitancy’ fear for Bahamas

A senior Caribbean financial services executive yesterday voiced concern that The Bahamas and other tourism-dependent states will suffer from “fiscal policy hesitancy” in addressing soaring post-COVID debt.

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CR Walker in the lead going into final day

GOING into today’s final day of competition in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Senior High School Track and Field Championships, the CR Walker Knights are on a quest to repeat as champions.