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Bastian stands by report

AUDITOR General Terrence Bastian yesterday said his department stands by its audit of Urban Renewal’s Small Home Repairs programme in light of a contradictory independent report commissioned by the government.

Report urges oversight controls

THE independent report commissioned into the Urban Renewal Small Home Repairs programme called for the government to immediately establish a litany of controls to increase oversight of the project’s operational management and payment system.

Toddler had 19 blunt force injuries, says pathologist

A pathologist told jurors hearing evidence in a trial into the alleged murder of a two-year-old boy yesterday that the toddler died of some 19 blunt force injuries to the head and body.

Man hit by truck and killed is murder case, say police

POLICE have classified the death of man who was hit by a truck during an argument with another man on Friday night as a homicide, according to Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle.

Inmate died after fight with another prisoner

THE inmate who died in hospital last week was injured during a fight with another inmate in the Medium Security Housing Unit, according to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

What of the future? A Pandora’s Box has been opened

WE do not agree with Bishop Simeon Hall that there should be no reaction from those Bahamians, yet to receive government’s promised assistance for their financial losses when CLICO (Bahamas) collapsed, on learning that the government has paid the salaries of more than 2,000 Baha Mar employees who are now jobless.

Teenager accused of Grand Bahama murder

AN 18-year-old man was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrates Court yesterday.

LIFE OF CRIME: Dispensing justice

IMAGINE if it were you sitting in the witness box, under oath and asked this question: is the criminal justice system working in The Bahamas?

One man dead, one injured in shooting

ONE MAN is dead and another in serious condition in hospital after they were shot multiple times while walking through Montell Heights on Tuesday night.

Woman dies after car pins her to wall

A 19-year-old mother of one died in hospital after she was hit by a vehicle outside the bar where she worked following a heated argument with a female patron early Saturday morning.

FINCO rejects 90% of Gov’t home applicants

Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) mortgage lending arm rejected 90 per cent of applicants seeking loans to purchase government homes, a Cabinet Minister has revealed.

Businessman opposes vehicle import restrictions

GRAND Bahama businessman Kendal “KC” Colebrook is opposed to the ban on the import of certain categories of vehicles into The Bahamas, saying it will significantly affect the livelihood of auto-body technicians and an industry that is growing in Freeport.

Police probe suspected suicide

POLICE are investigating the death of a man found hanging outside his home off the Eastern Road yesterday morning.

Court ruling could open path to first general union in country

TRADE Union Congress president Obie Ferguson has revealed that a court ruling has cleared the way for the first general union in The Bahamas.

Mother and daughters' deaths classed as murder-suicide

POLICE have officially classified the deaths of Shemicka McKinney and her two daughters Alisa and Gabrielle McKinney as murder-suicide, according to Chief Supt Paul Rolle, officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit.

LIFE OF CRIME: Gangland Bahamas - how much violence can be put down to gangs?

I READ all the time about gang-related crime in The Bahamas; in fact recently, a senior official went so far as to blame all killing on gang activity.

Sudden death investigated in Andros

A TEAM of detectives from the capital was dispatched to South Andros to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a man.

A LIFE OF CRIME: Is rape a crime in The Bahamas?

SURELY a silly question, yet one I often feel obliged to ask. How many convictions for rape do we read about? I certainly hear about men raping women, but I do not read about many men going to prison for a rape conviction. There must be a reason: either very few rapes are committed or maybe society does not see rape as a crime … or at least not a serious one!

Suicide not ruled out in death of woman found tied to tree

POLICE have the boyfriend of the 27-year-old mother found tied to a tree on Saturday in custody in connection with her death, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean.

Mystery over 49th murder of the year

A MAN became the country’s latest murder victim when he was fatally shot in his chest yesterday.

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