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‘Demons told me to burn my daughter’

A MOTHER accused of setting her one-year-old daughter on fire last year told psychiatric specialists she was coaxed to do so by “demonic voices” which had been “commanding” her to kill herself and do other “bad things”, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.

Nearly 60 homes to be replaced after hurricane damage assessed

NEARLY 60 new homes are on the drawing board for residents in the southeast islands wiped out as a result of Hurricane Joaquin.

Minnis calls for extension to exigency

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis urged the government yesterday to extend its exigency order, which allows Family Island residents hard hit by Hurricane Joaquin to import certain items duty free over a 90-day period.

Bahamians answer the call for help

DONATIONS poured into the Rebuild Bahamas National Telethon last night to aid recovery efforts after Hurricane Joaquin.

Nurses union signs five-year agreements

THE Bahamas Nurses Union yesterday signed off on two five-year, $13m industrial agreements with the government, effectively concluding years of agitation from the union over concerns related to payment issues and liability insurance.

Hurricane repairs by NEMA to begin today

NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell yesterday said the agency is all set to begin its repair and construction phase for the six islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin today.

Union angry at cellular licence for Cable Bahamas

BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union President Bernard Evans yesterday criticised Cable Bahamas Limited’s successful bid to become the country’s second cellular services provider.

FNM ‘most powerful political organisation’

CHAIRMAN Michael Pintard last night called the Free National Movement “the most powerful political organisation” in the country as the party officially introduced two of its general election 2017 candidates.

Speaker launches probe of Stellar CEO comments

SPEAKER of the House of Assembly Dr Kendal Major instructed a parliamentary committee yesterday to investigate recent comments by Stellar Waste to Energy CEO Fabrizio Zanaboni, who claimed that some parliamentarians requested money from him even though he had business before the government at the time.

Three die in holiday murders

POLICE are seeking the public’s help in finding a woman and a man believed to be responsible for fatally shooting a man and leaving three other victims in hospital.

More Bahamians now working, claims Labour Minister Gibson

A DAY after the latest results of the Department of Statistics’ labour survey revealed that the unemployment rate has risen to 14.8 per cent, with more than one in seven Bahamians now out of a job, Labour Minister Shane Gibson claimed the Bahamas has made “tremendous strides since the global recession”.

Butler-Turner and Minnis cannot co-exist

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis and Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner can no longer logically coexist within the FNM party. If the January 25 edition of The Punch’s lead story concerning Butler-Turner allegedly hurling obscenities at FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest in the House of Assembly is true, then it is time that the opposition’s hierarchy come to the sobering realisation that the relationship between Minnis and the Long Island MP has been ruptured beyond repair.

Island Luck chief says he has no plans to run for PLP

ISLAND Luck CEO Sebas Bastian yesterday denied speculation that he plans to run on the Progressive Liberal Party’s ticket in the 2017 general election, citing having to “tow the party line” as part of a political organisation as the primary reason he would “never enter politics.”

FITZGERALD HITS OUT AT CRITICS OF RUBIS OIL SPILL RESPONSE

MARATHON MP Jerome Fitzgerald yesterday lashed out at critics he claimed attempted to politicise the 2012 Rubis fuel spill and take advantage of residents who might have been negatively affected.

Used auto dealers ‘100% behind’ 10 year age barrier

Several used car dealers yesterday said they were “100 per cent” behind the Government’s decision to ban the importation of wrecked vehicles more than 10 years old, one telling Tribune Business the policy should have been implemented “a long time ago”.

Fred Mitchell slams ‘warlike’ Long Island MP

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday criticised Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner for being “bellicose” and “warlike,” and suggested that the former Free National Movement deputy leader is not “skillful” enough to secure government assistance for her constituency.

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