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Constitutional rights in contention in appeal in murder case

A LAWYER for a man convicted of his girlfriend’s fatal stabbing argued in the Court of Appeal yesterday that a judge was wrong in law to allow prejudicial material to be entered in evidence at his client’s trial.

Algernon Allen tops honours list

SIXTEEN Bahamians have been chosen to receive a national honour this year, with former Cabinet minister Algernon Allen named as a special awardee.

Texting while driving to be made illegal

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday said the government will amend the law to clamp down on texting and driving.

Bahamas beats Bermuda for top spot in Fed Cup pool

WITH near perfect performances, the Bahamas breezed past Bermuda to clinch the top spot with a 3-0 win-loss record in pool B of Zone II of the Fed Cup Group II round robin on Friday in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Now they face hosts Ecuador on Saturday for a chance to qualify for Group One for 2019.

Cartwright the future for FNM

This year of 2022 is the second year of the arrival of our long lost and not missed cousin, COVID-19.

Student athletes make season debuts in NCAA Indoor Track and Field

SEVERAL Bahamian student athletes made their season debuts as the indoor track and field season got underway at various levels of NCAA competition.

$3m 'show home' to kickstart major Long Island project

Stella Maris Village yesterday began construction on a $3 million model show home, the first step in realising its principals’ long-planned Port St George project in north Long Island.

‘Clean-up batter’ signs with Cards

Andru Arthur, known as the “clean-up batter” for the International Elite Baseball Academy’s travelling team, was the last of four signees of professional contracts during the month of January.

Sprinters qualify for Under-20 Worlds, CARIFTA

SPRINTERS Carlos Brown Jr, Larcathea Cooper and Wanya McCoy all qualified for the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships and a few others qualified for the CARIFTA Games at the Easter Track and Field Classic.

Spencer Cartwright ‘a top-level international sailor’

THE Bahamas National Sailing School (BNSS) is pleased to introduce Spencer Cartwright as a top-level international sailor who began his impressive sailing career with the BNSS at the age of eight.

'Colour Me 3: Paint Me'

WHEN the music stops and the party ends, guests of Nassau’s most popular j’ouvert event will not only go home with paint residue in their hair and on their skin, but also with the knowledge that they have contributed to a good cause.

Bahamian players suit up for Great Britain, suffer two losses in World Baseball Classic

GREAT Britain, stacked with a group of Bahamian coaches and players, suffered their first two losses over the weekend in Pool C of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s 2023 World Baseball Classic at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

St Augustine’s College Alumni Association makes donation to Bahamas Golf Federation Junior Division

IN its continued efforts of giving back, the Alumni Association of St Augustine’s College presented a donation to the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Division.

‘Big C’ Delancey goes to Red Sox

DOMINIQUE Collie felt he could not have signed a more deserving player to the Boston Red Sox than International Elite Baseball Academy’s shortstop Chad Delancey.

Long Island residents hit out over handling of grounded barge

DESPITE assurances from a Cabinet Minister that all remains well in Long Island after the grounding of a supplies barge, residents there are suggesting blatant mismanagement and bureaucracy “made a bad situation worse.”

Union puzzled why deal needs Cabinet sign off

THE union representing National Insurance Board employees has renewed calls for the government to finalise its outstanding industrial agreement which it says expired over two years ago.

The FNM quagmire

I am not and have never been an FNM member or supporter. I have long seen that entity as an unapologetic enclave for the so-called political elite and middle and upper classes. Not that anything is inherently wrong with that but the unwashed masses in the inner city areas of New Providence and Grand Bahama have always excited my public sensibilities and passion.

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