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Ten more victims on COVID toll

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness reported 10 new COVID-19 deaths over the weekend, three of which were previously classified as deaths under investigation.

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Man found dead off Prince Charles Drive

Police are investigating after the body of a man was found with head injuries off Prince Charles Drive.

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Death of man, 64, now classed as a homicide

THE country’s murder count for the year now officially stands at 100 - after police yesterday classified the death of a man, whose family believes was beaten and robbed before he died in hospital last week, as a homicide.

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Acting Prison Commissioner ‘making progress’ in efforts to become licenced as correctional facility

ACTING Prison Commissioner Doan Cleare said the Bahamas Department of Corrections is making progress trying to be licensed as a correctional facility, with the American Correctional Association set to certify 30 officers in mental health management next week.

Trade deficit jumps 10% as imports exceed $1bn

The Bahamas’ trade deficit increased by $82.37m or 10.3 percent year-over-year for the 2022 third quarter as goods imports spiked to over $1bn for the period, it was revealed yesterday.

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PETER YOUNG: Assange - hero or villain - still slips from US fingers

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is back in the news again. Not in the American media, which unsurprisingly remains obsessed with the current drama in Washington, but in the UK from where the US government is seeking his extradition to face charges over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.

Couple to face court in murder trial

Couple to face court in murder trial By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The homicide trial of Coletor Johnson and her boyfriend Glinton Louis is expected to get underway in the Supreme Court on Monday, Mar

Couple to face court in murder trial

Couple to face court in murder trial By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The homicide trial of Coletor Johnson and her boyfriend Glinton Louis is expected to get underway in the Supreme Court on Monday, Mar

Couple to face court in murder trial

Couple to face court in murder trial By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The homicide trial of Coletor Johnson and her boyfriend Glinton Louis is expected to get underway in the Supreme Court on Monday, Mar

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18-year-old male dies next to Tribune parking lot

Police are investigating after an 18-year-old male died on Thursday night on Deveaux Street next to The Tribune parking lot.

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Arrest over woman’s death in blaze with cord round neck

POLICE have a 21-year-old woman in custody in connection with the “suspicious death” of Ariel Lowe, who was discovered by firefighters with a “black cord” tied around her neck in her home on Carmichael Road on Monday morning.

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Four deaths in Grand Bahama

Grand Bahama has recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

Spain: Taxi drivers threaten to take strike to French border

Taxi drivers striking to demand tighter regulations for companies using ride-hailing apps blocked traffic for another day in Spain’s two major cities yesterday, while threatening to take their protest to the French border.

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Police probe body find

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s partially decomposed body found in a cemetery on Sunday night. The Caucasian man’s remains were found shortly after 7pm at St Matthew’s Cemetery on Church and Shirley Str

Sanctions harm Bahamas

Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ pleas to Washington, DC, to lift sanctions on the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela seems to have fallen on deaf ears, judging from a recent press release by the US State Department. Maduro has been president of that South American country since 2013. His government can now be classified as a dictatorship. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.

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McMinns to take part in 'Diamond In The Rough' Football Combine

BAHAMIAN collegiate gridiron star Eugene McMinns is looking to make the transition to professional football with an upcoming trial next month.McMinns is expected to participate in the “Diamond In The Rough” Football Combine. The event will be hosted

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Man beaten to death

A MAN was beaten to death Tuesday night, after allegedly stabbing his attacker in the head.

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.

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Bell rejects shake-up of crime statistics

KEITH Bell, State Minister for National Security, said yesterday that contrary to earlier reports attempted murder will still be classified as a major crime.

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Traffic fatality identified

FREEPORT – The man killed in a traffic accident in Freeport has been officially identified by police as 25-year-old Wilner Michel.