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Honouring cultural icons of the Bahamas

A buzz of national pride filtered through Pompey Square on Tuesday night as 41 commemorative portraits of Bahamian cultural icons were unveiled as part of the country's independence celebrations.

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Women accused of $300 grocery theft

TWO women were each granted $500 bail in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after allegedly stealing almost $300 worth of groceries from Super Value.

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Flamingos Women’s Golf Club 242 marks Women’s Golf Day

THE Flamingos Women’s Golf Club 242 celebrated Women’s Golf Day this month, hailing the women who are blazing trails in the sport, and encouraging new members to join.

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Armed robbery case discontinued as two victims fail to appear in court

A DAY after requesting an adjournment, Crown prosecutors discontinued a case against two men accused of a 2011 armed robbery in the absence of two of the three victims. 

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‘Pulling trigger is last resort’: Victim wins payout 13 years after being shot twice by police

A SUPREME Court judge has said police must guard against criticism of excessive force but warned that pulling a trigger on an unarmed person “should be a measure of last resort”.

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Bahamas born - but held for 3 months

A 34-year-old man born in The Bahamas is petitioning the courts over the lawfulness of his detention of some three months at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.

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Davis 'considered' joining privilege ruling appeal

OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said though he considered participating as an interested party in an appeal of Justice Indra Charles’ ruling that former Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald breached constitutional rights of a non-profit group

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Honours to creators of flag and anthem

TIMOTHY Gibson, the late composer of The Bahamas’ national anthem, and Reverend Dr Hervis Bain, the man who designed the nation’s flag,

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Bar owner sold numbers without licence

A MAGISTRATE is set to determine the fate of a businessman who sold numbers at his bar without a valid licence.

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Man who said he broke into store for food jailed for three years

AN Eleuthera man was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a woman’s store last week, claiming it was because he needed food.

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Ex-US marine pleads not guilty to attempted murder

AN ex-US marine pleaded not guilty to attempted murder when formally arraigned in Supreme Court on Friday.

Bernard Road cemetery proposal 'rejected'

A PROPOSAL to construct a cemetery on Bernard Road has been rejected by the Town Planning Committee, The Tribune understands.Asked to confirm this yesterday, Charles Zonicle, director of the Department of Physical Planning, said: “A decision has been

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Murder held accused of homicide while on bail for murder

A MAN was jailed after allegedly killing someone on bail for murder last month –– the same man he allegedly attempted to kill earlier this year.

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Providence Classic starts with a bang

The Providence Basketball Club’s 24th annual Yuletide Basketball Classic got off with a bang yesterday at the CI Gibson Gymnasium, despite the organisers having to juggle the line-up in the absence of a few teams.

Big Red Machine lead Comets by 58

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net St Augustine's College Big Red Machine only hold a slim 58-point margin over their nearest rival, the Queen's College Comets, heading into today's finale of the Bahamas Association of Indepe

Big Red Machine lead Comets by 58

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net St Augustine's College Big Red Machine only hold a slim 58-point margin over their nearest rival, the Queen's College Comets, heading into today's finale of the Bahamas Association of Indepe

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AML’s Charles Saunders plan ready by early 2022

AML Foods will have “mapped out” plans to develop a new shopping centre off Charles Saunders Highway, anchored by its Solomon’s “neighbourhood” food store concept, by early 2022 at the latest.

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Officials gather at Senate to sign Book of Condolences

GOVERNMENT officials along with members of the wider political community gathered at the Senate on Friday to sign the book of condolences in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

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24 fired from Gaming Board to get jobs back, court rules

A SUPREME Court judge has ordered that 24 people fired from the Gaming Board in 2017 be reinstated and/or damages paid to them, according to lawyer Wayne Munroe. Justice Indra Charles’ ruling is among the first to challenge parts of the Minnis admini

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Murphy takes charge as new prison commissioner

AS rain poured around him yesterday afternoon, Charles Murphy accepted the mantle as the new commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.