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Three charged over murder in Freeport

THREE persons, including two juveniles, were charged in the Freeport magistrate’s court with attempted murder on Monday.

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Man seriously hurt in stabbing

A MAN is in hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing incident on Tuesday evening in Freeport. Inspector Terecita Pinder reported that the stabbing happened shortly before 8pm in the area of Frobisher Drive. She said the victim was at a re

Freeport business targeted by armed robbers

A LOCAL business in Freeport was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash during an armed robbery last Friday.According to police reports, shortly after 5 pm an armed man robbed a business in the Millennium Mall, located on West Atlantic Drive, and

Container port worker injured

A FREEPORT Container Port worker was seriously injured in an industrial accident at the port this week.

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Four men expected in court over murder

FREEPORT – Four men are expected to be arraigned in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the murder of Christopher Outten.

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Man gets prison for drug possession

FREEPORT – A Freeport man was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for possession of dangerous drugs.

Pilot hands himself in

BAHAMIAN pilot Owen George Johnson, who is wanted for questioning in connection with an illegal landing incident at Sandy Point, Abaco, turned himself in to police yesterday.

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Wanted man arrested

A MAN wanted for questioning in connection with an armed robbery in Grand Bahama was taken into custody in New Providence yesterday.

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‘World’s in worst state that I have ever seen’

Super Value’s principal has voiced hope that “we can do better than” the World Bank’s dire prediction of high food prices lasting for three years, but conceded: “The world is in the worst state I’ve ever seen.”

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'Music to my ears' WTO 95% unlikely

Super Value’s principal yesterday said it was “music to my ears” to hear the government’s WTO chief negotiator state The Bahamas is almost certainly not joining under this administration.Rupert Roberts, who has vehemently opposed becoming a full Worl

Roberts: Web shop woes to force National Lottery

A leading businessman believes the Government will be forced to establish a National Lottery because it will find it impossible to legalise web shop gaming.

Sports Notes

SONITH Lockhart, of Carib Construction, was on fire in City Bowling League competition last night while mowing down the pins for a gigantic 734 three game set which is a record so far for the 2015 - 2016 season. 

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Gomez: Mystery over Robert Smith complex is a complete disgrace

THE ten years it took for the Child & Adolescent and Robert Smith complex in Fox Hill to open and the lack of clarity surrounding the delay is a “complete disgrace”, Central Eleuthera MP Damian Gomez said yesterday.

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Atlantis: We preferred other seaplane sites

Atlantis yesterday said it will swiftly ask the authorities to “reconsider” alternative seaplane landing sites that it prefers to the Montagu Bay option rejected by residents and the boating community alike.

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Athletes named on Academic All-Summit League teams

Bahamian quarter-miler Bradley Dormeus, high hurdler Sasha Wells and sprinter Kayvon Stubbs were among six Oral Roberts University athletes named on the 2020 Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-Summit League Teams.

Super Value chief fears for manufacturing plant

Super Value’s owner fears that import tariff reductions demanded as part of the Bahamas’ World Trade Organisation (WTO) entry may force him to stop manufacturing the supermarket chain’s ‘own brand’ bathroom tissue, and send 20-30 factory workers home.

Insurers pray ‘major loss event’ avoided

The Bahamian insurance industry was yesterday nervously watching its computer models and television forecasts, amid hopes that “a major loss event” could be avoided if Hurricane Joaquin stays on its projected path.

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Chapter 11 ruling a ‘victory for Bahamians’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts declared yesterday that the Delaware Bankruptcy Court’s decision to throw out Baha Mar’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases was a major victory for the country’s sovereignty and citizenry.

Find the BEC bribe ‘traitor’

OUTRAGED over bribery claims, former Bahamas Electricity Corporation Chairman J Barrie Farrington yesterday called on the government to appoint a non-partisan commission to reveal the “traitor” that has stained the country’s reputation.

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Youth Olympics: Action heats up on day two

Day two of the 2nd Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, saw three of the four disciplines representing the Bahamas in action.