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MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER ATTEMPT

A MAN was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s court yesterday with attempted murder.

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FIVE ACCUSED OF HARBOURING FUGITIVE

FIVE men were charged before the Freeport Magistrate’s Court with harbouring a fugitive.

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NEW PROVIDENCE MAN ON GB SHOOTING CHARGE

A NEW PROVIDENCE man has been charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s court with attempted murder.

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Union donates to Rand Memorial

THE Grand Bahama Dock & Allied Workers Union, Freeport Container Port made a special presentation of Christmas gifts to the Lula Knowles Paediatrics Ward of the Rand Memorial Hospital on Friday.

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UPDATED – Two dead in holiday shootings

A young man was shot dead and another was injured and taken to hospital following one of two double shootings on Christmas Day in Grand Bahama.

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GB electricity decision next week

A FINAL decision on the electricity rate increase application proposed by the Grand Bahama Power Company will be made when the Grand Bahama Port Authority wraps up its 45-day public consultative process on December 31 – a week from now.

Cost of change from playing ‘VAT politics’

The “era of Value Added Tax (VAT) politics” is making things difficult, one large food store chain executive said.

Concerns mount over Treasure Cay future

Opposition to suitor for the Treasure Cay resort mounts as more residents strike out in opposition to Dr Mirko Kovats, with one being a backup bidder for the resort.

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UPDATED: Leon Griffin, husband of Melanie Griffin, shot dead in suspected robbery

LEON Griffin, the husband of former Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin, died last night after being shot in the head in a suspected robbery outside the family’s home.

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Great Bahamas Shoot Out Pool Tournament in epic showdown

THE stage was set for an epic showdown yesterday as the Great Bahamas Shoot- Out Pool Tournament came to a close following four successful weeks of intense competition.

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First Annual Potcake Golf Tournament ‘huge success’

PEDIGREES may have their Westminster Kennel Club show, but it was the Bahamian Potcake – that special breed of dog with the narrow head and a keen sense of how to cross the street on its own terms – that stole the show during the 1st Annual Potcake Golf Tournament.

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New grading puts fuel into recovery

A TOP hotelier said “tourism momentum will increase” with the Centres for Disease Control lowering the country’s travel advisory to Level 2 from Level 3.

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Kovats emerges as potential buyer for Treasure Cay

THE government will “look into” the concerns raised about the investor seeking to buy the Treasure Cay resort.

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Lawyer group donates to hospital

THE Grand Bahama Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) presented Christmas gifts to the Lula Knowles Paediatrics Ward at the Rand Memorial Hospital last Friday.

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Murder suspect shot dead by police

A 28-year-old wanted murder suspect was shot and killed yesterday morning by police in Grand Bahama, ending a two-week island-wide manhunt.

Fight for our country

Many persons know me as a youth advocate through my work as national director of the Governor General’s Youth Award. Post retirement, I have also come to identify as an environmentalist.

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Groceries and toys distributed to those in need

DUDLEY Seide, the founder of Reach Out Ministries, distributed some 700 grocery packages and Christmas toys to needy residents in Grand Bahama over the weekend.

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Christmas bonus approved for BPL staff despite discrepancy

KYLE Wilson, Bahamas Electrical Workers Union head, said government has agreed to give staff of Bahamas Power and Light a Christmas bonus despite a discrepancy in the registration of the parties’ industrial agreement.

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Mum-of-two dies in head on crash

A FAMILY has been left devastated after a young single mother was killed in a head on collision in Abaco on Sunday.

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CDC lowers our travel risk rating

THE United States’ Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered The Bahamas’ COVID-19 Travel Risk Advisory Rating from level three to level two, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness.