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‘Security failures’ at Old Fort Bay allegedly allowed man to enter expat resident’s home

SECURITY failures at the upscale gated community Old Fort Bay allowed a man to enter the property of an expat resident early Friday morning, resulting in violent threats, extensive property damage and a police investigation, the resident at the centre of the incident has alleged.

Boy, 8, seriously injured in Bimini shooting incident

NATIONAL Security Minister Myles Laroda yesterday issued a strong appeal to licensed firearm owners to properly secure their weapons around children after an eight-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shooting incident in North Bimini on Saturday night.

The day Gardiner’s life - along with the plane on which he was a passenger - came crashing down

When Jonathan ‘Player’ Gardiner left Nassau on the now infamous election day charter flight early on the morning of May 12 – to do whatever it was he was tasked with doing that day - the last place on earth the big-time drug kingpin would have wanted to end up was in the United States of America.

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Crash pilot: I am no DEA informant

THE pilot at the controls of the Election Day plane which crash-landed at sea carrying drug smuggling kingpin Jonathan Gardiner has categorically denied being an undercover informant for the United States Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA).

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Ex-ambassador’s 20-year ban over ‘misappropriation’

The Bahamas’ former ambassador to Bahrain has been banned from holding any meaningful post in this nation’s financial services industry for 20 years after confessing that he “misappropriated significant client funds”.

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Foreigners at PMH have not shown any symptoms of Ebola

TWO foreign nationals being monitored at the Princess Margaret Hospital after recent travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in good health and have not shown any symptoms consistent with Ebola Virus, according to health officials.

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Mother of murdered man calls for justice

THE grieving mother of a 21-year-old man shot dead while on his way to buy a cellphone said she needs answers about why the gunman targeted her “innocent” son, saying the attacker could have grabbed any of his belongings instead of taking his life.

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66-year-old mother’s partially decomposed body discovered in bushes off Coral Road

A FAMILY’s search for their missing 66-year-old mother ended in anguish on Sunday after her partially decomposed body was discovered in bushes off Coral Road, dashing any hope her relatives had of finding her alive.

62-year- old man found dead in North Eleuthera

A 62-year-old man was found dead in North Eleuthera on Sunday in what police are classifying as a suspected drowning.

43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti arrested at airport for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash

A 43-year-old woman travelling to Haiti was arrested at the airport over the weekend for allegedly failing to declare nearly $74,000 in cash, police said.

Haitian woman charged with fraudulently obtaining several national documents

A HAITIAN woman was charged on Friday with fraudulently obtaining several Bahamian national documents, the latest in a series of such cases in recent months.

Police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from man during search granted bail

A 26-year-old police corporal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man during a search earlier this month was granted bail on Friday.

Trainee customs officer sentenced to four years in prison

A TRAINEE customs officer was sentenced to four years behind bars after police allegedly found two guns and 38 rounds of ammunition at his Kennedy Subdivision home last week.

Man accused of assaulting another man with a knife granted bail

A MAN accused of assaulting another man with a knife at his South Beach Drive residence was granted bail on Friday.

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Two isolated at LPIA amid Ebola concerns

HEALTH officials on Friday isolated two passengers at the Lynden Pindling International Airport after the travellers, who recently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, were found to have a fever amid concerns over an Ebola outbreak in Africa.

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