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• Permanent voter register eyed
  The government is seriously considering the implementation of a permanent voter register in time for the next election in an effort to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised given the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday. “Certainly, from a registration standpoint, based on some recommendations from the parliamentary commissioner, we’re contemplating […]
• ‘He was a gem’
  Reyes Williams, seven, was playing with friends outside his mother’s home Sunday night, when a stray bullet ended his life.  Reyes, who would have turned eight next month, was killed during a drive-by shooting in Nassau Village.  “He was with one of his little friends and they just walked out to the road innocently and […]
• Second parliamentary staffer tests positive for COVID-19
  House Speaker Halson Moultrie confirmed yesterday that another member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19. “I received information on Friday that a second member of the staff had tested positive,” Moultrie told The Nassau Guardian. “Also, that member’s spouse has all of the symptoms. I don’t know what that member’s spouse’s test might have revealed. I […]
• Police seize $3.4 mil. in marijuana
  Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) seized 2,274 pounds of marijuana, with a wholesale value of $3.4 million, following a high-speed chase in the Exuma chain yesterday morning. The pursuit began around 1 a.m. after members of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OBPAT) and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force went to Ragged Island after […]
• 48 new cases; one new death
  Health officials reported last night that there are 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the country and one new death.  The latest dashboard for September 21, reported that a 64-year-old man from New Providence died from COVID-19 on Sunday.  There are now 75 COVID-19 deaths.  Additionally, three deaths are now under investigation, the Ministry of […]
• Three people arrested in connection with death of seven-year-old
  Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle said yesterday that three people were in custody in connection with the death of a seven-year-old boy. Reyes Williams was shot and killed in Nassau Village on Sunday night during a drive-by shooting.  Police said a man in a blue car fired at a group of people who were standing outside a […]