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• Six shot dead
  Six men who were released from police custody yesterday were shot and killed two hours later at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road by assailants who escaped the scene, authorities reported last night. Police said a 19-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl were also shot while in a car behind the vehicle those men were […]
• FNM ratifies three more candidates
  The Free National Movement (FNM) last night ratified three more candidates for the next election, two newcomers and one incumbent, bringing the total number of candidates named so far to 33. Former hotel union president Nicole Martin was ratified for the Nassau Village seat; Drumeco Archer, who serves as president of The Bahamas Association of Athletic […]
• Storm survivor: I really don’t understand how I’m still here
  A Hurricane Dorian survivor, who last saw his mother when their balcony collapsed into flood waters, told a Coroner’s Inquest yesterday, “I really don’t understand how I’m still here.” Kahlel Smith was testifying at an inquest into the presumed deaths of 34 people who were reported missing in the aftermath of the catastrophic storm. Coroner […]
• Restaurant owners forcing staff to take vaccine ‘exposing themselves to legal action’
  Wayne Munroe, QC, said yesterday the owners of Sushi Rokkan are exposing themselves to legal action as a result of a new policy that requires all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by June 30, 2021, or possibly face disciplinary action, including dismissal.  “If you force somebody to take medicine that is approved for emergency […]
• US concerned over lack of movement on corruption cases
  The US Department of State said it found the lack of meaningful progress made on several high profile corruption cases in The Bahamas in 2020 concerning.  “The government continues to make fighting corruption a major focus,” according to the department’s March 2021 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). “However, several high-profile corruption cases failed to […]
• Vaccination site reduction on NP not due to safety, official says
  The decision by the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee to reduce the number of vaccine sites on New Providence starting this Saturday is not due to safety concerns, said Nurse Ruth Bastian, who serves on the country’s National Immunization Coordinating Committee. “We haven’t paused because of safety, in New Providence,” she said during a Ministry […]