Teacher molestation case in lawyers’ hands

Read storyGRAND BAHAMA: The Attorney General’s office is now responsible for the molestation case against a teacher on the island. ¬
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Police finished their investigation of the incident about two weeks ago according to Chief Superintendent of Police Emerick Seymour.

A male teacher was arrested and questioned after complaints by two former students, both male.

Although district superintendant of high schools in Grand Bahama, Hezekiah Dean, made an official request for the teacher to be removed a month ago, Ministry officials have not made it clear whether he has been.

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Ice cream may be contaminated with salmonella

Read storyAn ice cream dessert is the latest product to be recalled due to concerns of salmonella contamination.

The Rich’s Nutty Sundae Cone was recalled Friday. Additional details are available from manufacturer Rice Ice Cream company by calling (561) 833-7585. The company said it has received no reports of illness.

The concerns have come about because of allegations by American Federal investigators that the Peanut Corporation of America knowingly distributed nuts contaminated with salmonella.

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Pizza Hut workers say they have not been paid

Read storyFormer employees of the Cable Beach Pizza Hut say they have received no severance pay since their dismissal last November.

Workers said they lost their jobs suddenly, after they were gathered for an emergency meeting on November 8. They were then told that the restaurant would be closing immediately.

An employee said they were supposed to be paid by December 15.

Labour Minister Dion Folkes has said he will investigate the matter and that he was aware of settlement negotiations taking place.

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COURT BRIEFS: Car Death, Murder threats

Read storyCrash kills one, injures six
Kervens Forrestal of Cowpen Road was charged with killing Dominic Redhead by driving dangerously on Adelaide Road.

Forrestal, 27, was in a truck heading east and Redhead, 36, was going west in a Toyota Avalon.
The accident involved two other trucks, both heading east.

Redhead died at the scene of the crash and six others were taken to hospital.
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Not guilty of death threats
GRAND BAHAMA: Javaughn Delancy pled not guilty to charges that he threatened to kill a 21-year-old female resident of Pinder’s Point on February 5th.

As there was an outstanding warrant for Delancy, he was jailed.
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CRIME BRIEFS: Car chase, 6 arrests, Stun gun robbery

Read storyAnother car chase
Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit chased a green Honda on West Bay Street after at least one shot was fired from the car.

An object thrown from the Honda was later discovered to be a .38 handgun with four bullets.

DEU agents eventually stopped the car and arrested a woman from Marshall Road and two men from Yellow Elder Gardens. All three are 24 years old.

The police chase was the third in three days.


Raid leads to six arrests
Six men were arrested after a raid on a home on Cool Bush Lane and Honey Sucker Street around 3.45pm Saturday.

Six men were arrested after Drug Enforcement Agents found three pounds of marijuana a shotgun and 31 shotgun shells.
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Stun gun robbery
GRAND BAHAMA: Employees of the Grand Bahama Shipyard told police they were robbed by two men with a stun gun on Saturday afternoon.

Authorities want to question Bernard Ferguson of Abaco Drive in connection with the matter.
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Police searching for Garin Gibson
GRAND BAHAMA: Police are looking for Garin Gibson in connection with an assault case.

Police reports indicate that a 42-year-old man was attacked by another man, who pushed a handgun in his face and threatened to kill him.
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Rasta parents want private schools to respect their choice

Read storyRastafarian parents claim private schools are being unconstitutional by trying to restrict what their children can wear.

Ursula Wells, 35 and her husband William Bain, 45 are raising three children. The couple is concerned because many private schools in New Providence will not admit their children unless they conform to the school's uniform policies.

The pair is reluctant to make use of public schools, which will not refuse them. But they worry about the level of violence and limited opportunities at government-run schools.

Education Director Lionel Sands said that private schools are permitted a form of discrimination - refusing children based on dress - something that public schools do not do.

There are 162 public schools in The Bahamas and 91 private schools. About half of the private schools are attached to a church.

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New Anglican Bishop says stop hating

Read storyRt Reverend Laish Zane became the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas Sunday.

Reverend Zane urged Anglicans to rethink the way they treat others:
“We have our groups that we like to talk about and you know just how we operate when we say; these white people, these black people, these Haitians, these homosexuals, and these church people. We all have our groups we like to despise.”

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Bimini workers not sure they will be paid

Read storyWorkers at the Big Game Resort and Marina in Bimini are not sure if they will ever get their jobs back or their severance pay.

Member of Parliament for West End and Bimini Obie Wilchcombe said he hopes to have answers for the workers by the end of the week.

Power at the resort was shut off in the middle of last year due to lack of payment. The resort’s owner is believed to have left in September leaving only four workers on the property.

Other employees were given $100 each and a letter stating they would be paid money owed to them at a later date.

They have heard nothing since then.

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Airport workers want ambulance

Read storyAirport employees are concerned by the lack of an ambulance at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

Workers are worried that it will take an ambulance 15 minutes to reach the airport from their usual station in the centre of town.

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