Tribune top stories - Fri Feb 26

Fri, Feb 26th 2010, 12:58 AM

Police quiz talk show host over gun claim
The Controversial and provocative radio talk show host Ortland H Bodie Jr was arrested by police at the More 94 FM station yesterday after telling a caller he knew how to purchase an illegal firearm.

Govt 'will not be borrowing anymore' in mid-year budget
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday stressed that the Government will not be seeking to borrow anymore money during the mid-year budget, but simply to re-allocate funds already approved by Parliament within various ministries and departments in response to shifting priorities.

Man gets three year sentence for drug charges
A 35-year-old Grand Bahama man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the seizure of just over 700 pounds of marijuana in the Exumas last November.

Pinder 'renounced US citizenship before nomination'
Ryan Pinder, the PLP candidate for the Elizabeth by-election, renounced his American citizenship before he was nominated to run on January 29.

Bahamas 'Weathering' economic storm

THE Bahamas is "weathering the economic and financial storm as well if not better than might have been expected several months ago," the Prime Minister stated yesterday.

COB hits back at Sir Sidney Poitier film festival criticism?
COLLEGE Professor Dr Ian Strachan yesterday hit back at criticism of the College of the Bahamas' decision to host a conference and film festival dedicated to Bahamian-raised actor Sir Sidney Poitier, arguing that the event's protesters are misguided by a sense of "entitlement."

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