Union still seeking City Markets talks

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Tribune Business Reporter

nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

TRADE union executives up to last night were still attempting to arrange a meeting with the principal of the City Markets foodstore chain to discuss the fate of the stores and its employees.

Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson, head of the National Congress of Trade Unions (NCTU), of which the Bahamas Commercial Stores, Supermarkets a...

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Fleas are a serious pest

This ectoparasite causes most pet owners in The Bahamas a whole lot of stress than any other parasite. It seems because of our warm climatic conditions we are bombarded with this pest year round.
Fleas
These are the leading cause of itching and scratching in dogs and cats. They survive by jumping onto a host animal, cutting open their skin and feeding on the blood. In many dogs, the bites cause on...

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A Night of Splendor with the Queen of Gospel, Pastor Shirley Caesar

Friday 19th August 2011  7:00 PM

Also Appearing: Pastor Simeon Outten & The New Life Band & The Church of God of Prophecy Brass Band.

The event will support the Grand Bahama and Freeport Blind Assocations, the Central Home for the Elderly, and medical expenses of Evelyn Bevans.

Tickets: $50 GENERAL/ $75 VIP and are available at Seventeen Shop, Frank's Ice Cream and Savemore Foodstore.

City Market pension fund review 95 complete

Employees and shareholders of the City Market foodstore chain can expect a "full and frank" report on the condition of its pension fund, with Guardian Business learning a forensic review dating back to June 2010 is now 95 percent complete.
"There will be full disclosure and the chips will fall where they may, my hands are clean," Mark Finlayson, President of City Market's parent company Bahamas Su...

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Prosecution withdraws charges against Dario Mills

FREEPORT - The prosecution has withdrawn charges against Dario Mills, one of the four men on trial for an Abaco food store murder and armed robbery.

He is the second man to have been discharged in the case.

Crown prosecutors entered a nolle prosequi application on Friday, dropping charges against the 24-year-old.

Mills and Calvin Edgecombe, 24, were among five men initially charged with the mur...

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Man questioned in connection with break-in

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - A 30-year-old Jones Town man was detained by police for questioning following a break-in at the City Market Foodstore in Eight Mile Rock. According to police reports, officers went to the foodstore, located at the Harbour West Shopping Plaza, after an alarm went off around 5.46am on Friday. ASP Loretta Mackey said ...

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Police make multiple arrests on Grand Bahama

FREEPORT - Police arrested 12 persons for various offences here on the island.

ASP Loretta Mackey reported that arrests were made in connection with shopbreaking, housebreaking, stealing, stealing from a vehicle, assault with a dangerous weapon and receiving.

She noted that two of the men were arrested in connection with outstanding warrants issued by the Magistrates' Courts.

"Some persons were...

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Police Sergeant describes murder scene as trial gets underway

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - The trial of five Abaco men charged in the armed robbery and murder of a cashier two years ago at a foodstore in Marsh Harbour is underway in the Supreme Court.

Defendants Lavardo Rahming, 26; Dario Mills, 24; Calvin Edgecombe, 24; Sharvargo McPhee, 19; and Jermaine Russell are all charged in connection with the r...

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