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Five people, including two Water and Sewerage Corporation employees, were on Wednesday accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the corporation.

In a new court filing, Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe has outlined events he said led to a decision within days of the change in government in September 2021 to place Commissioner of Corrections Charles Murphy on administrative leave, including what he contends was Murphy’s inability to provide an update on COVID-19 protocols at the prison.

Three Bahamian lawyers who once represented Peter Nygard are now suing the fashion mogul for a combined $14 million in unpaid legal fees, lawsuits allege.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard additional time to appeal a contempt order for breaching a Supreme Court injunction. In November 2019, Justice Ruth Bowe-Darville had sentenced Nygard to 90 days’ imprisonment and fined him $150,000 for breaching an injunction order granted in February of that year by Justice Keith Thompson. The fine was to be paid within seven days of the ruling. Failing to turn himself over to police or failure to pay ...