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Much ado about nothing
EDITOR, The Tribune.
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A lack of leadership
I could not believe my ears when I heard the Minister of Education suggest we seemingly are doing him an enormous favour as he is making a large financial sacrifice for being an MP and a Minister. Well blow me down!
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Warning on crime
I had written several Letters to the Editor in 2022 in The Tribune newspaper giving great recommendations and suggestions to deter gangs, reduce guns and prevent crime in the Bahamas.
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A fearful solution to suggest
In ISIL and Taliban controlled areas and even in Saudi Arabia floggings and probably canings are free public entertainment.
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Investigator denies ‘sweethearting’
A POLICE investigator has been accused of ‘sweethearting’ with a woman who reportedly resided at Yorkshire Drive where a decomposed body was found behind an apartment complex, the Marco Archer murder trial heard.
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Jury watches police video of widow as she denies killing husband
“ABSOLUTELY positively no” was Donna Vasyli’s response to a detective’s suggestion that she murdered her millionaire podiatrist husband, a jury heard yesterday after watching a video of the widow being questioned while in police custody.
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Woman admits entering nation under false pretenses
A WOMAN, claiming to be a human trafficking victim, admitted she came to the Bahamas under false pretenses, but denied that she did it to become a prostitute.
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Accused was ‘watching Scandal’ on night of murder
A JURY was told yesterday that the woman who allegedly rolled over businessman Kurt McCartney in Gambier Village after he was shot was actually at home watching the television shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” the night of the murder.
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Governor: Data, privacy regimes may need reform
The Bahamas may have to reform its data and confidentiality regimes to mitigate the threat posed by the loss of correspondent banking relationships to the financial sector and wider economy, the Central Bank’s governor has warned.
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Key witness admits details were untrue
A KEY witness in an attempted murder trial admitted under cross-examination that some details in her testimony regarding a stabbing at a traffic light were not true.
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Union chief considers end to compulsory gratuities
THE concept of 15 per cent gratuity automatically being paid to some workers needs to be “reassessed,” said Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson.
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Policeman admits testimony pressure
Policeman admits testimony pressure By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A POLICEMAN testifying in the manslaughter and abetment trial of two of his colleagues yesterday admitted he was pressured to give a statement to the
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Police officer says double murder accused not beaten or threatened in her presence
Corporal Gayshell Russell testified on Friday that murder accused Paul Belizaire was not beaten or threatened in her presence when he directed police investigators to where he and three others had gotten rid of the stolen truck and a set of keys following an armed robbery and murder in Deadman's Reef.
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Officer did not see any threat to murder case suspect
CORPORAL Gayshell Russell testified on Friday that murder accused Paul Belizaire was not beaten or threatened in her presence when he directed police investigators to where he and three others had disposed of a stolen truck and a set of keys following an armed robbery and double murder in Deadman’s Reef.
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EDITORIAL: A clever solution to a long-time problem
THERE always seems to be more problems in public life than solutions – so when an imaginative way to resolve an issue is suggested, it is well worth taking a moment to applaud it.
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Rolle explains increase in national debt
MINISTER of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle defended the government’s fiscal policies yesterday after it was revealed in the Central Bank of the Bahamas’ Quarterly Economic Report that the national debt increased by $581.4m, or ten per cent, up to June of this year.
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PM under fire for not condemning Munroe over flogging comments
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for not publicly condemning prominent attorney Wayne Munroe for suggesting that the country should start “flogging” illegal immigrants.
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Compulsory media coverage
I am unfamiliar with the laws in other jurisdictions around the world regarding the function of the media, with particular reference to The United States of America.
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Campbell rounds on Mitchell over Haitian heritage
TRANSPORT and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell suggested yesterday his post in Cabinet as someone with Haitian heritage has had no bearing on the influx of illegal migrants from Haiti coming into The Bahamas.
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Bahamas Roadmasters Virtual 9th Bahamas Half Marathon/ 10k set for November 20-21
WHILE they wait on the restrictions to be lifted for mass gatherings at public outings, Bahamas Roadmasters is encouraging persons to come out and participate in their Cancer Treatment of America Virtual 9th Bahamas Half Marathon and 10 Kilometre race.
