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Police investigate alleged sexual assault on cruise ship

POLICE are investigating allegations that a nurse sexually assaulted a 43-year-old American woman on a cruise ship.

MINNIS: PM ‘NO CLUE ON CRIME’ – Former leader says Davis focusing on US gun makers and not on tackling crime

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis accused his successor of putting the United States at the centre of this country’s crime problems rather than focusing on local sources of violence and dysfunction.

Measured responses on MP rape allegations

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party and Free National Movement parliamentarians offered measured responses to the severe allegations involving one of their colleagues yesterday –– acknowledging the severity of the claims while stressing the MP is entitled to due process.

Bowleg still ‘investigating’ position on marital rape law

YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg suggested he is conflicted on whether marital rape should be criminalised.

GB residents ‘up in arms’ over water hike process

The Government “must act now” and directly intervene to prevent the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) “regulating itself” over imminent water rate hikes, the Opposition’s finance spokesman charged yesterday.

Body of woman found in canal with bullet wounds

THE bullet-riddled body of a woman was found submerged in waters near the South Beach canals yesterday.

‘Cooling off’: High-end real estate sales drop 20-25%

A Bahamian realtor yesterday disclosed that high-end sales volumes “cooled” by 20-25 percent during the 2023 first quarter following a “record-shattering” year for single-family home prices on several islands.

Contractors fear return to Act ‘drawing board’

The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday said the industry is “absolutely not enthused at all” over signs that the Government may “go back to the drawing board” on legislation to regulate it.

Sir Franklyn hails golf tie-up as ‘world first’

An Eleuthera-based resort community’s principal developer yesterday hailed its “world first” in being able to offer two golf courses separately designed and branded by some of the sport’s biggest names.

CARICOM agrees to ban assault weapons

Caribbean leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style weapons mostly manufactured in the US to curb spikes in gun violence and weapons smuggling in the 15-nation Caricom bloc.

K9 units assist in drug find

POLICE arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply on Tuesday.

Golf course ‘a new era’ for island

A multimillion-dollar Jack Nicklaus Heritage Championship Golf Course on Jack’s Bay Club and Resort Community in Eleuthera will help usher in a new era of economic prosperity for the island, creating valuable opportunities for Bahamians, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.

Atlantis and its sudden concerns

It is with great interest and mostly baffled as I read in the daily newspapers about the various articles penned by Atlantis president and managing director Audrey Oswell that were published in protest of Royal Caribbean International (RCI) Royal Beach Club proposed to be developed on the western side of Paradise Island. As we all know by now that RCI was given Government approval pending environment impact assessment reports to go forward with its $100m project.

New Law Reform and Revision Act passed seeks to improve staffing and management

Parliamentarians passed a new Law Reform and Revision Act yesterday to modernise the legislative process.

EDITORIAL: Why is Dr Minnis opposed to gun strategy?

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was in a talkative mood yesterday.

Life on Mars

Please permit me space in your column to respond to Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph (“Comrade”) Gonzales, who suggested recently that the Bahamian Judiciary must be residents of Mars if they seriously feel that it is justifiable to continue bailing murder accused in an environment where they now make up a solid proportion of victims and reoffenders.

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