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EDITORIAL: Shelter for abused women needs action
LET us take a step back in time.
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‘Crime is down’ but rise in rape
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said serious crimes decreased by 21 per cent in 2023, although rape increased by 11 per cent.
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Witness tells how teen robber killed by police
A WOMAN said she was terrified when 17-year-old Elron Johnson entered a Chinese restaurant with a gun last year.
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Rolle gets 40 years jail for murder of Kessinger
RODRIGO Rolle was emotionless yesterday as a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison for murdering an elderly American woman during a home invasion in Cat Island in 2017.
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Devynne Charlton master of her feet, fate, and soul
TATTOOS are rarely meaningless. Every day, we glimpse the most precious things dyed across the skin of strangers, whether it’s pets, children, or proverbs.
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NEMA sends fire tanker to assist in Andros fire
A 2,000-GALLON fire tanker is expected to arrive in North Andros today to help contain a forest fire that has kept the community on high alert.
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Tearful mother unable to complete testimony
THE mother of 17-year-old Elron Johnson broke down in tears and could not complete her testimony in the Coroner’s Court yesterday as the inquest into the teen’s police-involved killing after trying to rob the Double Dragon Restaurant on East Bay Street last year continued.
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Andros residents leave for safety as forest fire rages
A FOREST fire in North Andros has forced some residents to leave their homes over health concerns and affected the sleep patterns of people protecting their homes from the raging blaze.
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Rudeness by agent for Bahamasair trip
Recently, several members of my family travelled to George Town, Exuma, to attend a 95th birthday celebration for a member of our family.
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FRONT PORCH: The ghosts of vicious colonial and racist mindset endure
There is a racist and colonial mindset born of European imperialism that endures.
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Grand Bahama athletes go home with multiple CARIFTA medals
GRAND Bahamians showed up and showed out at the 51st CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada to return to the second city with multiple CARIFTA medals.
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Teen admitting to drug charge sent to Simpson Penn centre
A 15-year-old boy was sent to Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after pleading guilty to a drug charge.
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WSC contractor killed as two shot dead over weekend
TWO men were killed in New Providence and Abaco over the weekend.
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Six straight: Team Bahamas wins 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Championships
As expected, Team Bahamas completed its dominance of the 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Championships with its sixth consecutive victory and the eighth out of the past nine titles. Mission accomplished.
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When you’re feeling Blue
FEELING the blues after the four-day Easter weekend? That just means that you are on target with one of the hottest trends in Spring Fashion for 2024.
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PM on public disclosures: 'I made my deadline'
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis was tightlipped today over whether members of the governing party filed their public disclosures on or before the March 1 deadline as mandated under the Public Disclosure Act.
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Beautiful Grand Bahama project is praised for helping YMCA
KAREN Pinder-Johnson, the YMCA’s executive director, has praised Beautiful Grand Bahama (BGB) for assisting with much-needed improvements to the facility and its sporting amenities.
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Three men held in Saunders murder
FORMER Tall Pines MP Don Saunders was shot in the neck area, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander revealed yesterday.
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Police ‘have technology to catch assassins’
POLICE have the technology to determine who is receiving assassination orders from inmates at the Bahamas Department of Corrections and the resources to prove someone is a gang member, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday.
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Feeling the life of the disabled
AS a highly educated qualified legal professional to be discriminated against due to my paralysis by my chosen profession is not only perplexing but very disappointing and extremely hurtful.