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Police are human
I am honored that you have given me this opportunity to say thank you to the Commissioner and the officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force for all that they do.
Jailed for stealing $40 of tools
A 48-year-old man was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday after admitting to stealing over $40 worth of tools from a local department store.
Bailed suspect shot dead outside home
A MAN, released on bail on Christmas Eve, was fatally shot on Monday night.
$1m drug defendant ‘just trying to make money’
A POLICE officer yesterday testified how one of the men accused of being involved in a near $1m drug operation in Exuma last year told the police on the day of his arrest that he “was just trying to make some money”.
Man charged with murder of Leon Griffin and other killings
A 21-year-old was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of four people last year, including well-known businessman and former Bahamas Taxicab Union president Leon Griffin.
Men accused of drug offences
SEVERAL men appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with a number of drug-related offences.
‘Pay $400 fine over drugs’
A 45-year-old man who was found with more than two ounces of marijuana last week was yesterday ordered to pay $400 to avoid spending two months behind bars.
‘He said he was coming inside - then gunshots’
A MAN is dead after he was shot outside his home on Friday night.
‘YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON’: Magistrate laments law lets driver who killed two escape with fine
A 34-year-old man broke down and cried in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being fined $20,000 for killing a married couple on Christmas Day over a year ago.
FNM convention to be virtual
THE Free National Movement’s three-day convention next month will be a fully virtual event in response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.
CDC raises alert back to level 4
THE United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised this country’s travel warning from level three to level four due to the “very high” level of COVID-19 infections, advising people to avoid travel to The Bahamas.
Reopen 100%
In regards to the schools opening at 50% hybrid learning - this is unacceptable!
Student athletes shine at NAIA, Junior College level
BAHAMIAN student athletes have excelled this season at various levels of collegiate basketball, highlighted by recent performances at the NAIA and Junior College level.
BTVI sees significant increase in enrolment
THERE has been a significant increase in student enrolment at Bahamas Technical and Vocational Training Institute, which is soon expected to reach 7,000 students.
From remand to jail after prison officers find marijuana
A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a man who was on remand to eight months behind bars after he was found with 1.5 ounces of marijuana by prison officers last year.
‘Protocols will be followed to avoid COVID spread during local election’
WITH local government elections approaching, Parliamentary Commissioner Lavado Duncanson said protocols will be followed to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19.
Brent Spence was a ‘first class’ umpire
Brent Spence was considered a “first class” internationally certified umpire, who cared just as much about the sport as he did for his family, according to the Bahamas Softball Federation (BSF) in mourning the loss of the official who was based in Grand Bahama.
Concerns over food aid programme ‘ludicrous’
PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government’s feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
600 new COVID cases reported over weekend
MORE than 600 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country over the weekend prompting Free National Movement chairman Carl Culmer to say more must be done to control the spread of the virus.
