Staff rally support as super value owner airlifted to U.S.
SUPER VALUE staff mobilised “almost immediately” after owner Rupert Roberts urgently needed blood, the company’s president Debra Symonette said yesterday, as word spread of a health crisis involving one of the country’s most prominent businessmen.
Bishop brands ‘sweethearting’ an evil as study sparks alarm
A SENIOR bishop has branded sweethearting “an evil” and warned that The Bahamas is sliding from its Christian foundation, reacting to a new University of The Bahamas study that quantified the practice.
Cross-dressing 'lawyer' jailed
A 30-year-old man who posed as a female attorney and defrauded clients of nearly $20,000 was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to more than 50 offences in the Grand Bahama Magistrate’s Court.
‘They killed the whole family’
“When they kill Jonathan, they killed the whole family,” Gelita Gooding said yesterday, describing the devastation after her 36-year-old nephew, Jonathan “Goddy” Gooding, was gunned down last Thursday morning in the parking lot of the Shirley Street Shopping Plaza, just moments after leaving the gym he had faithfully attended for nearly four years.
Dames distances self from US arrest
Free National Movement candidate for Mount Moriah Marvin H. Dames has moved to distance himself and his wife from a US criminal investigation involving a business associate.
Man accused of posing as female attorney arraigned on 51 charges
A 30-year-old man who police say posed as a female legal professional while misrepresenting himself as a qualified attorney is to be arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court in Freeport today on multiple fraud and forgery charges.
Concord Wilshire shoots down ‘dead deal’ rumours
The Government yesterday teamed with the Grand Lucayan’s purchaser to vigorously assert the deal remains “on track” through plans to develop “two major cruise line resorts” and unveil a demolition and construction start date “within the next two weeks”.
Man charged for GB bomb threat
A 32-YEAR-OLD Grand Bahama man was arraigned Monday over a bomb threat that led to an emergency shutdown of the Grand Bahama Power Company’s generation plant and prompted the GBPC to turn off power island wide.
Two men killed in Eleuthera shooting
A WAITER out on bail for murder and a roofing worker three weeks into a two-month job were shot dead outside a Harbour Island bar shortly after midnight yesterday.
Court denies daughter control of parents’ affairs
A SUPREME Court judge has dismissed a daughter’s seven-year bid to take legal control of her elderly parents’ affairs, ruling that the Mental Health Act cannot be used as a vehicle to settle a bitter family dispute over property and control.
Deal blasts business licence process, promises reform
FREE National Movement candidate for Free Town Lincoln Deal II has criticised the government’s business licence renewal process, saying it is burdening entrepreneurs with unclear requirements, prepayments and audit mandates.
Heroic worker tackles armed man in brazen robbery
AN heroic kitchen worker tackled a man armed with a hand-held machine gun during a brazen restaurant robbery in which three British ex-pats had a $20,000 Rolex and a $2,000 gold ring stolen.
Immigration union wants sears fired over ignored grievances
THE head of the union representing customs and immigration officers has called for Immigration Minister Alfred Sears to be fired, accusing him of ignoring months of complaints over promotions, pay and insurance.
Court rules ‘redeployment’ of five Family Island Administrators unlawful
THE government unlawfully moved five Family Island Administrators out of their posts in 2021 by calling the change a “redeployment”, a step the Supreme Court found was, in substance, an unauthorised transfer that had no legal effect.
Power outage ‘played role’ in coach’s death
THE family of Grand Bahama coach and 2025 Sports Hall of Famer Bonnie Basden believes an island-wide power outage in response to a bomb threat on Thursday morning played a role in her death.
