Minnis challenging PM over Customs probe into ‘high ups’
Dr Hubert Minnis last night challenged the Prime Minister to reveal the findings of a probe into alleged smuggling involving senior Customs and Finance officials which has been “swept under the table”.
Revenues outpace $50m spending jump for April
THE Government yesterday unveiled a $36.2m fiscal surplus for April 2024 after a 29.7 percent year-over-year revenue increase outpaced a $50.3m jump in spending.
Businesses voice concern on new BPL rate structure
CONCERNS were voiced yesterday that Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) new rate structure could undermine economic competitiveness and increase inflation by raising energy costs for many businesses.
Nygard: I could die if I go to court
PETER Nygard is struggling to find legal representation in Canada two weeks before he is sentenced for sexually assaulting five women between 1988 and 2005.
Murder ruling thrown out over ‘tenuous’ conviction
A MAN who was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for allegedly killing an American sailor in 2013 had his murder conviction quashed yesterday after the Privy Council ruled that evidence in the case was “so tenuous as to be incapable of supporting a safe conviction for murder”.
Friends mourn conch stand vendor killed in boat crash
LUKE Rolle, one of two men killed when his boat hit a reef near Rose Island on Friday, owned and operated a popular conch stand in Eleuthera.
‘Wilson should be fired’
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis argued that Financial Secretary Simon Wilson should be fired because of his recent altercation with a reporter at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Grid handover for 40 percent
The government is set to hand over New Providence’s electricity grid to a private company in return for a 40 percent ownership interest in that entity, Tribune Business can reveal.
BOC will get $150,000
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg said the Bahamas Olympic Committee will receive more money than they ever have for any Olympic competition.
$7,000 bail for woman accused of maiming
A WOMAN was granted $7,000 bail after being accused of maiming a person on King Street last week.
Asue and how it can be a solution
THE much anticipated (or dreaded for lack of a better word) Atlantic Hurricane season of 2024 is finally here.
Will Nygard ever face justice here?
PETER Nygard once lived like a king – and acted like one – in his Bahamian complex.
Man shot by police ‘fired replica gun at officers’
AN officer has testified that on the night police killed Walter Johnson, the suspect had fired a replica gun at them.
Pintard era really begins
I WISH to congratulate Michael Pintard on his re- election as leader of the Free National Movement and the person who will take us into the next General Elections whenever they are called, and say to him it is time to really get to work now that a major distraction has been removed.
Promised shelter to be bought ‘by end of month’
A BUILDING for the government’s long-promised shelter for domestic violence victims is expected to be bought by the end of this budget year, which ends this month.
‘Govt spending too little on what we need and too much on what we don’t’
EAST Grand Bahama MP Kwasi Thompson said the Davis administration is underspending on national priorities and overspending on less critical items.
Bail for phone theft suspect
A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of stealing a phone last year.
We agreed to protect women - why don’t we?
THE Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, also known as the Belém do Pará Convention was adopted on June 9, 1994.
Four years’ jail over loaded gun
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to four years in prison after he admitted last week to having a loaded gun.
Boarding school ‘will care for at-risk boys’
SOCIAL Services Minister Myles Laroda said the government’s proposed boarding school for at-risk boys will provide psychological, academic, and 24-hour care for its students.
