Man sentenced to four months for marijuana possession
A MAN was sentenced to four months in prison on Friday after he admitted to the possession of 33 grams of marijuana last week.
Man denies stealing gold watch
A MAN was granted $5,000 bail on Friday after he denied stealing a $3,500 Rolex watch earlier this year.
Man charged in Golden Isles robbery and sexual assault
A MAN was imprisoned on Friday after he allegedly robbed and sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint near Golden Isles Road earlier this month.
One in four women victims of violence
A SIGNIFICANT Gender-Based Violence study found that one in four women in The Bahamas had suffered physical or sexual violence in their life, with survivors lamenting the challenges with accessing healthcare, law enforcement and social services in the country.
MP Major and Senator Young get new but unknown roles at Agriculture
THE Office of the Prime Minister said Southern Shores MP Leroy Major and Senator Tyrell Young would assume new roles in the Ministry of Agriculture, but did not announce their new positions or why they were being moved.
Dr Ebbie Jackson completes North/South Pole marathons
IT was a dream come true for Dr Ebbie Shearer Jackson last month as she braved the “extreme weather conditions” to become the latest Bahamian to participate and complete both the Antarctic North and South Pole marathons.
‘Elron promised he would stop robberies’, said mother
THE mother of Elron Johnson, the 17-year-old who police killed after he tried to rob the Double Dragon Restaurant on East Bay Street last year, said two months before he was killed, her son promised her he would stop committing robberies while on remand at Simpson Penn.
COP: murders up 27 percent over last year
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander provided statistics yesterday showing murders are up 27 percent, while armed robberies have declined by 43 percent.
Football great, actor, and accused murderer OJ Simpson dead at 76
OJ SIMPSON, who has died aged 76, was a football star who went on to become an actor – but who was then the centre of the “trial of the century” for the murder of his wife and her friend in 1994.
28 families receive keys to new home as Bell says govt delivering on promises
TWENTY-eight families received keys to their new homes in the Renaissance at Carmichael Subdivision yesterday, with Housing and Urban Renewal Minister Keith Bell revealing that an additional 23 homes will be completed in six weeks.
COP vows to crack down on Japanese vehicles that are illegally rented and aiding criminals
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander vowed yesterday to crack down on Japanese vehicle owners improperly renting their cars, a practice that aids criminals.
Transition to new ankle monitoring company going smoothly, says Fernander
Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said of the 600 people being electronically monitored, more than 50 have switched their bracelets to the one provided by the new electronic monitoring service company.
American couple rebuild after Hurricane Dorian devastated their Guana Cay retirement home
AMERICANS Norvell and Mark Slezycki went on an emotional roller-coaster after Hurricane Dorian swept away their dream retirement home in Great Guana Cay, Abaco.
Five charged with defrauding Water and Sewerage Corp, including two former employees
FIVE people, including two former Water and Sewerage Cooperation (WSC) employees, were granted bail yesterday after they were accused of defrauding WSC of tens of thousands of dollars from 2019 to 2020.
Why can't news report just the facts?
Government media … use of super-super superlatives in newscasting and reporting. Surely I am not the only one who has noticed the government news media uses extra-super superlatives in their reporting... forget the usual world famous... “internationally renown” that’s again even if the matter is in conceptual form only anything the Government puts its name to is world beating.
Minnis and McCartney alliance?
After I saw photos of former Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis with former Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney in Long Island to promote the former’s book “The Power of Determination”, I told a family member that it looks like Minnis is building an alliance
Fernander: 'Somthing sexual happened' in tourist rape claim
Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said investigations were still ongoing to determine whether rape charges would be brought against the men accused of sexual assault by two women cruise ship passengers two months ago.
