Man charged with five counts of breaching bail
A MAN awaiting a murder trial was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday after admitting to breaking curfew while on release.
BAISS soccer season kicks off March 4
THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports will kick off their 2024 soccer season on March 4.
‘The world’s fastest mama’
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE
The first thing you notice about Shaunae Miller- Uibo – the world-famous sprinter who has clinched two Olympic golds for The Bahamas – is her kaleidoscopic style. From one day to the next, her hair colour swings from magenta Kool-Aid to purple, emerald, blue and yellow.
INSIGHT: The solutions to our crime issues begin with our children
THE home life of men in prison is dominated by numerous "stressors". In some places statistics show that as many as eight of ten men in prisons came from abusive or broken homes.
WORLD VIEW: France and the US broke Haiti; they should be the first to mend it
WHEN the Foreign Ministers of the world’s wealthiest nations gathered in Brazil from February 21, 2024, Haiti’s dire situation found a brief moment of attention — not in the main agenda but on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
INSIGHT: Government in the ‘blame dem’ phase
IT seems to me that the Davis administration has entered its “blame dem” phase of government.
GAIN AN EDGE: Triplets’ journey takes a LEAP
oday we welcome back the Gain An Edge column, a series of articles spotlighting education, the young people taking part in it and more. The column will run bi-weekly on Mondays.
EDITORIAL: Enforce the laws to reduce stray dog numbers
THE sight of dogs roaming our streets is a familiar one to us. For Bahamians, we have long been used to seeing potcakes – and other breeds – travelling alone or in packs around our islands. Just because it is familiar does not make it right.
Many tourists ‘disheartened’ by stray dog population in The Bahamas, says Humane Society
BAHAMAS Humane Society president Kim Aranha said tourists are “disheartened” by the stray dog population they encounter in The Bahamas.
More than 100 investors at risk of losing crowdfund investment
A former Colina Insurance Company chief and at least 115 fellow investors are in peril of losing most, if not all, their combined $2.4m-plus investment in the insolvent ArawakX crowd-funding platform.
Liquidators ‘blocked as ArawakX set up similar operation in US’
ArawakX’s provisional liquidators have accused the crowd-funder’s principals and owner of its website of colluding to deny them control of the platform while setting up a similar US-domiciled operation.
Project’s 15,000 acres for sale over ‘failure to pay’ property tax
A major Long Island investment project’s near-15,000 acres has been advertised for sale via auction by the Government authorities to clear an allegedly unpaid real property tax debt.
Three in custody after man shot dead on Harbour Island
Police in Eleuthera have arrested three men in connection with the shooting death of a man on Harbour Island early on Monday.
ArawakX ‘to be reported’ to police amid $4m insolvency
The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform is suffering from a near-$4m insolvency, its provisional liquidators have asserted, as they prepare to report “multiple criminal infractions” to the police.
Medics ‘fatigued’ by gun violence
THE president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association (CSPA) said doctors and nurses at Princess Margaret Hospital are “strained and fatigued” by the increase in gun violence.
Confession was made under duress, Supreme Court rules
A SUPREME Court judge declined to accept as evidence a man’s alleged confession to armed robbery after the 19-year-old claimed police beat him on his buttocks with a cutlass, put a fish bag over his head, poured hot sauce in his eyes and forced him to confess to the crime.
Father of six murdered as he drove child to church
A FATHER of six was murdered yesterday morning while taking his 16-year-old daughter to band practice.
‘BANNED’: CINEMA SLAMS FILM RATING – ‘Demonic content’ among reasons for blocking screening
FUSION’S chief legal officer called for the “archaic and outdated” Theatre and Cinemas regulations to be amended after the Film Control Board reportedly restricted the company’s ability to show a movie by giving it a D rating.
Puerto Rico routs Bahamas 86-67
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After winning their opening game by 11 points on Thursday at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente Gymnasium, The Bahamas men’s national basketball team watched helplessly as Puerto Rico came to town and turned the tables with a 19-point rout.
