Woman accused of stealing handbag containing $1,400
A WOMAN was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of stealing a handbag containing $1,400 in cash earlier this month.
Three charged over firearm
A MAN, a woman and a 17-year-old girl were granted bail after allegedly being found with a loaded gun in an abandoned building after the man had been shot and injured in a gunfight.
Clubs & Societies November 24th, 2023.
On Saturday, November 18th, the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill and our Key Clubs from RM Bailey & Jordan Prince William assisted with the painting of four Gazebos at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Center.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The missing Bahamian holiday – when do we officially give thanks?
FIRST it was the decision to peg Bahamian currency to the US dollar when a choice between the past and the future had to be made. Call it the first milestone in a culture that would slide into alignment with its neighbour to the north over the following decades. Later it was sharing the same taste in music, fast food, the stuff of everyday life, even the jeans we wore.
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION – The lurking danger of margarine
IF corn were to be wiped from the face of the earth by a maniacal pathogen, we Bahamians would be lost for breakfast. On just about every restaurant menu throughout the archipelago, one can find “boiled fish”, “stewed fish”, “corned beef”, “tuna”, and “steamed sausage”, all traditionally served with grits.
BTVI signs deal to make uniforms for Breezes staff
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute signed a deal yesterday to provide staff uniforms to Breezes.
Smaller delegation for COP28 meeting in Dubai
FEWER than 20 people will be a part of the delegation attending COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, next week, far fewer than the group of 70 that represented the country in Egypt during last year’s event.
Probe launched into mangrove destruction
ACTING press secretary Keishla Adderley said an investigation is underway after more than 200,000 square feet of mangroves in the Adelaide Village area were destroyed.
Commissioner says issues slowed down voting process
SOME senior citizens took longer to vote than expected, while people lacking required documents also slowed down the voting process in West Grand Bahama and Bimini on Wednesday, according to acting Parliamentary Commissioner Arthur Taylor.
Bahamas broker’s clients: ‘We’ll be left with nothing’
Deloitte & Touche liquidators and their attorneys have been awarded over $1m in costs despite clients of a collapsed Bahamas broker/dealer voicing fears this payment leaves nothing for them to recover.
$200m renewable fund eyes summer ‘24 launch
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday said he is targeting summer 2024 for the launch of an up to $200m fund that will finance renewable energy’s build-out across The Bahamas.
FNM wants Auditor General to probe maritime contracts
The Opposition will urge the Auditor General to “intervene” and probe allegations by a top civil servant that two maritime-related contracts were executed irregularly, its leader revealed yesterday.
Cable ‘well beyond half-way’ on fibre roll-out next month
Cable Bahamas’ top executive says it will likely be “well beyond the half-way point by December” in rolling-out its new fibre-to-the-home network infrastructure across New Providence.
Lunch vendors owed money will be paid
SOME lunch vendors in public schools have not been paid on time –– an issue the Ministry of Education said it is addressing.
Marinas: ‘Nothing’ heard on new online fee portal
Marina operators yesterday disclosed they have heard “nothing” about the online charter fee portal that was supposed to be created via a controversial $3.355m contract award.
Vandals smash windows at Kendal Isaacs
THE National Sports Authority is investigating a vandalism incident at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium that damaged nine of the facility’s ten windows and door frames early Thursday morning.
Truant hotline launching to report absent students
THE Ministry of Education is launching a hotline for people to report students who are not attending school.
Grant ‘invited to CID’ but no complaint after video
POLICE said Bishop Ricardo Grant, the Free National Movement member who lost the race to be the MP for West Grand Bahama and Bimini, declined to file a complaint yesterday against a Bimini resident who alleged that he distributed money on his behalf before Wednesday’s by-election.
‘PEOPLE WANTED MONEY FOR VOTE’: FNM coordinator says residents wanted cash just to turn up
AS polling wound down in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini constituency on Wednesday, David Wallace, the former Free National Movement MP for the area and coordinator of the party’s campaign, hoped a last-minute influx of FNM supporters would rescue the party’s chances, knowing a high turnout was critical to the party’s success.
