Two-and-a-half year sentence for housebreaking charge
A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after he admitted to breaking into his neighbours’ house and stealing $154.61 worth of property last week.
Man gets three-year sentence for drug and gun possession
A MAN was sentenced to three years in prison after he led officers on a chase through Pinewood last year where they recovered an assault rifle and 33lbs of marijuana.
Man accused of inappropriately touching 14-year-old girl
A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of inappropriately touching a young girl last month.
39 migrants charged with a variety of immigration offences
THIRTY-NINE migrants were charged with various immigration offences in court yesterday before being handed back to immigration officials.
IAN FERGUSON: Private sector must help to improve food security
Food security and sustained agricultural production are ongoing conversations that developing countries are having more frequently as we face the mounting challenges of war, drought and famine. The Bahamas, given its vulnerable position as an estimated $1bn per year food importer, must seriously engage in this conversation.
Bahamas Federation will explore eligibility of Klay Thompson if they advance
BAHAMAS Basketball Federation president Eugene Horton said officials would explore getting NBA star Klay Thompson to play for Team Bahamas if the team advances from the Olympic pre-qualifier.
Christie supports helping Haiti regain ability to have ‘free and fair elections’
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie said he was concerned for his safety when he visited Haiti earlier this year, connecting his experience to the Davis administration’s commitment to sending 150 Defence Force officers to that country as part of a potential multi-national force.
STATESIDE: Is the Republican Party really still behind Donald Trump?
KAY and June had planned to go out for a late lunch on this rainy but still stubbornly humid day in a leafy New York City suburb. But host Kay had prevailed on her guest from Washington, DC, to stay in and have some tea and fresh orange and blueberry scones instead on her enclosed, air-conditioned porch. Kay started right in to get some capital-based insight.
FRONT PORCH: Punishment must be guided by the spirit of love, not revenge
Frenzied, bloodthirsty calls for the resumption of capital punishment are a desperate expression of our collective and longstanding failure to respond coherently and imaginatively to our culture of death, violence, gangs, bloodlust, and cycles of revenge and retaliation.
EDITORIAL: Dangers lie ahead as a solution must be found
THE situation in Haiti continues to cause grave concern for the nation itself and the region at large.
Ex-DPM: ‘Disgraceful’ failure to improve BPL
The Government was yesterday accused of a “disgraceful” failure to build on prior upgrades at Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) with an ex-deputy prime minister asserting he will “fully defend” what was done under his oversight.
FTX consumes 21% of Commission costs
FTX’s implosion consumed 21 percent of the Securities Commission’s near-$15m operating expenses last year as it raced to preserve client assets and tackle the legal and regulatory fall-out.
Developer sparks ‘500 leads’ with community’s sales start
A Bahamian developer yesterday disclosed it has generated “well over 500 verified leads” for potential purchasers in its south-western New Providence community just over a week after launching its sales drive.
Fresh oil contamination ‘tragic’ for GB’s tourism
Fresh oil pollution was yesterday described as both “tragic” and “treacherous” for Grand Bahama’s tourism industry and wider economy with environmental activists estimating that up to 25 miles of beach could be contaminated.
North Andros demands ‘answers’ over BPL woe
North Andros residents and business owners yesterday protested over their energy woes and the frequent power outages suffered since a fire destroyed Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) power plant last month.
Women’s group calls charges against North Abaco MP Cornish a ‘monumental step’ for accountability
WOMEN United, a women’s advocacy group, said charges involving North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish are a “monumental step” towards accountability and fairness.
Criminal charges against MPs once rare, more common now
WHEN North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, it marked the first time in the modern Bahamas that two sitting parliamentarians faced serious criminal charges.
American woman charged with plot to kill husband
Lindsay Shiver, 36, of Thomasville, Georgia, made a bail variation application before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson.
Tar washing up on beaches after oil spill
GRAND Bahama residents and visitors have encountered a black oily substance at Fortune Beach in the Lucaya area. This follows an oil spill believed to be from last week’s oil spill at the jetty off Pinder’s Point - but there are suggestions that there may have been a separate spill in the area.
