Man charged with kidnapping, assault granted $12K bail
A MAN awaiting trial for kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon was granted Supreme Court bail on Friday.
Woman granted $25K bail in Market St fatal crash
A WOMAN accused in a fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of a 59-year-old woman on Market Street in September was granted $25,000 bail on Friday.
Teen accused of having loaded firearm at home granted bail
A 19-year-old man was granted bail on Friday after being accused of having a loaded firearm at his home on Rupert Dean Lane last week.
FOAM Christmas giveaway aids struggling families
SINGLE mothers, government workers and married couples struggling to make ends meet amid rising living costs were among those assisted at Families of All Murder Victims’ (FOAM) annual Christmas giveaway.
Fort Fincastle, Water Tower renovations to wrap up in January
Renovations to Fort Fincastle and the nearly 100-year-old Water Tower are expected to be completed sometime in January 2026, though an exact reopening date has not yet been confirmed, officials said this week.
Murder accused jailed after 47-day bail breach
A MAN awaiting trial for a 2020 murder in the Carmichael area was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday after breaching his bail conditions for more than a month.
Court hears final prosecution evidence in principal assault trial
THE prosecution has closed its case against Kenneth Farrington, who is accused of brutally attacking McLean’s Town Primary School principal Simone Butler-Cornish with an iron pipe and leaving her for dead during a violent encounter on June 20.
Two men charged in GB shooting
TWO men were charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm when they appeared in the Freeport Magistrates Court on Friday.
Three Bahamians, Jamaican arrested after $18.4m drug bust near Cuba
THREE Bahamian men and a Jamaican man have been arrested after the United States Coast Guard intercepted a go-fast vessel near Cuba and uncovered an estimated $18.4m worth of suspected cocaine.
Suspect accused of robbing woman at gunpoint granted bail for $9,000
A MAN awaiting trial for a 2024 armed robbery was granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday.
Bahamas formally recognizes Kosovo as sovereign state
The Bahamas formally recognised the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state today, marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Freeport lacking scale to ‘efficiently support’ Shipyard’s expansion
Freeport lacks the size and critical mass to “efficiently support” developments such as the $600m Grand Bahama Shipyard dry dock replacement, a prominent hotelier asserted yesterday, as he urged: “We need stopover tourists back.”
Prisoner dies in police custody
AN investigation has been launched after a 35-year-old prisoner died during an altercation with four police officers inside the Fox Hill Police Station.
‘I don’t know if I’m going make it’
THE mother of a 17-year-old boy murdered just weeks before Christmas says she is bracing for what she expects will be the darkest holiday season of her life, telling The Tribune: “I don’t even know if I’m going to make it.”
Healthcare on ‘unsustainable track’ with $24m deficit forecast by 2026
Financing for Bahamian public healthcare is “on an unsustainable track” with a $24m annual deficit predicted by the upcoming 2026-2027 fiscal year, it has been revealed, with this shortfall set to worsen due to an increasingly elderly population.
Man claims he was held over MP’s missing firearm at bar
AN Andros man says he spent more than 24 hours in a police cell while being quizzed about a missing firearm allegedly belonging to a sitting Member of Parliament which is said to have mysteriously vanished during a night out at a bar.
Officers help family who lost home days before Christmas
POLICE officers on Eleuthera stepped in with food and support this week, donating groceries to a family left homeless by a fire just days before Christmas.
Court revokes bail for mother and daughter in attempted murder case
THE Court of Appeal ruled that a mother and daughter convicted of attempting to murder two of their tenants on an unnamed Fox Hill road in 2021 should remain in prison until they are sentenced in January.
Rousing welcome for Gibson after securing nomination
After returning to Grand Bahama earlier this week following her ratification by the Free National Movement, Frazette Gibson was greeted by a large crowd of party supporters at the airport on Tuesday.
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