Man remanded over rape charge
A 29-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of raping the mother of his young daughter in an abandoned building on East Bay Street earlier this month.
Bail denied for man in bar shooting
A 30-year-old man was denied bail after he was accused of trying to kill a man at a Dorsette Alley bar last year — the same man who was accused of fatally stabbing someone at the bar earlier that night.
Suspect gets bail in $34k theft
A MAN accused of stealing $34,673 worth of jewellery during a break-in at a Nassau Village home last year was granted bail yesterday.
Eleuthera man granted $8,500 bail
A MAN accused of threatening someone with a gun in his yard in Commonage, Eleuthera, was granted bail yesterday.
‘There’s no excuse you can give for pulling the country from the competition’
THE withdrawal of the men’s team from the prestigious Davis Cup tie in June in San José, Costa Rica, has drawn grave reviews from former and current Davis Cup players, who feel the decision will only hurt the future of the sport.
Award-winning Dorian documentary heads to Fusion this week
AN award-winning Bahamian documentary exploring the emotional toll of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic will make its local cinema debut at Fusion Superplex this week.
OPM says Bahamas seeking information from US on DEA allegations
The Office of the Prime Minister today announced the government will seek information from American authorities as local law enforcement agencies begin their own inquiries.
US citizen allegedly beat and assaulted girlfriend in Abaco
AN American man allegedly beat, threatened and sexually assaulted his girlfriend in Marsh Harbour, Abaco on Friday.
Air crash drug accused linked to contractor in PPP legal fight
The air crash victim arrested and charged with drug offences by the US authorities appears to have been linked to a Bahamian construction company around the time it secured a $34m public-private partnership (PPP) deal with the Government.
Motorcyclist succumbs to traffic injuries
A 43-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered in a traffic accident on Queen’s Highway in Halls Landing, San Salvador.
INSIGHT: Rescued Bahamian turns out to be a Cocaine Cowboy
THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner’s arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading to his detention after a covert operation spanning at least three years.
Police investigate fatal daylight shooting on Dunmore Avenue
A 34-year-old man was shot dead shortly after arriving in the Dunmore Avenue and Symonnette Street area on Friday.
New five-year contract gives 460 Bahamasair workers higher pay
A NEW five-year industrial agreement valued at about $3.2m has been signed between Bahamasair and the Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union, giving more than 460 workers improved salaries, benefits and working conditions at the national airline.
Key prosecution witness denies double-crossing Gibson in trial
A KEY prosecution witness denied that she double-crossed and tricked Adrian Gibson and the Water and Sewerage Corporation into believing she was acting on behalf of clients.
Cabinet line-up changes and appointments announced
PRIME Minister Philip Davis appointed 21 Cabinet ministers and seven state ministers over the weekend after the Progressive Liberal Party’s landslide election victory.
Davis appoints one of largest Cabinets in history
PRIME Minister Philip Davis has given The Bahamas a ministerial team that rivals or exceeds those of larger Caribbean neighbours, placing nearly 30 ministers over a country of about 400,000 people and renewing questions about the size and cost of government.
FNM: Bastian and Miller-Brice posts may be tested in court
THE Free National Movement says the new Cabinet appointments of Sebas Bastian and Leslia Miller-Brice should be tested before the courts if necessary, arguing that the government has not fully explained how two people with known links to the gaming industry were cleared to serve as ministers under the Gaming Act.
Prime Minister names Jerome Fitzgerald to Cabinet post
JEROME Fitzgerald, whose political career was scarred by controversy over efforts to secure Baha Mar contracts for a company formed by his father, has been returned to Cabinet and placed in charge of economic affairs nearly a decade after the scandal made him one of the faces of the PLP’s vulnerability before its crushing 2017 defeat.
The Cocaine Files
A HIGH-RANKING Bahamian politician brazenly met with members of what they believed to be an international drug smuggling cartel to discuss a huge upcoming shipment of US-bound cocaine - inside the Bahamian Parliament Building, The Tribune can reveal today.
PM Davis to deliver keynote address at historic IPCC meeting in Nassau
MORE than 200 of the world’s leading climate change scientists will descend on Nassau this week
