Teen not granted bail on Key West Street shooting death
AN 18-year-old was charged yesterday in connection with a fatal shooting on Key West Street earlier this month.
Man held without bail on sexual assault charge
A 59-year-old man was remanded to prison after being accused of attempting to sexually assault a 33-year-old woman in Nassau earlier this month.
Teen sent to Simpson Penn Centre for Boys over armed robbery
A 17-year-old has been accused of robbing a laundromat earlier this month.
Team Bahamas in the win column
BLTA’S NATIONAL TEAM WINS FIRST MATCH OF THE ITF JUNIOR DAVIS CUP TIE VS. JAMAICA
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s national team won their first match of the International Tennis Federation’s Junior Davis Cup tie against Jamaica in Guatemala yesterday.
WORLD VIEW: The war on Ukraine is now a global war
THE people of Ukraine are the principal victims of the unjustified and unprovoked war, launched against them by Russia on February 24, 2022. But in the year since then, it has become clear that other victims - on a different scale - have been all the nations of the world, particularly the small, poor and powerless.
THE KDK REPORT: Savour every moment spent with the ones you love
WE OFTEN learn life’s lessons, whether consciously or subconsciously, through our own experiences or by learning from what others have taught us but the lessons that resonate most deeply typically come from individual trials.
INSIGHT: Govern for today, don't fight about 50 years ago
IT was a pleasure travelling around Nassau on Friday. Wherever I went, people were wearing the colours of the nation.
EDITORIAL – Haiti policy: What happens next?
THE question “what happens next?” is very useful when examining public policy.
Church forum divided over criminalisation of marital rape
THE proposed amendment to the Sexual Offences Act criminalising marital rape continues to receive mixed reviews from various Bahamian stakeholders.
Cartwright: Government needs to stop ‘tax and spend’ policy
OPPOSITION deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright called out the Davis administration for failing to prioritise the needs of vulnerable Bahamians, saying the government must stop the practice of “tax and spend policy”.
Governor: Income tax allows better targeting
The Central Bank’s governor says introducing an income tax will make it easier for the Government to focus investment incentives on target industries and direct social assistance to those most in need.
Village Road auto dealer ‘in a pickle’
A Village Road businessman says he is “in a pickle” despite commerce returning with a “bang” as he seeks compensation for lost trade and damage to his property that he alleges was caused by ongoing roadworks.
New Budget outlay finances 350 jobs
A newly-introduced $5.8m Budget outlay is financing the temporary employment of 350 persons who have largely been jobless since Hurricane Dorian struck three-and-a-half years ago, it was asserted last night.
Two hit-and-runs and a suspicious death
A SWIMMER died after he was hit by a jet ski driver on Saturday.
George Smith: PM did not deliberately mislead
FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday came to the defence of Prime Minister Phillip Davis for comments he made last week about the 1972 constitutional conference, saying he did not believe that Mr Davis would deliberately seek to mislead Parliament.
Gov’t targets $15m egg self-sufficiency
The Government has not cut food security funding by 50 percent but is instead reallocating financing to a $15m project designed to make The Bahamas self-sufficient in egg production, a Cabinet minister has revealed.
‘Enough is enough’ say gas dealers
THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association said to “stay tuned” as fuel retailers await government addressing a long-waited margin increase, saying the industry feels “enough is enough”.
Bain and supporters try to demolish shanty homes
LINCOLN Bain and several of his supporters were stopped by police on Saturday when they went to a shanty town off Bacardi Road and tried to tear down illegal structures in the unregulated community.
