Marijuana conviction quashed
THE Court of Appeal yesterday quashed the conviction of a man who was previously fined $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession with the intent to supply.
Fishermen held for violations
ELEVEN fishermen were apprehended for fisheries violations last week by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in the northern Bahamas.
Accused will face child sex charge
A MAN who denied having sex with a three-year-old boy was told by a Supreme Court judge that he does have a case to answer.
‘Pay $300 or go to jail’ over three grams of marijuana
A 36-year-old man was yesterday ordered to pay $300 or spend a month in prison after he was found with three grams of marijuana.
16-year-old accused of murder remanded
A JUVENILE was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after being charged with murdering a man in the Garden Hills area earlier this month.
Migrants guilty of illegal embarkation
SEVERAL migrants were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for illegal embarkation this week.
Becoming hell on earth
Often at the Mercy of Thugs
Mandatory vaccination
Worldwide persons are hesitant about taking a vaccination of any sort regardless of where it would have been developed due to what seems to be a number of reasons. These include: a stark lack of conversation amongst citizens and the so-called ‘experts’; a discussion on the pros and cons of taking a vaccine; mistrust of the relevant government and no guarantees that the “cure” will not be worse than the actual COVID-19. Many people are simply afraid to have a foreign serum injected into their bodily systems.
Mullings regains national decathlon record
Four months ago, Kendrick Thompson snatched the Bahamas national decathlon record away from Ken Mullings. Over the weekend, Mullings regained the record at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Track and Field Championships.
Davis Cup: Bahamas set to play Cuba today
ALTHOUGH they don’t know much about their first round opponents from Cuba, player/captain Marvin Rolle said Team Bahamas won’t take anything for granted when they step on the tennis court today in Panama City, Panama.
Jonquel Jones scores 23 in return from EuroBasket tournament
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in her return from the EuroBasket tournament, and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 90-71 last night.
Bahamians are among the top performers at IBBF Pro League World Caribbean Championships
BAHAMIAN competitors Kaif Young, Jason Johnson, Paul Wilson, Serena Decius-Norius and Dawn Charlton were among the top performers at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IBBF) Pro League World Caribbean Championships.
PETER YOUNG: More than just a game
IN the US it is called soccer. Elsewhere in the world it is known as football, and in Britain it carries the affectionate sobriquet of the “beautiful game” which folklore suggests was a phrase first coined by the Brazilian footballer, Pele, known as perhaps the most famous footballing hero of them all.
FACE TO FACE: Brave Peyton won’t allow scoliosis to work against her
IT’S amazing the things you will learn if you sit down and have a heart to heart with a child. I did this the other day with 11-year-old Peyton Gomez. In the simplest, purest way, she shared an outlook on life that everyone should apply to their own. Her way of handling life and the curveball it threw her is nothing short of phenomenal.
Extra security for Grove after double shooting
POLICE say they will beef up security in the Coconut Grove area after a 26-year-old woman and her uncle were killed in the community only a day apart last week.
Munroe questions need for travel health visa
THE Progressive Liberal Party has doubled down on criticisms of the government’s travel health visa, demanding that officials release an audited accounting breakdown of the initiative.
Police probe man’s suspected drowning
A BODY was found submerged in waters under a pier off Victoria Avenue yesterday morning.
BPL rejects claims and calls walkout illegal
IN response to unionised staff walking off the job yesterday to protest “unfair treatment”, Bahamas Power and Light issued a statement calling the walk out illegal and the claims unfounded.
‘Cut hip’ for Kanoo over tourism delay
A Cabinet minister says he would “take a cut hip any day” for selecting Kanoo as the Bahamas health travel visa’s payment processor as opposed to delaying tourism’s late 2020 restart.
