Palm Cay 70% sold on One Marina first phase
Palm Cay says phase one of its $100m One Marina condominium project is 70 percent sold less than three months after it broke ground on its “most ambitious project to date”.
Cruise line restarts calls to damaged cay today
Princess Cruises will resume calls to its Eleuthera private island today, almost a week after a fire damaged several buildings at the property.
Taxi drivers moving to shed ‘scavenger’ image
THE Bahamas Taxicab Union’s (BTU) president says he remains resolute on rebranding the industry and shedding the negative reputation of cab drivers as a group of “scavengers”.
Investor hatches 30,000 chicken supply strategy
A $10m poultry investor is aiming to grow domestic producers’ market share beyond the present “less than two percent” through supplying Bahamians with 30,000 fresh chickens per week.
Three dead after shootings hours apart
Three men are dead after separate shooting incidents hours apart on Friday and Saturday.
Sixteen dead after Haitian boat capsizes
SIXTEEN people are dead and 15 have been rescued after a Haitian refugee boat capsized off Abaco early on Saturday morning.
UPDATED: Frank Smith acquitted of all charges
FORMER PLP Senator Frank Smith was acquitted of all charges in his bribery and extortion trial on Friday, after the chief magistrate found that a case had not been made against him sufficiently to require her to compel him to answer to the allegations.
PLP will call for ministers involved in Frank Smith case to resign
THE Progressive Liberal Party will call for the resignation of ministers involved in the bribery case of Frank Smith, the former chairman of the Public Hospital Authority who was freed of the charges Friday afternoon, according to Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis.
PM and delegation to head for Ft Lauderdale
PRIME Minister Hubert Minnis, accompanied by Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar, senior government officials and his wife, Mrs Patricia Minnis, leave for Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday.
Buju 'will not perform controversial song'
BUJU Banton will not be performing his controversial song “Boom Bye Bye” at his upcoming concert, according to his publicist Ronnie Tomlinson, who confirmed the reggae star has not sung that song “for years”.
Accused told police 'he did not have sex with 14-year-old boy'
THE Grand Bahama man who is accused of having unlawful sex with a 14-year-old boy had told police he knew the complainant and had given him a ride in his car several times, but that he did not have sex with him, the Supreme Court heard Friday.
Bannister keeps BPL fire report under wraps
A REPORT on a police investigation into a series of fires that crippled infrastructure at Bahamas Power and Light’s Clifton Pier Power Plant has been completed and submitted to the government.
Burning container ship arrives at Grand Bahama
THE mega-freighter that was burning off Canada’s east coast since January 3 is now docked off port in waters off Grand Bahama, awaiting clearance from the relevant marine authorities at the Port Department and the Grand Bahama Harbour Company.
Mitchell fires back at Ferreira in heated debate
Progressive Liberal Party chairman Senator Fred Mitchell said there is “no evidence” of misconduct regarding the Christie administration’s housing programme as he hit out at statements made by Housing Minister Romauld Ferreira in the House of Assembly on Wednesday.
Former police commissioner was wrong to fire officer
A SUPREME Court judge has ruled that former Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade was wrong for firing a police officer the day he was charged with kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl.
Crypto exchange plan to ‘revolutionise’ BISX
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange’s (BISX) plans for a cryptocurrency and digital securities trading platform will “revolutionise our jurisdiction”, its top executive said yesterday.
‘Thought we were saving money, PM?’
THE Progressive Liberal Party has criticised Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for appointing Golden Gates MP Michael Foulkes as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, a ministry that saw cuts in the last budgeting exercise.
‘My friend sobbed as he told of sex attack’
THE best friend of a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 45-year-old man told the Supreme Court the teenager cried after confiding to her about the assault.
