Two face murder charges
A 43-year-old man is behind the country’s first murder of 2019, police have alleged.
Banking industry shrinks by $200bn
Total bank assets in The Bahamas fell by over $200bn during the six-and-a-half years to end-September 2018, amid rising fears yesterday that the sector’s latest reforms are a “death knell”.
MISSING PILOT’S WIFE OPENS HER HEART: I’ll never lose faith, never stop searching
ON New Year’s Day, Anya Ferguson celebrated the second anniversary of her marriage to missing pilot Byron Ferguson at the site where the couple’s wedding reception was held.
Police seek motive in lawyer stabbing
A PROSECUTOR at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is nursing wounds after he was stabbed in the head on Sunday night, an attack officials say has little precedent in The Bahamas.
Family settles over US custody death
THE FAMILY of Bahamian medical school graduate Lashano Gilbert, who died in police custody in Connecticut in 2014, has reached an undisclosed settlement over their $54 million federal civil rights lawsuit.
AG: ‘False parallel’ over web shop tax EU fears
The attorney general yesterday slammed as a “false parallel” suggestions that the web shop industry’s tax hikes will violate the European Union’s (EU) anti-tax evasion demands.
GB bus drivers protest over new contracts
SOME 20 contracted public school bus drivers in Grand Bahama protested outside a government office complex in Freeport after their contracts, which would have expired in 2020, were terminated by the Ministry of Education.
More than 50 Haitians admit trying to enter the country
MORE than 50 Haitian nationals were charged before a magistrate yesterday after being caught illegally entering the country via one of the northern islands last week, with some of them claiming to have paid $1,000 to be smuggled into the country.
COLLECT OUR RUBBISH: Residents angry that the trash is piling up on their streets
RESIDENTS of Chippingham have complained about the mounds of unsightly trash that has yet to be collected from the Christmas season.
EDITORIAL: 2020 is round the corner and already election speculation begins
It seems a perfect storm is brewing in American politics. Disparate, sometimes unrelated events are coming together in the 100th year of American women being allowed to vote. Many are speculating - as they did when Hillary Clinton challenged Donald Trump - that in 2020, exactly one century after the US constitution was amended to permit female franchise, for the first time a woman will be elected president of the United States.
Travel advisories are not flippant
Travel advisories are issued by sovereign governments to advise their citizens of danger or potential danger when visiting a particular city, area or country – they are not flippantly issued.
Construction work at Baha Mar all above board, says senior VP
THE construction of an expanded slip dock at the rear of Baha Mar’s Cable Beach property was yesterday classified as “above board” by its senior vice-president Robert “Sandy” Sands.
Bail for woman accused of assaulting policeman
A woman has been granted bail ahead of her trial over allegations she assaulted a police officer during a protest near the Sidney Poitier Bridge late last year.
No timeline over new chief justice for the Bahamas
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the country will know in “very short order” who will be appointed to the post of substantive chief justice.
Let's get ready to defend drone attack
How we like to copy so has the Ministry of Transport - Police and NAD got some very strict regs to ban the flying of drones anywhere close to LPIA or any airport?
We should join the Canada club
Canada is the second wealthiest country in North America with an impressive GDP of $46,437 per capita.
‘The Tank’ ready for war
As he heads into the new year, Bahamian journeyman heavyweight boxer Sherman ‘The Tank’ Williams is hoping to continue where he left off last year on the winning track.
Splash brother Curry: Buddy is ‘a great shooter’
THE record-setting three-point shooting display put on by the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings garnered league-wide attention and continues a season of milestones for our very own Chavanno “Buddy” Hield.
Baseball America: Chisholm is the No.1 d-backs prospect
JAZZ Chisholm continues to garner international recognition and a season of milestones has one media house projecting his rise in the Arizona Diamondbacks at an accelerated pace.
THE PRESS BOX: Cowboy Nation! I almost forgot how victory feels in the playoffs
I MUST admit, I enjoyed my Dallas Cowboys NFC Wild Card game victory against the Seattle Seahawks.
