Court dismisses bid to contest 40-year sentence
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed a man’s bid to contest his 40-year sentence for murdering a webshop employee who was in the process of collecting deposit bags four years ago.
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Court acquits man given 15 years for role in armed robbery
THE Court of Appeal has acquitted a man previously sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the role he played in the fatal armed robbery of a Cash for Gold employee in Grand Bahama five years ago.
McAlpine: I would not wish to see any island suffer
PINERIDGE MP Rev Frederick McAlpine refutes recent remarks made by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis about him wanting Grand Bahamians to suffer, saying he only wants to see the island's economy progress.
Lyford Cay Foundation grants $829,500 worth of scholarships to Bahamian students
THIS year the Lyford Cay Foundation granted 28 scholarships, valued at about $829,500, to Bahamian students seeking higher education abroad.
One Eleuthera 'has not made a major offer for Lighthouse Point'
THE One Eleuthera Foundation has not made a substantial offer to buy Lighthouse Point since 2009, according to the group’s CEO Shaun Ingraham.In an interview with The Tribune yesterday, Mr Ingraham said while a second offer never really materialised,
Can you help grandmother to fight cancer?
STEPHANIE Sakr, a mother-of-three and grandmother-of-two, is seeking the public’s help to raise funds to help in her fight against breast cancer. In October 2017, the 58-year-old widow was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. Mrs Sakr’s child
Conflicting reports over MP’s debts
FOX Hill MP Shonel Ferguson and the vice president of her investment company have given conflicting information concerning the settlement of the more than $70,000 it is claimed their company owes in real property taxes concerning the maintenance and operation of a building it assumed responsibility for some 13 years ago, court documents allege.
Top two called up for govt cannabis committee
THE government has chosen two co-chairmen for its cannabis committee, which Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said he hopes will be fully constituted within the next week or two.
Deadly drivers who claimed five lives
A female Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine must spend a week in custody before she is sentenced for hitting and killing two pedestrians with her uninsured car in the Marathon area last month, a magistrate ordered yesterday.
Doctors press on with strike ballot
DESPITE “amicable” talks with Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, who agreed to address their concerns, the Consultant Physicians Staff Association will conduct a strike vote today.
Nygard launches lawsuit over home seizure
PETER Nygard is seeking damages from the government, claiming in writs filed in the Supreme Court this week that his constitutional rights have been breached and his property, Nygard Cay, has been wrongfully seized by the country’s provost marshal.
EDITORIAL: Why powers must be separated
TO many foreign observers, the ugly spectacle of the current US Senate nomination hearings for the Supreme Court being shamelessly politicised yet again makes a mockery of America’s democracy.
Beware of special interests
The following is an open letter to the Hon Dionisio D’Aguilar, Minister of Tourism on the Lighthouse Point Beach matter.
Sands should go
While it is becoming an increasingly trite and depressing exercise to judge which of the members of this government is least competent, Duane Sands continues to exert every effort to claim the prize.
Jesus stands at the door!
With all the social and economic dilemmas that are going on in the Bahamas it’s imperative to consider a clarion call.We profess to be a Christian nation, but our actions emphatically suggest otherwise. A robust population of over 390,000 and our cou
Marijuana stash found
DRUG Enforcement Unit officers discovered a quantity dangerous drugs hidden in bushes in the Hawksbill Subdivision, a senior police official reported yesterday.Assistant Supt Terecita Pinder reported that DEU officers, acting on information, went to
A COMIC'S VIEW: Our Prime Minister, King of the Selfies
OUR Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis craftily, and without providing details, on the actual cost of his recent trip to the United Nations’ 73rd General Assembly, did manage to get some awesome “selfies”. Minnis did, however, table in Parliament a lis
Minnis: McAlpine wants GB to suffer
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis criticised Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine for the latter’s criticism of the government’s purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort, accusing Mr McAlpine of wanting the island to “suffer”.His comments came during a town hal
Ayanna leads people to God with new 'So Incredible' album
An intimate setting which facilitated an “unbridled worship experience” was what Ayanna Clarke envisioned for her album release concert at the Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries last Friday.And her vision became reality.Those who attended the eve
