Twins accused of kidnapping woman and fleeing police
A SUPREME Court jury was empanelled yesterday for the trial of twin brothers accused of kidnapping a woman and then pushing her out of a car when intercepted by police.The trial of Desmond and Dominic Pinder, now 29, got underway yesterday moments af
Curfew withdrawn for accused in armed robbery case
A MAN awaiting trial in the Supreme Court on attempted murder and armed robbery charges was yesterday successful in his application to a judge for a variation of his bail conditions in one of the matters. Dwight Lloyd, 24, appeared before Justice Be
Labour Day tragedy - families await answers
MARIO Williams wants to forgive the man whose truck careened down East Street on Labour Day, killing his sister, but first he wants to see the findings of the investigation into the tragedy.
NO GOING BACK: Bethel rejects Smith plea to postpone demolition deadline
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday rejected an appeal for the government to stall shanty town evictions pending looming court action from a group of 200 residents.
Where’s the money to buy Grand Lucayan?
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday questioned how the Minnis administration plans to finance the purchase of the Grand Lucayan hotel if the country is as “broke” as the government maintains.
Hit and run horror suspect arrested
A MAN is in custody assisting police with their investigation into a harrowing hit and run incident that resulted in a man’s death on Robinson Road nearly two weeks ago, according to Chief Superintendent of Police Ken Strachan.
We must not accept shanty towns
THERE are certain matters that are beyond politics. We are a small country of 350,000 people. These islands belong to the Bahamian people. These are beautiful islands. We must protect them.
Govt buying Grand Lucayan?: 'No fear'
Hotel workers “have no fear” over the government’s potential Grand Lucayan acquisition, a union leader yesterday saying it will “never allow” the resort’s closure.Michelle Dorsett, president of the Commonwealth Union of Hotel Services and Allied Work
Not our kind of human
The bulldozers are being fuelled up. Mothers are packing up only the priority children items. The kids play as they have always done, as the kids have played for the last four decades. Nothing will change for these children, until the bulldozers are within earshot. Then they will run alongside their mothers, looking back back to get one last glimpse of the only thing they have ever known as home.
20 arrests in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama police arrested 20 people over the weekend for various offences, including possession of dangerous drugs, among other things. Assistant Superintendent of Police Terecita Pinder said the arrests were the result of assiduous work by offic
Aliv reaches out to help blaze victim
ALIV, as part of its duty to the community, stepped up to the plate to donate funds as well as necessary items which included clothes to 96-year-old Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock resident Doris Smith.Ms Smith is one of Grand Bahama’s oldest inhabitants w
Former PLP Senator Strachan dies
FORMER Senator and Progressive Liberal Party supporter Telator Strachan died yesterday. Strachan, also a past president of the Straw Vendors Association, was remembered as an activist and mentor. “I have learned with deep sadness of the death of ou
Freedom Farm U-12 all set for Cal Ripken Baseball World Series
FREEDOM Farm Baseball League will continue its summer of international competition in the Under-12 division.The team is set to compete in the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series (Major/70) August 3-11 at BallParks of Americas Field in Branson, Missouri.
Rejuvenating the inner-city
A clean-up campaign to give communities in New Providence a facelift continued over the weekend.
EDITORIAL: Lessons to learn from America’s northern neighbour
There are many who feel the United States is the luckiest nation in modern history. Blessed by benign geography, the distractions of European powers during the nation’s infancy, an abundance of natural resources and the geopolitical latitude to stumble often in establishing a workable democracy, the US can hardly deny its good fortune.
Police bullies
AS a Bahamian, I was disgusted and saddened to read that a policeman shot a man’s dog for no reason.
UPDATED: More than 200 cars burned in Strachan’s auto blaze
A FIRE erupted at the Strachan’s Auto compound on Soldier Road late Sunday night where more than 200 cars were said to be ablaze.
Grand Bahama colleagues pay tribute to Neymour
THE death of former Free National Movement Cabinet minister Phenton Neymour - who grew up in Grand Bahama and was the son of well-known local contractor the late Basil Neymour - has left many on the island shocked and saddened. Neymour, who had batt
Two men injured in drive-by shooting
POLICE are investigating a drive-by shooting which left two men in hospital yesterday. According to reports, shortly before 3am four men were in a vehicle at the junction of Wulff Road and Market Street, when a white vehicle pulled beside them. Occup
Water restored at Straw Market
CITY water supply has been restored at the Straw Market in the International Bazaar, according to a spokesperson at the Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited.Kim Miller, public relations and communications officer, said the water was turned back on aro
