Man dies in shooting
A man died on Tuesday night after a shooting on Carmichael Road and Bacardi Road.
‘All I want is justice’
THE shooting death of seven-year-old Camron Cooper has devastated his family and shocked the community he called home.
Health Minister leads trip to Switzerland
HEALTH minister Duane Sands led a delegation to the 71st World Health Assembly Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, last month. In a speech on the Assembly floor, Dr Sands drew the meeting’s attention to the connectedness of natural disasters, carbon emis
Ayton: 'I'm the best competitor in this' NBA Draft
Following his pre-draft workout with the Phoenix Suns, Deandre Ayton is confident that he has shown the franchise enough to solidify his position as the top overall pick in this month’s NBA Draft.The Suns hosted Ayton’s first media availability of th
Dean warns of a summer of rain as storm season close
THERE will be an increase in rainfall over the next few months, chief meteorologist Basil Dean said in the wake of yesterday’s thunderstorms.Mr Dean said Wednesday’s rains were triggered by a mid to low-level trough, the effects of which should trigg
Tigers select Fernander in 35th round ofMLB Draft
FOR the second consecutive year, a pitcher was added to the list of Bahamian baseball talent selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.Chavez Fernander was selected by the Detroit Tigers organisation yesterday, in the 35th round with the 1,035th ov
Catastrophic Insurance to cost $3.4m
THE government’s policy from the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility will this year cost taxpayers $3.4m.Finance Minister Peter Turnquest made the announcement yesterday as he told MPs the government also plans to establish a disaster reli
Rapist loses appeal of his conviction
THE COURT of Appeal has dashed a convicted rapist’s hopes of overturning a Supreme Court judge’s decision not to entertain his bid at challenging his life sentence because doing so would have amounted to an “abuse of the process of the court”.Appella
Police car in collision with vehicle at foot of bridge
A POLICE cruiser en route to the prison was involved in an accident with a civilian’s car near Sidney Poitier Bridge on Tuesday evening. The vehicles collided into each other at the intersection of Church Street and East Bay Street at approximately
DIANE PHILLIPS: Memories you can touch
On Sunday, I threw away a Scrabble box that was more than 50 years old. It was hard to do because my parents’ hands had touched it. My mother died in 1965, my father the following year. That Scrabble box was one of the few remaining things I had with a trace of their DNA on it.
Bartender told police that tool was a firearm
A BARTENDER mistaking a wheel wrench for a firearm ultimately led to a police officer fatally shooting the man wielding it inside of a nightclub three years ago, a jury heard yesterday.Ramaeo Andrews, a Jet Ski operator, said one of the G-Spot’s bart
Police probe suspected drowning
Police are investigating the apparent drowning of a man at the government’s dock in Abaco yesterday.ASP Terecita Pinder reported that police received a report shortly after 10am of a body discovered floating in waters in an area near the Sandy Point
Concert in aid of band director
A marching band leader on Grand Bahama who is battling health problems is the beneficiary of a fund-raising all-star gospel concert on Sunday.The One Bahamas Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Youth, Sports, an
Ignorance of Budget Rules and Conventions
For those who have a nodding acquaintance with the rules and conventions of cabinet government as practised in a parliamentary democracy – particularly one like ours which follows the Westminster model – it is quite surprising to see people who ought to know better complaining about how they were blindsided by the increase in the valued added tax (VAT) by Finance Minister Peter Turnquest.
Thank you, Princess Margaret Hospital
OFTEN times, we criticise the administration of PMH, particularly that of the A&E Department. With this in mind, I’ve decided to express my sincere gratitude to the administration publicly.
Budget and web shops
THE government establishes taxes so the government has the right to raise or lower taxes - that is a given. Discrimination, etc, laugh at that.
Rolle warns NIB contributions may rise in future
NATIONAL Insurance Minister Brensil Rolle yesterday suggested officials will have to make a judgement call at some point on whether to increase National Insurance Board contributions as the government struggles to balance a “tremendous” increase in b
Contractors seek VAT 'waiver', six month transition
Bahamian contractors yesterday pledged to seek a “waiver” or six-month transition to 12 percent VAT to prevent those locked into existing contracts from being “wiped out”.Leonard Sands, pictured, the Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president
12% VAT only escape from 'double whammy'
The deputy prime minister yesterday said a 12 percent VAT was the only way to avoid “a double whammy” for the Bahamian people in closing a $400m budget “gap”.KP Turnquest, kicking-off the budget debate in the House of Assembly, said the Government’s
$75m for Over-The-Hill sewerage infrastructure
A project to connect two-thirds of over-the-hill residential dwellings to a centralised sewerage system will cost $74.659m, the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s chair revealed on yesterday.
