03152018 EDITION
Thursday, 15th March, 2018.
Family challenges fatal police shooting
A RELATIVE of a man shot dead by police on February 11 has defended his character, adding family members want justice for his death.
$45m deal signed for Harbour Island resort
THE government signed a heads of agreement yesterday with Michael Wiener, principal of 4M Harbour Island Limited, to develop a $45m world class tourism resort on Harbour Island.
AG – absent officers ‘no great concern’
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday called the absence of two police officers in court proceedings related to the Cabbage Beach access case “difficult to accept but not unusual”.
Fast track justice sends illegals home
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis confirmed yesterday that he sent a magistrate to Inagua on Tuesday to convict and facilitate the deportation more than 200 Haitian migrants who were caught illegally trying to enter the country.
Davis: Minnis should get out of Oban deal
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday there are sufficient incidents of “misrepresentation” concerning the proposed Oban Energies oil refinery for Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to “extract” himself from the situation, adding given the current “cloudiness” of the project the Progressive Liberal Party could not support it.
Bahamas seeks $100m disaster funding facility
The Government is seeking a $100 million ‘contingent’ loan facility that will finance “extraordinary spending” in the wake of hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Hepburn and attorneys accused of trespassing
A Grand Bahama businessman and two Nassau-based attorneys accused of trespassing at a sewage treatment plant in the Lucaya area were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Bahamas National Trust anger at ‘lenient’ turtle killing sentence
THE Bahamas National Trust has joined the chorus of conservationists expressing disappointment over the “lenient” sentencing of three people charged in connection with the possession and killing of an endangered loggerhead turtle.
Retrial for man jailed for sex attack on girl
THE Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial for the son of former Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes, who was previously sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl entrusted to his wife’s care six years ago.
DIANE PHILLIPS: How did the future get here so fast?
There is a phobia for just about everything. Fear of heights, fear of open spaces, fear of looking ridiculous, no just made that up. But the fear I find most relevant to all of us in The Bahamas is something I just learned the name of. It’s called Chronophobia and it is a fear of the future.
Auto show proceeds to aid toddler’s open heart surgery
ALTHOUGH he is only four years old, Ephraim Williams has already braved two open-heart surgeries and three catheterisations.
Gaming operators give $7.1m to help good causes in The Bahamas
GERSHAN Major, CEO of The Bahamas Gaming Operators Association, announced yesterday that the association will allocate $7.1m this year to civic and corporate philanthropy, as part of its statutory requirement.
New airports could cost $70m
TWO multi-million dollar airports are in the works for Exuma and North Eleuthera, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar announced yesterday, adding the new facilities could cost as much as $35m per project.
Death in Wulff Road was not murder
POLICE yesterday denied reports spread on social media which erroneously claimed a man found dead outside of a Wulff Road bar Monday was murdered.
15 years extra prison time for attempted killers
TWO men, previously sentenced to a decade in prison for attempting to murder another man in 2012, yesterday had their prison time increased by 15 years after the Crown successfully appealed their “unduly lenient” sentences.
EDITORIAL: When the going gets tough, run for the hills
WHEN Dr Hubert A Minnis, the novice prime minister, appointed a press secretary, the news was met with a strong positive reaction from media.
Oban are on a fishing expedition
MAY I give the Prime Minister and his cabinet some free advice on trying to get a refinery built.
No airport hotel
VANTAGE-LPIA or NAD, a wholly owned Corporation of the Government of The Bahamas is calling for interested parties with a minimum of ten years in hotel development to indicate their interest in developing an hotel at LPIA for transit passengers and the like.
Police shootings
I wonder why the choice of the Ministry of National Security to learn and be trained to counter police shootings should be somewhere seemingly in the US where so regularly we hear of numerous reports of police shootings certainly with some involving innocent young people.
