PM addresses Climate Scientists meeting in Nassau
PRIME Minister Philip Davis urged global climate scientists meeting in The Bahamas yesterday to treat small island states not only as subjects of study, but as partners in shaping the world’s response to a worsening climate crisis.
Sands calls for probe into $34m PPP deal’s ‘drug suspect’ link
The Opposition’s chairman yesterday called for an “immediate” probe into the $34m Eight Mile Rock administration complex deal after it was revealed the contractor appeared to have ties to a drug-accused air crash victim when the contract was signed in 2017.
Rolle calls for Watson to resign from ZNS job
FORMER Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle yesterday said ZNS General Manager Clint Watson’s appointment to the Senate raises serious questions about whether the Davis administration is bending public service rules for political convenience.
FACING REALITY: The destruction of our children destroys the future of our country
There is a monster living among us. It does not hide in dark alleys or wear a stranger’s face.
WORLD VIEW: The OAS faces a moral test in Panama
An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS),
MP: No comment right now, buddy
THE MP said to have chartered the Election Day flight that crashed into the ocean with convicted cocaine smuggler Jonathan “Player” Gardiner aboard, declined to answer questions yesterday, saying only: “No comment right now, buddy.”
Researchers say conch, lobster and grouper stocks overfished
MOST of The Bahamas’ signature seafood stocks are being fished faster than the sea can replace them, with 11 of 12 commercially and culturally important species now classified as overfished in a new study led by Sea Around Us researchers.
Watson, Rahming and former NBA player Fox named to Senate
ZNS General Manager Clint Watson, Director of Communications Latrae Rahming and former NBA player Rick Fox were among the most closely watched appointments to the Senate yesterday, as the new Parliament began taking shape after last week’s general election.
Supreme Court awards $180k to victim of jitney crash
A SUPREME Court judge has awarded nearly $180,000 to a former spa worker who suffered a lasting neck injury after the Golden Rule jitney she was riding in slammed into the back of a car more than 12 years ago.
Man remanded over rape charge
A 29-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of raping the mother of his young daughter in an abandoned building on East Bay Street earlier this month.
Bail denied for man in bar shooting
A 30-year-old man was denied bail after he was accused of trying to kill a man at a Dorsette Alley bar last year — the same man who was accused of fatally stabbing someone at the bar earlier that night.
Suspect gets bail in $34k theft
A MAN accused of stealing $34,673 worth of jewellery during a break-in at a Nassau Village home last year was granted bail yesterday.
Eleuthera man granted $8,500 bail
A MAN accused of threatening someone with a gun in his yard in Commonage, Eleuthera, was granted bail yesterday.
‘There’s no excuse you can give for pulling the country from the competition’
THE withdrawal of the men’s team from the prestigious Davis Cup tie in June in San José, Costa Rica, has drawn grave reviews from former and current Davis Cup players, who feel the decision will only hurt the future of the sport.
Award-winning Dorian documentary heads to Fusion this week
AN award-winning Bahamian documentary exploring the emotional toll of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic will make its local cinema debut at Fusion Superplex this week.
OPM says Bahamas seeking information from US on DEA allegations
The Office of the Prime Minister today announced the government will seek information from American authorities as local law enforcement agencies begin their own inquiries.
US citizen allegedly beat and assaulted girlfriend in Abaco
AN American man allegedly beat, threatened and sexually assaulted his girlfriend in Marsh Harbour, Abaco on Friday.
Air crash drug accused linked to contractor in PPP legal fight
The air crash victim arrested and charged with drug offences by the US authorities appears to have been linked to a Bahamian construction company around the time it secured a $34m public-private partnership (PPP) deal with the Government.
Motorcyclist succumbs to traffic injuries
A 43-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered in a traffic accident on Queen’s Highway in Halls Landing, San Salvador.
INSIGHT: Rescued Bahamian turns out to be a Cocaine Cowboy
THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner’s arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading to his detention after a covert operation spanning at least three years.
