Grandmother’s attacker ‘barefoot and on drugs’
POLICE believe the man suspected of raping and killing 72-year-old Vernencha Butler was under the influence of drugs and have retrieved surveillance footage showing him roaming the area“barefoot” before allegedly entering the home.
Police: Adriel’s killer a patient at Sandilands
A KNOWN patient of Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre is the suspect in the brutal sexual assault and murder of 12-year-old Adriel Moxey, with Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander suggesting the man’s mental state could complicate efforts to interview him.
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PETER YOUNG: Israeli leaders threatened with arrest
The International Criminal Court in The Hague dropped a bombshell last week.
Airport anticipates drop in holiday passenger numbers
LYNDEN Pindling International Airport (LPIA) officials anticipate that passenger numbers this holiday season may fall slightly short of last year’s record-breaking figures.
Baark holds clinics across Eleuthera
Baark (Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness) has once again made a monumental impact on animal welfare in The Bahamas by hosting four MASH (Mobile Animal Sterilisation Hospital) clinics across Eleuthera between October 11 and November 17.
Women United: Raise penalty for false claims of sexual assault
WOMEN United, a women’s advocacy group, has called for increased penalties for those found guilty of making false reports of sexual assault.
Woman fined for attack on two police officers
A WOMAN was fined $1,400 yesterday after admitting to attacking two police officers while in custody last week.
‘I’m afraid for my life’ says man who broke bail 23 times
A MAN awaiting trial for attempted murder claimed his life was in danger yesterday after admitting to breaching his bail 23 times in the last three months.
Four years in jail for serial burglar
A MAN was sentenced to four and a half years in prison yesterday after admitting to stealing thousands of dollars worth of property during a spree of housebreakings in the last four months.
$3,000 fine for man after marijuana found
A MAN was fined $3,000 yesterday after admitting to having $1,150 worth of marijuana in his car last weekend.
NAD: Traveller volumes to ‘slightly trail’ record 2023
Lynden Pindling International Airport’s (LPIA) operator yesterday disclosed that passenger numbers for the 2024 holiday season may “slightly trail” last year’s record performance.
Bahamas First’s ratings upheld by top assessor
Bahamas First and its subsidiaries have seen their creditworthiness and financial strength reaffirmed by the global insurance industry’s top rating agency despite recent “challenges” to operational performance.
USA beats The Bahamas 97-74
The Bahamas men’s national basketball team suffered a 97-74 loss to the United States of America in their second straight game in the second window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Qualifier.
‘Coach Yo’ and Lady Rebels top Boston College 92-55
THE University of Mississippi Lady Rebels, coached by Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin and featuring sophomore Rhema Collins, pulled off a huge win over the Boston College Eagles.
Celebration Key beautified with 5,000 Grand Bahama-sourced trees
Carnival Corporation & plc has announced the completion of phase one of its “Plant a Tree” initiative on Grand Bahama, which saw the sourcing of 5,000 locally-grown saplings that will beautify its new flagship cruise port destination, Celebration Key.
DNA samples sent in murders of grandmother and schoolgirl
POLICE are awaiting results from DNA samples taken in two high-profile homicide cases that have gripped the nation in recent days.
FRONT PORCH: The moral and economic imperative of gaming reform
While many politicians and others continually bemoan structural issues in our economy in areas such as inequality, poverty reduction, education and training, greater equity in the tax code, social development and related matters, few are keen to address a glaring matter of economic injustice.
Global pilot body bids to avert ‘tourism catastrophe’
The world’s largest private pilot body is renewing warnings of “a tourism catastrophe in The Bahamas” over recently-implemented fee increases that have prompted aviators to discuss “boycotting” this nation.
