Supreme Court denies bail to pilot accused of LPIA murder
SUPREME Court judge has again refused bail to pilot Donald Ferguson, ruling that the murder and drug trafficking accused presents a sweeping array of dangers, from fleeing the country and committing further offences to threatening witnesses and endangering both the public and himself.
Cooper defends foreign teacher push, says Bahamians get priority
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper yesterday defended the government’s push to recruit potentially hundreds of foreign teachers, insisting Bahamian educators will be given first claim on vacancies as the administration moves to confront a shortage unions have described as urgent.
Duke Strachan smiles again as prison officials deliver puppy
VETERAN Bahamian musician Duke Errol Strachan is smiling again four months after the fatal shooting of his beloved dog ignited national outrage.
‘I feel robbed’: Singer grieves partner killed in North Andros crash
KHREASEL Glinton is grieving not only the loss of her soulmate, Rashad Storr, but the deaths of four fellow Da Pond members she had come to regard as family after last week’s North Andros plane crash.
ALICIA WALLACE: The hidden cost of the cloud - why we must beware AI data centres
It was reported last week that Trinidad and Tobago has signed agreements to allow U.S. companies to set up data centers on its land.
Fatal Andros plane hit trees while preparing to land
THE Independence Day plane crash that killed ten people near San Andros Airport ranks among the country’s worst aviation disasters in recent history, investigators said yesterday as they revealed that the aircraft struck trees while apparently configured to land before plunging into a wooded area and erupting in flames.
Nygard convicted of assault after using Bahamas as lure
FORMER fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been convicted of sexually assaulting and forcibly confining an 18-year-old aspiring model after luring her to his Montreal penthouse with promises of advancing her career and offering her a life of luxury in The Bahamas.
Minister unsure why Flamingo Air not suspended sooner
ENERGY, Utilities and Aviation Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis yesterday said she could not explain why Flamingo Air's Air Operator Certificate was not suspended sooner despite the airline's history of at least 14 publicly documented accidents and safety incidents over the past two decades, saying she would have to seek further information from the Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAB).
Family say shooting victim was bystander
THE family of 33-year-old Delano Miller believes he was an innocent bystander caught in a barrage of gunfire that tore through Bain Town on Independence Day, killing him and another man and wounding three women.
Family of hit-and-run victim demands police check cameras
THE family of hit-and-run victim Ryan Basden demanded yesterday that police secure and review surveillance footage from the area where he was struck, insisting that cameras could identify the driver who sped away and left the 43-year-old father of six dying in the street.
Dad allegedly killed by suspect on bail
JUST weeks before he was expected to testify against a man accused of robbing him, businessman James McPhee was allegedly killed by the same suspect in a deadly hit-and-run, according to his family.
FACING REALITY: Lawlessness holding us hostage
THERE is a dangerous disease spreading through Bahamian society, and it’s not one that can be cured with medicine.
Caterpillar dealer’s ‘financial ruin’ fear on $1.3m VAT liability tossed
Warnings by the Bahamas-based dealer for Caterpillar construction equipment that it faces “financial ruin” if forced to immediately pay a $1.276m disputed VAT liability yesterday failed to impress the Supreme Court.
Consumer unease on Starlink $1,000 ‘demand surcharge’
Bahamian regulators yesterday declined to state where they stand on the $1,000 one-time “demand” or congestion charge that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet and communications provider is levying on many New Providence subscribers.
Ex-minister: Aviation never ‘cracked the nut’ on pilot hacking
A former Bahamian aviation minister yesterday revealed he never felt industry regulators had “cracked the nut” in preventing and deterring unauthorised commercial flights by pilots commonly known as ‘hackers’.
$500m cornerstone triggers Nassau generation reforms
A $500m liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal project was yesterday hailed as the cornerstone of The Bahamas’ energy reforms through its ability to deliver lower costs, improved energy reliability and a cleaner baseload fuel source for New Providence.
‘Bahamians don’t feel what Gov’t is selling’
The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday asserted that “what the Government is selling does not match what the Bahamian public are feeling” in relation to the projected $223m Budget surplus for the current 2026-2027 fiscal and optimistic economic outlook.
Davis promises lower bills at LNG terminal groundbreaking
GROUND was broken yesterday for the New Providence Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal at Clifton Pier, marking what the government says is a major step in modernising The Bahamas' electricity sector, improving power reliability and reducing long-term energy costs.
Teachers’ unions split over plan to hire 300 Ghanaians
THE Bahamas Educators, Counsellors and Allied Workers Union has broken with the Bahamas Union of Teachers over plans to recruit up to 300 Ghanaian teachers, embracing the initiative as a necessary response to crippling staff shortages while warning against claims that Bahamian educators are being pushed aside.
