Registrar General questioned over properties bought by Gibson between 2019 and 2023
REGISTRAR General Camille Gomez-Jones admitted under cross-examination yesterday that she could not say how Long Island MP Adrian Gibson bought properties between 2019 and 2023.
Govt is unbelievably inefficient
It is mind-bogglingly unbelievable to know how inefficiently gubments operate in this country, especially when it comes to maintenance!
Why rule out personal income tax?
Exactly who do the PLP think it is serving by yet again “ruling out” personal income tax becomes less clear by the day.
On crime we need national unity, Mr PM
An Open Letter to Prime Minister, the Hon Philip Davis:
Building at Kipling Complex in GB soon to be demolished to make way for new UB campus
THE International Building at the Kipling Complex will soon be demolished to begin developing a new University of The Bahamas campus in Grand Bahama.
Man charged with importing gun and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in Eleuthera
A MAN was sent to prison after he was accused of importing more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition into Eleuthera in a 40 ft shipping container last month.
ALICIA WALLACE: It’s easy to blame mother when bad things happen, but not often accurate
IT is easy to blame societal issues on women — mothers in particular. It is easy to blame them on “broken” homes. It is easy to blame them on less commitment to Christianity.
Relatives say 15-year-old that was murdered was ‘mannerly’ and ‘decent’
THE 15-year-old boy murdered on Monday was just taking out the garbage when he was killed, his relatives said yesterday as they grappled with why someone would kill their “mannerly”, “decent nephew”.
Country’s lack of capacity to analyse rape kits criticised
BAHAMAS Crisis Centre Director Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson said for the last 30 years, sufficient capacity to analyse the evidence in rape kits has not existed, resulting in sexually assaulted victims being vigorously interrogated in court to prove their case.
Environmentalist Darville concerned over SpaceX rocket landing agreement
LEADING environmentalist Joe Darville is concerned about government’s first-stage agreement with SpaceX for rocket landings in The Bahamas.
Former MP wanted by police
FORMER Exuma MP and Supreme Court judge Elliot Lockhart is wanted by police accused of fraud by false pretences.
EU blacklist escape blocks double-digit insurance rise
Bahamian households and businesses yesterday escaped potential double-digit increases in insurance costs after this nation secured its removal from the European Union’s (EU) tax blacklist.
Top attorneys battle on Sir Jack’s Butler’s $83k costs
Two leading attorneys are locked in a furious battle over $83,000 in taxed legal costs stemming from court cases involving Sir Jack Hayward’s late Bahamian butler.
$100m Goodman’s Bay penthouse ‘compelling’ amid pneumonia claim
The developer behind the $100m, 14-storey Goodman’s Bay penthouse project last night acknowledged their neighbour’s “passion” and “attachment” but pointed to the 300 construction jobs it will create.
Prince George Wharf vendors to relocate
The head of the Government’s Downtown Revitalisation Unit yesterday said vendors who were asked to vacate Prince George Wharf will be allowed to operate from “alternative locations”.
EU blacklist escape key to ‘new world order survival’
The Bahamas “can only survive in this new world order” through ongoing compliance with global demands, the Attorney General asserted yesterday, as it escaped the European Union’s (EU) tax blacklist.
Man disappears before murder trial leaving family $30k fee
A GRANDMOTHER and a mother must pay $30,000 after the man for whom they stood surety allegedly threw his ankle monitoring bracelet into a well and disappeared months before his murder trial.
Marshal asks court to reject police appeal
THE marshal of the Coroner’s Court asked a Supreme Court judge yesterday to reject police officers’ efforts to appeal last year’s homicide by manslaughter finding in the killing of Azario Major.
Mother and four-year-old son die in three-car crash
A YOUNG mother and her four-year-old son are dead after a three-car collision in Abaco yesterday.
