Man and woman allegedly found with a loaded gun granted $7,500 bail
A MAN and woman were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with a loaded gun and a large quantity of ammunition at a residence in Nassau Village last week.
Man accused of fatal stabbing of father must receive medication for sickle cell anemia
A 26-YEAR-OLD American man suffering from sickle cell anaemia must receive medical attention in prison after he was remanded over the weekend for the year’s first murder.
WORLD VIEW: Smallness and separateness is not an effective strategy
AS we stand at the threshold of 2024, gazing upon the dawn of a new year with uncertainty, the time has come for a profound reflection on the trajectory of the 15 Caribbean nations constituting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Teenage girl shot dead as gunmen open fire on home
SIXTEEN-year-old Davinique Gray was murdered on Saturday, two years after her father was murdered and one day after what would have been his birthday.
INSIGHT: The question of accountability
HAPPY New Year, readers. The ways in which the Christmas holidays fell means it’s been some weeks since my last column – and there certainly has been a lot that has gone on since then.
Pintard says Mitchell’s comments let ‘the cat out of the bag’ on govt view of FOIA
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell’s dismissive comments about the Freedom of Information Act are “incredibly sad” and let “the cat out of the bag” about how the Davis administration feels about a system whose implementation has been slow for more than a decade.
EDITORIAL: Leave no stone unturned to end violence
THE fight against crime should not need to be a partisan matter. Reducing the number of murders in particular should be a goal that we all strive towards together.
Former pageant winners want governing organisation investigated
FORMER Miss Bahamas Universe winners want a “formal investigation” into the organisation governing the pageant, citing concerns about mismanagement and lack of accountability.
FTX US chief feared $9bn Bahamas ‘risk’
FTX’s US chief has admitted he feared a “risk” that the crypto exchange’s Bahamian liquidators “could be awarded material” sums on their $9bn-plus claim if he failed to settle their dispute.
200 jobs through Ocean Club’s $400m expansion
The Ocean Club’s upcoming $400m expansion will create 200 full-time jobs once the development is fully completed in 2027, the project’s partners have revealed.
FTX real estate sell-off can’t cover $256m debt
The sell-off of FTX’s high-end properties “will not be sufficient” to fully repay the $256.3m debt owed to the crypto exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary, it has been asserted.
'We didn't hit $1bn, but we did very well'
The Bahamian high-end real estate market will "do at least as good as 2023 if not better" in 2024, as one major realtor said of last year: "We didn't do $1bn in sales but we did very well."
Passengers of Western Air have scare on Grand Bahama flight
TERRIFIED Western Air passengers prayed and braced for impact on Saturday as their plane made an emergency landing.
Andros upset over road repair delays
CAPTAIN Leslie Johnson spent $760 to replace control arms on his car after the jeep fell into holes on South Andros’ bad roads. His wife’s car –– just purchased on Friday –– began squeaking and had to be taken to a mechanic. Brandon Miller, meanwhile, is planning to replace his car tyres two weeks after getting new ones.
One man dead as 36 cases of COVID-19 reported in six weeks
CASES of COVID-19 are on the rise in New Providence and Grand Bahama, with one man dying.
After 16-year-old girl killed as house riddled with bullets, PM asks: PRAY FOR END TO VIOLENCE
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he was saddened and shocked by recent murders in the country.
Fidelity defends ‘nominal’ in-person service charge
Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) is defending its imposition of a fee for in-person services by describing the sum involved as “nominal” and pointing out it is the last bank to levy such a charge.
Mullings soars to new record
AFTER spending the past year working on his technique in a new location, former national decathlon record holder Ken Mullings decided to go back to Urbana, Illinois, to continue his training in his attempt to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in July in Paris, France.
Next stop Europe on the road to the Olympics
IN his bid to attempt to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, judoka Andrew Munnings is planning on taking his training base to Europe over the next four months.
