94 Haitians told not to come back illegally
NEARLY 100 Haitians were granted a conditional discharge yesterday after admitting to entering the country illegally earlier this week. The 94 Haitian migrants — 79 men and 15 women — have been ordered not to return to The Bahamas in the manner they
Man with gun 'planned to hand it in to police'
A MAN has been given a conditional discharge for being caught with a loaded firearm because he planned to “do the right thing” and turn it in to police, but was afraid to do so. On Monday, Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis ordered Vaughn Johnson
Murder victim due to start job
THE day before he was to have started a new job, 28-year-old Justin Davis was shot and killed on Sunday night on Ross Corner.
Cement mixer turned off when worker heard screams
A 38-year-old man’s death inside a cement mixer last year may have resulted from his co-worker inadvertently turning on the machine without knowledge he was inside, jurors heard yesterday. James Wallace, manager of Block World, said he suspects his
Jean Rony files suit - next Privy Council
BAHAMAS-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles has filed his appeal to the Privy Council, arguing to the country’s top court that his constitutional rights were breached notwithstanding purported procedural issues.
Two dead in 'out of control' violence
TWO men are dead following gun violence on two Family Islands this weekend.
$10,000 heroin seized
DRUG Enforcement Unit officers seized more than $10,000 worth of suspected heroin hidden in bushes in Grand Bahama on Friday.According to a police report, shortly after 4pm on Friday, DEU officers, acting on intelligence, went to a dirt road in Lewis
Minnis wants more women to become MPs
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday vowed to assist with more women being elected to office by working with organisations such as the Free National Movement’s Women’s Association.Dr Minnis added more women need to run for the House of Assembly
One dead, another injured in Abaco home shooting
Police in Abaco are investigating after a man was shot dead and another was injured at a home in Marsh Harbour early on Saturday.
Nygard attorney defends recusal motion
AN attorney for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard yesterday defended his client’s recusal motion against claims its ulterior motive was to derail proceedings against him.
Child ‘rape’ victim stays silent
THE teenage girl at the heart of an unlawful sexual intercourse allegation against a police reservist quietly told a court that “nothing” happened between her and Dwayne Decosta in June 2018.
20-year-old's murder was 58th of the year
THE man who was shot dead on Wednesday night in the area of Cowpen Road has been identified as 20-year-old Ashton Smith. He is the country’s 58th murder victim of the year, according to this newspaper’s records. Police said Smith, who celebrated hi
Man cleared over friend's Independence Day shooting
THE Court of Appeal has overturned a man’s manslaughter conviction in connection with the shooting death of his friend on Independence Day 2017.The appellate tribunal of Sir Hartman Longley, Stella Crane-Scott and Milton Evans unanimously set aside D
