US court to rule today on Carnival ‘violations’
A LOCAL environmentalist is working to be identified as a victim in ongoing pollution proceedings against Carnival Corporation in a US court.
Man killed in drive-by shooting
A MAN is dead after he was wounded during a drive-by shooting Thursday night.
Police quiz school official after beating complaint
A SAINT Augustine College school official was questioned and later released by police in connection with a complaint over the beating of a seventh grade student last week.
Armed thief steals car
POLICE are looking for a car thief who robbed a woman outside a Garden Hills home on Friday night.
Murder sentence upheld by Court of Appeal
A man’s half-century sentence for murdering another man as he was dancing with his girlfriend in a sports bar in Grand Bahama five years ago has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Two in court on attempted murder charges
Two Freeport residents were arraigned on attempted murder charges on Friday in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate's Court.
Six ordered to pay back $30,000
FIVE women and a man were ordered to pay back the $30,000 they collectively defrauded a local lending institution out of two years ago by using fake Department of Education employment letters.
Arresting Jamaican woman was a 'national security matter', officer tells court
ARRESTING a Jamaican woman who was allegedly raped by a senior immigration officer five years ago was directly related to “the sovereignty of The Bahamas”, a senior police officer insisted yesterday.
37-year-old jailed for two years after he admits carrying cocaine
A 37-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to drug related offences.
Ex-banker not told he had breached company policy
PAUL Major, the former First Caribbean International (FCIB) banker fired for his role in collecting and then depositing a cheque into the local account of disgraced FIFA executive Charles Blazer, was not explicitly told by banking executives that he breached company policy at the time of his termination, a Supreme Court Justice heard yesterday.
Now Reckley faces trial over money laundering charges
THE Court of Appeal has ordered former Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley and four others to stand trial over the money laundering charges a magistrate absolved them of earlier this year.
Jean Rony gets his final leave to appeal to Privy Council
BAHAMAS-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles has been granted final leave to petition the Privy Council in a bid to challenge the Court of Appeal’s revocation of a landmark decision concerning his controversial detention and removal from the Bahamas in 2017.
Former banker was not told he was under an internal investigation
A BAHAMIAN banker fired for collecting and days later depositing a cheque into the local First Caribbean International (FCIBC) bank account of disgraced FIFA executive Charles Blazer, was not told by the bank’s attorneys that he was under an internal investigation into the potential wrongdoing when he was contacted and questioned.
Court hears that investigating exotic dancers led to woman's arrest
A POLICE officer yesterday testified how former Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade’s claims of illegal immigrants performing “exotic” acts at a bar set in motion the events that ultimately led to the arrest of a Jamaican woman who alleges she was raped by a senior immigration officer.
Dangerous drugs arrest at international airport
A MAN was arrested at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Tuesday after he was allegedly found in possession of dangerous drugs.
