Nygard ‘outright bribery’ of PLP
ATTORNEY Fred Smith, QC, has accused Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard of “unadulterated outright bribery” of the Progressive Liberal Party.
Murder trial resumes
TWO of the weapons used by suspects in the double murder and armed robbery of a Deadman’s Reef couple were never recovered by police, the Supreme Court heard Tuesday as the trial of three accused men resumed in Grand Bahama. Although one of the weap
Jean Rony seeks $1m damages
BAHAMAS-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles will seek over $1m in damages from the government over his unlawful arrest, detainment and subsequent deportation to Haiti last year, his lead attorney said yesterday.
Police kill armed man near school playground
POLICE shot and killed another armed assailant near a school playground yesterday, marking the 11th fatal police-involved shooting since November 2017.
Police responding ‘in kind’ to criminal violence
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames dismissed concerns yesterday over a spate of fatal police-involved shootings just hours after another suspect was gunned down.
Missing transcripts delays COB trial
FORMER College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs’ trial over allegations she stole more than $500,000 from the college was adjourned by a week due to the lawyer for the accused not being in possession of the transcripts of a previous sitting.Just
$16,000 of hash oil found
POLICE in Abaco are investigating the discovery of $16,000 worth of suspected hash oil found on a beach. Shortly after 6pm Sunday, police received information of the discovery of a suspicious package along the beach area on Crossing Rock. Officers re
Inquest into Oswald Rolle shooting adjourned
A Coroner’s Court inquest into the police-shooting death of Oswald Rolle has been adjourned to February 26. Rolle was killed on February 12, 2015. Coroner Jeanine Weech-Gomez announced the adjournment yesterday, reading a letter from a lawyer in th
Nightclub killing suspects hunted
ONE man is dead and two others are in hospital after a shooting at a nightclub on Friday night.
‘Dealer’ dies in police gun battle
POLICE shot and killed a man suspected of perpetrating a drug deal after he opened fire on officers attempting to apprehend him just off Cedar Way, near Carmichael Road, yesterday.
Hitchhiker robbed at gunpoint
A MAN has claimed he was robbed at gunpoint after soliciting a ride from a man and woman on Friday. According to police, the man said he asked for a ride with a woman driver and a male passenger of a grey Honda vehicle shortly after 7pm. While on Ya
Law firm fraud: Five charged
A WOMAN supervisor of a local accounting and business firm was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations she made false entries into the records of her workplace to show that five people were collectively entitled to over $280,000 in payments.
Three detainees freed after being held unlawfully
A SUPREME Court judge yesterday ordered the unconditional release of three detainees from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre after ruling they were all “unlawfully detained” by immigration officials between October 2017 and January of this year.Jus
Shot dead outside his own home
A MAN died in hospital after he was found outside a home with gunshot wounds Wednesday night.
US warning after woman attacked at Goodman's Bay
THE US Embassy in Nassau issued a security alert yesterday after an American woman was attacked during an evening jog on West Bay Street.The incident took place near Goodman’s Bay Park shortly after 8pm, according to the embassy, and a later crime re
