Businessman one of three victims killed over weekend
A WEST Bay Street business owner was shot dead just outside his establishment early yesterday morning, marking the 51st murder for the year and the third over the weekend, according to The Tribune’s records.
Women robbed in carjackings
TWO women were robbed during separate carjacking incidents in New Providence.The latest incident occurred yesterday morning. Police said shortly after 2am on Sunday, a woman was driving her Nissan X-Trail on Geranium Avenue in Garden Hills #1 when a
Two jailed for firearm offences
TWO men who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court in Grand Bahama to possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition in separate matters will serve three and five years in prison.Eric Culmer, 19, of Bass Lane, Freeport, appeared in Freeport Magist
Two men shot dead in separate incidents
Two men are dead after shootings on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning.
Man shot dead on Crooked Island Street
A man died after a shooting on Crooked Island Street early on Saturday morning.
Dr Sands ‘approved $1.9m contract for Barbara Hanna company’
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands approved a contract estimated at $1.9m for Barbara Hanna's Magic Touch cleaning company, less than three months after criminal charges were brought against former PLP Senator Frank Smith, according to testimony heard in court on Friday.
Woman robbed a gunpoint
A WOMAN was robbed at gunpoint after she was forced to stop her car in the Carmichael Road area Thursday night.
Man stabbed in Eight Mile Rock
A 23-year-old man, a resident of West End, is in hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing incident in Eight Mile Rock, police reported.
Judge delays his URCA case ruling
A Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on whether the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority was right to find that ZSR Sports Radio’s operator is not the true holder of the 103.5 FM radio licence.The Tribune understands that Justice
Shooting of man carrying shotgun was lawful
THE fatal shooting of a 23-year-old mental patient by an assistant commissioner of police and another senior officer two years ago was a lawful killing, jurors decided yesterday.The jury found that Assistant Commissioner of Police Kendal Strachan and
Sands may testify in Smith trial
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands may be called to testify in a Magistrate’s Court hearing into former PLP Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial, it was revealed yesterday.It was also revealed that lawyers for the accused were just served mi
Calls made from Frank Smith’s phone when he was in custody
JUST over 30 calls were made by former PLP Senator Frank Smith’s cell phone to the virtual complainant in his bribery and extortion trial, but during the time the former was in police custody over the allegations.
man in hospital after shooting
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot yesterday morning during an argument with another man in the Cowpen Road area.Police said shortly after 8am, the victim was at Martin Close when he got into an argument with another man, who pulled a firearm fro
Two men face court over $160,000 drugs discovery
TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the seizure of over $160,000 worth of drugs in Exuma over the weekend.Cable Beach residents Daymon Brown, 44, and 33-year-old Tony Burrows, stood before Deputy Chief Magistra
UPDATED: Shootings leave three more dead
LESS than 24 hours after National Security Minister Marvin Dames insisted Bahamians have absolutely no reason to feel unsafe, police are appealing to the public for help in solving three more homicides which occurred in less than 24 hours.
