Privy Council committee to visit at request of govt
THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will be in the country for five days of hearings beginning today.
Search for hit-and-run driver after motorcyclist dies
POLICE in New Providence are searching for a blue Honda that failed to stop at the scene of an accident on Saturday evening which has left a motorcyclist dead.
Man in hospital after Laird Street shooting
POLICE are searching for a male suspect responsible for a shooting that left a man in hospital.
Man charged with West Bay Street murder
A MAN was remanded to prison on Friday after he was arraigned on a charge of murder in the Magistrate’s Court.
Boundaries legal challenge 'doomed to fail'
A GOVERNMENT lawyer argued in the Supreme Court yesterday that the court should reject the request from members of the Official Opposition for leave to begin judicial review proceedings of a parliamentary order on constituency boundaries because the judicial review attempt is doomed to fail even if leave is granted.
Women held after drugs discovery
A woman from Nassau Village is in custody after she was arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport for possession of dangerous drugs on Wednesday, police reported.
‘My horror at becoming victim of attempted robbery’
A BAHAMIAN today told a reporter the horror story of how she and three of her friends were held up on Christmas eve by two men on motorbikes, who tried to get into their car and rob them.
Bail granted to suspect in drug trafficking case
A MAN awaiting trial on a drug trafficking charge was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.
18 months in jail and $3,000 fine for gun possession
A MAN was jailed for 18 months and fined $3,000 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.
UPDATED: Valentine’s Day murder as woman is stabbed
AN Eight Mile Rock woman was fatally stabbed on Valentine’s Day, police in Grand Bahama reported yesterday.
Lockdowns and RBDF ordered on the streets in crime fight
WHILE murders in the country continue to escalate at an alarming pace, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage announced several anti-crime strategies including “lockdowns”, mobile police vans and an armed forces partnership as he admitted the killings are affiliated with people connected to “gangs, drugs and guns”.
Gun smuggling case will go on despite two-year delay in trial
A MAGISTRATE refused a lawyer’s request yesterday for his client to be discharged of gun and ammunition smuggling charges after a near two-year delay in the start of trial.
Six years in jail for man found with 700 rounds of ammunition
A MAN was handed a six-year sentence yesterday for trafficking more than 700 rounds of assorted ammunition into the country.
Police hunt pair over murder
POLICE in New Providence have issued wanted posters for two men they want to question for murder.
Suspect is accused of trying to kill police officers
A MAN appeared in court yesterday accused of attempting to kill two police officers.
