Equality for women sole focus of next referendum
THE next referendum scheduled to take place later this year will only focus on gender equality for Bahamian women, Prime Minister Perry Christie said.
Four nightclubs shut down by police
POLICE shut down four Nassau night clubs over the weekend, targeting those suspected of operating without a valid business licence.
Two found dead with gunshot wounds
FREEPORT – Two men were found shot dead on the island of Abaco over the weekend.
Bank of Bahamas calls in police
POLICE officials will investigate whether there were any breaches in confidentiality at the Bank of the Bahamas.
WOMAN GETS 14 YEARS FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND
MIKIKO Black will spend the next 14 years in Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill after being sentenced yesterday for killing her Defence Force husband.
VIDEO: PSA Chairman denies charges
“NOT GUILTY” was policeman Dwight Smith’s response to a charge of indecent assault during his arraignment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Drugs worth $2m seized by police
FREEPORT – Some $2 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by police during a drug bust in the Holmes Rock area late Wednesday evening.
Greenslade: No crime crisis in Grand Bahama
FREEPORT – Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said statistics show that crime in Grand Bahama went down in 2013, and there is no crisis on the island.
Judges provide reasoning behind Nygard case decision
THE proof a judge used to find Billionaire fashion designer Peter Nygard guilty of contempt did not satisfy the standard of clear evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, it was decided yesterday.
VIDEO: Police Staff Association chairman at court
Police Staff Association chairman Dwight Smith pleaded not guilty.
Man jailed for three years for housebreaking and drugs
FREEPORT – A 28-year-old Freeport man convicted of housebreaking, stealing, and drug possession was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill.
Commissioner would back return of death penalty
POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday he does not support a national curfew, but would back a return of the death penalty if the public supports it.
7% increase in murders but violent crime reported to be down in 2013
DESPITE a seven per cent increase in murder from 2012 compared to 2013, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday serious crimes in the Bahamas have decreased by four per cent during the same time period.
Privy Council quashes 25-year sentence in manslaughter case
A MAN is expected to be resentenced for manslaughter in a month’s time having won his appeal to the Privy Council to squash a 25-year-old year prison sentence for the throat-slashing killing of a 19-year-old woman.
OPBAT operations bring in huge hall of drugs
POLICE yesterday reported that during 2013, they took part in 11 successful OPBAT operations resulting in 680 pounds of cocaine and 13,009 pounds of marijuana being seized for the year.
