Minister says murder down 24 per cent
MURDERS are down 24 per cent this year compared to the same point in 2011, Minister of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday.
Bail denied for murder suspect
FREEPORT – Ronald Osias was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
US boaters are held after firearm is discovered
FREEPORT – Three American boaters were detained off Bimini after authorities confiscated a firearm and ammunition.
Paedophile appears in court to appeal conviction
FORMER teacher and convicted paedophile Andre Birbal appeared in the Court of Appeal yesterday morning in an effort to have the January 2011 ruling of having unnatural sex with two juvenile boys reversed.
Boys injured in shooting
TWO teenage boys are fighting for their lives in hospital after being shot late Monday night.
Colombian jailed for year over jewel store fraud
A Colombian man was sentenced to spend a year at Her Majesty’s Prison and fined more than $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to defrauding two high-end jewellery stores of more than $47,000 worth of goods.
$12,000 raid on centre
A COMMUNITY centre operated by an Urban Renewal Co-Chairperson was ransacked by thieves who made off with $12,000 worth of equipment.
Three accused over jewel fraud
THREE Colombians accused of conspiring to defraud two high-end jewellery stores of more than $47,000 worth of goods return to Magistrates Court today.
Two charged over series of house break-ins
POLICE charged two men in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a string of house break-ins where more than $17,000 in cash, jewellery and electronics were stolen.
Domestic violence ‘is growing’
POLICE have warned there are signs that the country’s domestic violence problem is growing.
Cash for Gold police raid
POLICE are agitating for legislation to curb the rise in gold and silver theft, after thousands of dollars worth of jewellery was recovered from several cash for Gold businesses over the weekend.
Muslim's RBDF court fight
A FORMER Defence Force officer, who converted to Islam nearly two decades ago, is suing the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for allegedly breaching his freedom of religion.
BREAKING: Apparent suicide at Arawak Cay
Police are investigating what appears to be a suicide at Arawak Cay.
Weekend of violence
A WEEKEND of violence and bloodshed left one woman dead after her throat was slit in a domestic dispute, and four men injured in two separate shootings.
Woman killed 'after altercation'
Reports reached The Tribune late Friday night that a woman was killed in a house on St Charles Vincent Street off Cordeaux Avenue
