PM: The real work starts tomorrow
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s Darron Pickstock defeated Free National Movement's Brian Brown in yesterday’s by-election, energising the Davis administration in a race some viewed as a referendum on its performance near the end of its term.
Two Bahamians charged in US ‘take back America’ citizenship fraud crackdown
TWO Bahamians were indicted in separate US federal districts last week on charges linked to passport fraud and false claims of American citizenship, according to statements from prosecutors in Pennsylvania and Florida.
Travel agent charged with stealing found unresponsive in holding cell
FORMER Grand Bahama travel agent Eunice Morris — who was arrested and charged after 15 years on the run — is in serious condition in hospital after she was found unresponsive in custody following her court arraignment last Friday.
Privy Council dismisses final appeal for man convicted in 2012 Long Island bank raid
THE Privy Council has dismissed the final appeal of Deon Antonio Watson, shutting the door on a decade-long challenge to his convictions from the violent 2012 robbery of Scotia Bank in Stella Maris.
Suspect remanded to prison over fatal stabbing of Elvardo Munroe in Yellow Elder
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday over his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of Elvardo Munroe in Yellow Elder Gardens last month.
Teen testifies 41-year-old man tried to pay him for sexual act
A 15-year-old boy testified yesterday that a 41-year-old man offered to pay him to watch him ejaculate at a gas station on Baillou Hill Road last year.
Man hospitalised after stabbing incident on Baillou Hill Road
A 43-year-old man was hospitalised early yesterday morning after being stabbed during a verbal argument with another man.
Two Texas men planned to capture a small Haitian island and enslave women and children as sex slaves
Two twisted young Texans allegedly planned to invade a small Haitian island with an army of homeless people in a sick plot to kill all the local men so they could enslave the women and kids as “their sex slaves,” according to US federal prosecutors.
‘Long journey to healing’ for boy who spent eighth birthday in ICU after dog mauling
THIS is the scarred face of the eight-year-old boy ferociously attacked by a pit bull at the rear of his father’s restaurant earlier this month.
Jobless numbers fall: Rate down to 9.3% as nearly 4,000 find work
THE country’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2025, according to preliminary labour force survey results released by the Bahamas National Statistical Institute (BNSI).
Ingraham breaks with FNM over Returning Officer row
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham broke with his party on Friday and said Returning Officer Neil Campbell should remain in place for today’s Golden Isles by-election.
Father of one struck by two cars in fatal Robinson Road Hit-and-Run
A MAN who spent his life navigating instability and working two jobs to stay ahead was killed in a hit-and-run on Saturday, adding another blow to a family already hit by repeated tragedy this year.
US driver ‘forgot’ road rules in head-on crash that killed two
A PRE-DAWN school run in North Abaco ended in devastating loss on Friday when a head-on collision killed Monique Williams, a veteran pre-school teacher, and her 13-year-old nephew, Terrance Williams, shattering a tight-knit family and sending shockwaves through Treasure Cay.
Ex-PM: ‘March election’ if PLP wins
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has predicted that the Progressive Liberal Party will call an early general election if it wins today’s Golden Isles by-election, using Friday’s Free National Movement rally to raise the stakes around a vote both major parties are treating as a key political test.
Three Abaco suspects charged over looting of stranded container barge
THREE Abaco men were granted bail on Friday after denying any involvement in the looting of a container barge that ran aground off the island earlier this month.
