Disturbance in court
A MAN was arrested in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he cursed a senior magistrate and punched a police officer in an unprovoked attack.
Honouring women
THE Office of the Spouse of the Prime Minister held a wreath laying ceremony for the “Bahamian Madonna” statue at Prince George Dock yesterday.
Regattas may return this summer
MARINE Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting says he expects several Family Island regattas and festivals will be held this summer once COVID-19 cases remain low in the country.
Pintard urges caution over COVID
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard has urged caution from the Davis administration as it rolls back COVID-19 restrictions, noting the country does not have the same widespread vaccination coverage as larger nations that are also easing measures.
Track hero Davis tells her tale
TWO-TIME Olympic champion Pauline Davis held a book signing at Goodman’s Bay yesterday for her anticipated memoir, Running Sideways.
123 Haitian migrants detained at Cay Sal Bank
ONE hundred and twenty-three Haitian migrants, including children, who were picked up at sea were brought to Grand Bahama yesterday morning.
FNM: Amend the law on marital rape
THE Free National Movement has called on the Davis administration to amend the law to criminalise marital rape.
Edward Turner, husband of former MP dies
EDWARD Turner, the husband of Loretta Butler-Turner, died yesterday.
PM announces relaxation of some COVID-19 restrictions
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced the following relaxations to COVID-19 restrictions in the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning.
‘What exactly is our policy on Ukraine?’
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said he is concerned that Russian vessels that have been denied permission to land in the United States and Canada have gained entry into The Bahamas.
What message are we sending to poachers?
FISHERMEN have been taken aback by the sentences given to four Dominican poachers with some saying the lawbreakers deserved a harsher penalty.
Fares increase ‘on hold’ until summer
TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis says the government is considering allowing taxi and jitney drivers to increase fares in response to rising fuel prices.
ROLLE - STRONG ARM TACTIC MUST CHANGE: Commissioner says he’s working to end ‘us v them’ culture which blights force
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle said yesterday he was in the process of writing material for the force’s manual that focuses on training officers in sensitisation and de-escalation methods.
Officer testifies in drug trial
AN officer gave testimony yesterday in the ongoing drug trial of two men in the Magistrate’s Court.
Video
- Prime Minister Philip Davis predicts his party's return to government in the 2026 general election
- Police car on store premises
- Liquor being sold at a store
- New Providence ahead of the lockdown
- Video of Parliament disruption
- The disruption in Parliament
- Second video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Second video of Bimini BPL blaze
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
