‘HE DESERVES MORE’: Kenyan awarded $640k for six years of illegal detention seeks higher compensation
KENYAN native Douglas Ngumi is challenging a Supreme Court ruling that awarded him over $640,000 in damages for his unlawful arrest, detention and inhumane treatment at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, arguing more compensation is needed for the wrongs committed against him.
Teenager charged with rape and armed robbery
A THIRD teenager was charged yesterday with the rape and armed robbery of a 47-year-old woman.
Witness tells court that suspect visited his nightclub
A RETIRED petty officer yesterday testified how Able Seaman Jevon Seymour stopped by his nightclub on the morning Petty Officer Percival Perpall was shot dead at Government House.
‘Citizenship to stay same until Privy Council ruling’
FORMER Attorney General Sean McWeeney says despite the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on citizenship, the status quo will prevail until the Privy Council has ruled on the matter.
Dames: I don’t know when prisoners will receive vaccinations
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames admitted yesterday he did not know when the vaccine roll out would take place at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, but gave good news regarding low numbers of infections at an armed force agency.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: McAfee antivirus software creator dead in Spanish prison
MADRID (AP) — John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software who last year claimed he had bribed a Bahamian officer, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Kwasi Thompson: Hard decision to increase debt to fund assistance
FINANCE State Minister Kwasi Thompson said the government made the “hard” decision to increase the country’s national debt over the short term in order to fund the assistance programmes needed to keep people afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commodore: We’re more ready than ever for hurricane season
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force, having received a quantity of new equipment, is prepared more than ever before to take on the hurricane season, according to Commodore Raymond King.
$6m gift to keep our waters safe
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force received vessels and other gifts from the United States yesterday, collectively valued at just under $6m as a part of a continuing partnership to keep our waters safe.
‘Officer’s murder was nothing to do with me’
ABLE Seaman Jevon Seymour denied threatening to shoot Petty Officer Percival Perpall after the marine refused to let him use the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s satellite phone to call his girlfriend while they were deployed on Ragged Island.
August target for end of restrictions
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel said the Minnis administration wants to remove the COVID-19 emergency restrictions by August but that doing so will depend on infection rates and the behaviour of residents.
Light at the end of the tunnel
THE Court of Appeal’s affirmation of an historic Supreme Court ruling on citizenship rights means there is light at the end of the tunnel for some residents who have long sought to be recognised as citizens of The Bahamas and to benefit from that recognition, one of five plaintiffs in the matter said yesterday.
FINAL JUSTICE FOR BREANNA: Women jailed for 28 years after young mum slain over a cellphone
THE remaining two women convicted of murdering teenage mother Breanna Mackey over three years ago were sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Supreme Court judge yesterday.
Tax reform study results ‘by the end of the year’
THE government’s “in-depth” study on tax reform should have produced preliminary results by the end of the year, Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson said yesterday.
‘Prospects bright for Grand Bahama’
KWASI Thompson, State Minister for Grand Bahama, said the prospects are bright for Grand Bahama and he believes Royal Caribbean International’s home porting initiative is a tremendous “game-changer” for the island.
