Arnold’s Department Store demolished as Cooper looks to remedy ‘dead after five-O-clock’ downtown
THE Davis administration demolished the old Arnold's Department Store off Elizabeth Avenue on Friday as part of its ongoing campaign to revitalise the downtown area.
Police probe deadly Abaco crash that killed woman and child
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Treasure Cay, Abaco, that claimed the lives of a woman and a young boy yesterday.
Man killed in hit-and-run on Robinson Road
Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run after a pedestrian was struck and killed early yesterday morning on Robinson Road.
Police probe separate weekend incidents: robbery, serious injury and suspicious death
Police are investigating three separate incidents reported over the weekend — an armed robbery in Nassau Village, a serious injury from an altercation on Cowpen Road, and a suspicious death on Cat Island.
OPM pushes back after Tribune reports on fired Bahamasair worker
The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday said the Bahamasair incident reported by The Tribune — involving a cash seizure connected to a March 1 flight to Cap-Haïtien — offers no support for Opposition Leader Michael Pintard’s “bag of passports” allegation.
FNM doubles down on call for Golden Isles Returning Officer’s removal
The Free National Movement issued a second letter to Parliamentary Commissioner Harrison Thompson yesterday outlining what it says are multiple conflicts that make Golden Isles Returning Officer Neil Campbell “wholly unsuitable” to oversee the by-election.
Sandals to convert Emerald Bay into Beaches resort in $100m redevelopment deal
The government has signed a heads of agreement for the more than $100m first-phase redevelopment of the former Sandals Emerald Bay into Sandals Beaches Exuma.
Prison officer accused of stealing $1,130 from bank account
A WOMAN prison officer was accused on Friday of stealing more than $1,000 from a man’s Commonwealth Bank account in 2020.
Bail breach sends murder suspect back to prison
A MAN awaiting trial for the 2021 murder of Deandre Thompson was remanded to prison on Friday after he admitted to breaching his Supreme Court bail.
Teen charged with attempted murder, $21k armed robbery
A 17-year-old boy was remanded to prison on Friday after he was accused of attempting to kill a man in Nassau Village in September and stealing $21,000 during an armed robbery at a Mount Pleasant Avenue business last month.
Jury finds mother and daughter guilty of trying to kill tenants
A JURY on Friday found a mother and daughter guilty of the attempted murders of two of their tenants on unnamed road Fox Hill in 2021.
Man and woman accused of stealing over $50k from a land committee were both granted bail
A MAN and woman were granted bail yesterday after being accused of stealing more than $50,000 from the Tarpum Bay Commonage Land Committee over a four-year period.
Teen takes his love of music and Junkanoo to US college
JUNKANOO made its way to Langston University, a historically Black university (HBCU) in Oklahoma, after 19-year-old Bahamian Sharano Hanna composed a melody for the school’s marching band.
‘Many persons have called me daddy’
PRIME Minister Philip Davis brushed aside calls to push for the removal of Golden Isles Returning Officer Neil Campbell yesterday, declaring: “Many persons have called me daddy.”
Principal says she pretended to be dead to survive violent attack at East GB school
A SCHOOL principal said she believed she would die as she endured a violent attack at McLean’s Town Primary School, describing in court yesterday how she pretended to be dead to survive the June assault.
