Man given $150 fine for slapping six-year-old boy
A 32-year-old man who claimed he slapped a little boy because he called him a “sissy” and threw a bottle at him was yesterday fined $150.
Man who refused to put out fire is bound to keep the peace
A MAN who refused to extinguish an open fire he started after being instructed to do so by police officers was yesterday bound to keep the peace for six months.
Former PM Hubert Ingraham has COVID-19
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is in Doctors Hospital with COVID-19 but is expected to make a full recovery, according to his personal doctor, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.
Man dead and woman in hospital after shooting
A MAN is dead and a woman is in serious condition in hospital after a shooting on Monday.
Students return - but up to 25 schools still shut
EDUCATION Minister Jeffrey Lloyd said there are approximately 20 to 25 schools on four islands that did not see students return to campus today for face-to-face instruction due to needed repairs.
Cat Cay Yacht Club in ‘self-imposed lockdown’
CAT Cay Yacht Club’s manager says the community is in “self-imposed lockdown” after a spike of COVID-19 cases emerged last week.
Man shot dead by police as car ‘speeds through checkpoint’
A MAN was shot dead last night in a police-involved shooting after reportedly racing through a checkpoint at speed.
Grieving mum begs: Give yourself up
THE mother of Omar “Punch” Penn is calling on the gunman who killed her son “like an animal” to turn himself in to the police.
One-shot rollout likely for vaccines
THE country is expected to receive its first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine by the end of the week, according to Health Minister Renward Wells - and Mr Wells said the government will likely use all doses at once to give 100,000 people their first shot.
‘The FNM is not falling apart’
SEVERAL Cabinet ministers yesterday dismissed speculation that the Minnis administration is “falling apart” following Lanisha Rolle’s resignation, with one MP saying “not everyone is going to make the full five-year term”.
‘LOCK IT DOWN’: Rolle quits after PM ‘shut’ ministry and ordered in auditors
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis ordered a lockdown of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture just days before an internal audit he requested uncovered findings that led to the resignation of Sea Breeze MP Lanisha Rolle, The Tribune can confirm.
UNIVERSITY ACCUSED OF ENDING AGREEMENT
THE Public Managers Union has accused University of Bahamas of abruptly discontinuing a legally binding financial agreement to a segment of the union’s bargaining group.
Guilty of riding around in car with loaded guns
A MAGISTRATE yesterday convicted a man who was caught riding around in a car with two loaded guns.
STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, MAN TOLD AFTER THREAT TO KILL BOAT MATE
A 45-year-old who threatened to kill his boat mate during a drunken argument was yesterday discharged on the agreement that he would stay out of trouble.
MAN DENIES POSSESSION OF GLOCK GUN
A 47-year-old man who denied being in possession of an unlicensed firearm was granted bail ahead of his trial.
