Man accused of stealing cash and phone
A 24-year-old man was charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Man accused of cutlass attack
A 30-year-old man was charged with causing harm in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
75 repatriated to Haiti
SEVENTY-FIVE people were repatriated to Haiti on Friday, the first repatriation of illegal immigrants since March when countries began implementing border closures to prevent spread of COVID-19.
Feeding programme grows to help families on Grand Bahama
AS many as 7,000 families on Grand Bahama struggling with unemployment during COVID-19 have benefited from a local feeding programme that receives a weekly donation from a private charity.
$4m in school reconstruction contracts awarded in Grand Bahama
MORE than $4 million in school reconstruction contracts have been awarded to get public schools in Grand Bahama ready for reopening in September, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd announced this week in Grand Bahama.
Sophie puts her back into helping out a good cause
BAHAMIAN rower Sophie Paine will be racing for a good cause in the MCH.London virtual boat race to raise funds for charity.She will be among Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship and club rowers in teams from Oxford and Cambridge for the virtual ra
'Unfortunate' Hilton did not wait before cutting workforce
AFTER about 30 staff members of the Hilton hotel hit the unemployment line, the country’s director of labour said it is unfortunate that the hotel did not at least give the economy a chance to rebound before letting workers go.Tribune Business report
Senior cops want promotions scrapped
ASSISTANT Commissioners of Police Clayton Fernander and Leamond Deleveaux want the recent appointments of four Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners of the Royal Bahamas Police Force to be rescinded.In a letter this week to Governor Genera
‘We need clarity on Dorian dead’: Sands hits out over handling of missing hurricane victims
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands assailed the Minnis administration’s handling of people who went missing after Hurricane Dorian yesterday, saying the credibility of the government has been hurt by how the matter has been handled.
'We’re not doing enough COVID testing'
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says The Bahamas is not testing nearly enough people for COVID-19 and he does not support re-opening the country’s borders to people not tested for the virus.
Sandals shut until November 1
SANDALS Royal Bahamian will not open to guests until November 1, the resort has announced.
Lorencia: Accused in court
A 24-year-old man was charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday with murdering a man and a 10-year-old girl and attempting to murder another man late last month.
Shooting accused in court
A 25-year-old man was charged yesterday with fatally shooting another man in the Moore Avenue area last week. Kendrick Lundy also known as “Papa” appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt charged with the death of Angelo Lightbourne on
Coral at risk as disease takes grip of The Bahamas
RESEARCHERS have warned that coral is increasingly threatened by a disease that is taking a firmer hold of the nation. Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has been confirmed by the Perry Institute for Marine Science less than three months after
