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Suspect accused of beating victim with a metal pipe

A 35-year-old man, accused of assaulting a man with a metal pipe last week, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Suspect accused of beating victim with a metal pipe

A 35-year-old man, accused of assaulting a man with a metal pipe last week, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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‘When will we be told about probe into seabed damage?’

ENVIRONMENTAL activists are still awaiting results of an investigation by a government-appointed task force into alleged seabed damage by cruise ships.

American escapes unhurt from Mayaguana plane crash

AN American man escaped injury after his plane crashed in Mayaguana on Saturday.

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27 customers cited for breach

A GROUP of people were cited over the weekend for breaching Emergency Orders.

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PM: Cabinet 'deliberating' on how to handle Turnquest fraud allegations

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said on Monday that Cabinet is "deliberating" over how it will handle fraud allegations against Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest.

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PLP increase calls for Deputy PM's resignation

PRESSURE mounted from PLPs yesterday who demanded answers from government and the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest over damaging fraud allegations.

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Numbers down - but we must stay alert

AMID a decline of positive COVID-19 cases in the country, a local infectious disease expert said it appears The Bahamas has flattened the curve in the second COVID-19 wave, but warned residents must still not let their guards down as “things can still change”.

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Dr Timothy McCartney dies from COVID virus

THE psychiatric community is mourning the loss of Dr Timothy McCartney, who died yesterday in Florida from COVID-19. He was 87 years old.

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DOUBLE HOMICIDE: Mother recalls finding daughter dead in parked car

THE mother of a woman killed in a double homicide on Saturday has recalled the horrific moment when she discovered her dead daughter as “cold as ice” inside of a parked car on Ida Street.

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Turnquest - will he ride this out?

THE deputy prime minister was “praying to God” that allegations connecting him to unproven claims of tax fraud and a worker’s wrongful dismissal would never emerge in The Bahamas.

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Bodies of man and woman found in car

Police are treating the deaths of a man and woman, whose bodies were found in a car on Saturday morning, as murder.

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Davis calls for Turnquest to resign over fraud allegations

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip "Brave" Davis has called for Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest to resign over allegations of a $27m fraud.

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Man accused of knife assault remanded to prison

A 47-year-old man accused of assaulting a woman with a knife was remanded to prison on Friday.

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Woman ordered to reimburse store she stole from

A 41-year-old woman who stole over $200 worth of food items from Super Value last week was ordered to reimburse the store or risk spending two months at the Bahamas Department of Corrections.