Supermarket thieves build trolley ladder to escape
POLICE are investigating the overnight burglary of Super Value Baillou Hill Road, where assailants stacked trollies to escape the store through a hole cut into the roof.A video of the incident’s aftermath went viral across social media yesterday, gar
Senator Moss backs Cooper's call to raise age of consent
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party deputy leader Chester Cooper has drawn support from Free National Movement Senator Jamaal Moss over his desire to raise the age of consent. During his budget contribution on Tuesday, Senator Moss argued the age of consent f
Hunt for armed robber
POLICE are searching for a man responsible for an armed robbery on Wednesday. According to reports, shortly after 9pm a woman was standing outside a residence on Vanria Avenue, Sunset Park when she was approached by an armed man who robbed her of a s
Schizophrenic mother claims demons told her to set fire to young child
A jury yesterday saw graphic photos of the charred body of a one-year-old girl who died from being set afire by her schizophrenic mother who claimed demons told her to do it, a court heard yesterday.At least one juror could be seen fighting back tear
GB youngsters join employment scheme
NEARLY 200 young people on Grand Bahama are participating in the government’s Summer Youth Employment Programme this year. Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe, parliamentary secretary of information and communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, and M
GOVERNOR GENERAL FAREWELL SALUTE & SWEARING IN: Road closures, traffic diversions
On Friday, 28th June 2019 at 10:00 am, the farewell ceremony and swearing in ceremony for the Governor-General will be in Parliament and Rawson Squares and as such there will be road closures as well as traffic diversions to facilitate the proceedings.
Murder conviction quashed because dying man’s words dismissed as weak evidence
A MAN has had his murder conviction overturned after Court of Appeal judges found a dying man’s declaration that the accused had shot him was weak evidence.
We want to work with vendors, says ministry
THE government has reportedly considered partnering with a vendor-backed entity for the development of Potter’s Cay Dock, the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has revealed. In a statement addressing concerns raised by vendor associations
VIDEO: Stacked shopping carts used in store break in
This video from social media shows the aftermath of a break in at a food store involving a hole in the roof, ropes and stacked shopping carts.
I had no power for eight hours, claims one resident
AS many New Providence residents criticised Bahamas Power and Light for load shedding, one man claimed power failures left him without electricity for more than eight hours on Tuesday.
32-year-old accused of murdering Mdeez
SHAMANO Cooper is responsible for murdering Bahamian singer Devon “Mdeez” Knight last week, police have alleged.
US woman dies after shark attack
AN American woman is dead after a shark attack near Rose Island yesterday.
‘Police beat suspects? Ridiculous’
A FORMER police officer’s claim that for decades the Royal Bahamas Police Force has falsified reports, beaten suspects for confessions and sent innocent people to prison was denounced by National Security Minister Marvin Dames and Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson.
BPL union: Blackouts worst it’s ever been
AS key government facilities were among dozens of areas struck by power cuts yesterday, Bahamas Electrical Workers Union president Paul Maynard said the ongoing situation is at its “worst” as he suggested Bahamians needed to protest against this electricity crisis.
Burglar 'was shot after stabbing officer'
A former police reservist yesterday testified how a 33-year-old shop breaking suspect was shot and killed after allegedly stabbing his former partner in the arm almost a decade ago.
