Sentencing delay for Nygard as lawyers busy
THE sentencing of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard on contempt charges was delayed again yesterday, with his attorneys being granted an adjournment due to a scheduling conflict.
Hunt for armed robbers
POLICE on New Providence are seeking assistance in identifying and locating the men responsible for two armed robberies which occurred overnight.
Sorted - new post office finally delivered
THE General Post Office was officially opened yesterday during a ceremony held at its new Town Centre Mall location.
Offices close in NIB row
SIGNIFICANT line and managerial staff absences forced the National Insurance Board to activate its emergency contingency plan, which featured the closure of both its Wulff Road and Fox Hill offices.
Foulkes went against advice to okay strike
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes is facing questions for giving the Water & Sewerage Management Union (WSMU) a strike certificate despite the union’s irregularities.
Wife of reservist who shot would-be robber: It's very scary, it's escalating
FEARS over escalating gun violence persist in the Fox Hill community, according to the wife of an off-duty reservist who shot and killed an alleged robber who acted “in a threatening manner” early yesterday morning.
Suspected car thief shot dead by off-duty police reserve
AN off duty reservist shot and killed a suspected car thief early yesterday morning, according to police.
Bayley keeps his promise to Feeding Network
On a sunny afternoon in November, Royal Caribbean International president & CEO Michael Bayley stood in the AquaTheater of Symphony of The Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world as it made its inaugural visit to Nassau, and before an audience of hundreds including volunteers from one of the destination’s most challenged communities made a promise – to fund all the food needed by the Bahamas Feeding Network in 2019.
It's time for the police to stop investigating the police - Davis
OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has said the killing of three people by police on Friday and the competing narratives about what led to it are “troubling”.
'Gun epidemic closely tied to drugs trade'
OF THE 762 murders in the country since 2012, 629 of these have been as a result of gun violence, National Security Minister Marvin Dames revealed yesterday. So far this year, he said, there have been 31 murders, but 87 percent of these or 27 involved firearms. Between 2012 and 2018, approximately 602 or 82.4 percent of the 731 homicides involved guns, he also said.
Body camera deal nearly done
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said contracts should be signed soon with the approved vendor to provide body cameras for law enforcement agencies.
Ex-banker charged with unlawful sex with boy, 14, to stand trial in 2020
A FORMER banker accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy will stand trial in April of next year, a Supreme Court judge has said. Paul Lewis, 37, of Yamacraw Shores, was given the dates of April 6 through 10, 2020, for trial by Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson yesterday.
Man, 43, faces separate charges of murder and attempted murder
A New Providence man was charged with murder and attempted murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two separate shooting incidents in Grand Bahama.
Time to clean up: Residents fed up with garbage outside their back door
RESIDENTS of Millennium Gardens have complained about mounds of unsightly trash left indiscriminately in their area and are calling on the government to intervene to remove the “eyesores” from the area.
Victim dies of multiple gunshots
POLICE on Grand Bahama have recorded another homicide after a man was shot dead early yesterday at a known crime hotspot in Freeport.
