'Carnival cruise lines owes us compensation as well as apology'
THE Coalition to Save Clifton said Carnival Corporation “owes” the country financial compensation in an addition to an apology for dumping treated sewage and food waste in Bahamian waters.
Taxi drivers will take drastic action if issues ignored, warns union boss
KWASI Thompson, State Minister for Grand Bahama, said the government remains committed to working with the Grand Bahama Taxi Union, revealing that an increase in the taxi rate for cab drivers on the island has been approved and should take full effect next month.
Six bus shelters to be built on Long Island
LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson announced this week that he has signed off on the construction of six bus shelters for his constituency.
THE MARIJUANA QUESTION: Cooper sparks debate, but public divided over how law could change
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper called last week for the legalisation of medical marijuana along with the decriminalisation of small amounts of its recreational use.
Teenager helping police over school bullying allegations
A TEENAGE boy from Grand Bahama is assisting police with an investigation into an incident of alleged school bullying that was captured on cell phone video.
Trio deny planning to sell marijuana worth over $1m
THREE Bahamian men between the ages of 35 and 50 yesterday denied being caught off South Andros last week with over $1m worth of marijuana they intended to supply to others.
Woman and teen charged with murdering father-of-five
A 32-year-old woman charged with murdering a 34-year-old father-of-five yesterday complained of inhumane and degrading treatment while in police custody awaiting her arraignment for the crime.
Task force to look into government house security
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames announced yesterday the appointment of a “review committee” tasked with investigating the security issues related to the shooting death of Petty Officer Percival Philip Perpall at Government House on April 28.
UPDATED: Two shot dead at Potter's Cay Dock, two more deaths hours later
Police are investigating after four men were killed in two separate shooting incidents, hours apart.
Davis declares: Make weed legal – And PLP leader wants criminal records erased
OPPOSITION leader Philip Davis has confirmed his support for the decriminalisation of recreational marijuana as well as the immediate expunction of the records of those who have been convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug.
‘Lawful killing’ in police shooting
THE shooting death of a 20-year-old at the hands of police officers in the Masons Addition area four years ago was justified in the circumstances, a jury found yesterday.
‘A half a million thank yous’
ONLY 100 of the more than 3,500 registrants of the Access Accelerator Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) are from the Over-the-Hill community, SBDC chairman Geoffrey Andrews said yesterday.
Speaker questions FNM's position on PAC
THE Minnis administration’s restrictive view of the powers of the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee “seems odd” and may be unconstitutional, House Speaker Halston Moultrie said yesterday.
We are compliant, say web shops
THE Bahamas Gaming Operators Association has unequivocally denied Finance Minister Peter Turnquest’s recent comments on the state of tax compliance by web shops, insisting three of them are fully compliant, representing 70 percent of all taxes due to the government.
Significant number of pupils not vaccinated
AS they move throughout schools in New Providence, Ministry of Health officials are finding a “significant” number of children are missing some of their needed vaccinations.
