Gaming Bill tabled with fresh tax scales
THE government’s Gaming Amendment Bill 2019 proposes a winnings tax and returns the Gaming Board to a regulatory body with power to shut web shops, search them and seize documents that may prove noncompliance with laws. According to Attorney General
DNA repeats call for vote of no confidence
THE Democratic National Alliance held a press conference on the steps of the House of Assembly yesterday, again calling for a vote of no confidence to be moved against the Minnis administration.
Six face summer theft charges
SIX men were brought before the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday to face a laundry list of shopbreaking and stealing offences that occurred in the Eight Mile Rock and Freeport areas between June and July.
American woman believed to have drowned in Abaco
Police in Abaco are investigating an alleged drowning that occurred on Wednesday.
Suspect dies after officers open fire
POLICE in New Providence are investigating an officer-involved shooting Wednesday that left a man dead. This incident is the second police involved shooting in as many days.
McAlpine calls on Minnis to explain his telephone call with Symonette
PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine yesterday called on Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to account for his personal phone call with former Cabinet Minister Brent Symonette regarding the government leasing a portion of Town Centre Mall, insisting the matt
New warning issued over 'aggressive bees'
A WARNING was issued yesterday advising Freeport residents to be aware of “aggressive bees” in the area of Wellington Drive and Ponce de Leon.Police were called to the area around 9am yesterday after a beehive was disturbed by workmen at Sanitation S
UPDATED: Body of woman found in car in Grand Bahama
Police are investigating after the body of a woman with stab wounds was found in a car in Grand Bahama.
American leaves hospital after attack by reef shark
NEARLY a month after being bitten by a shark while in the waters off Waderick Wells Cay, 50-year-old American Salvador Ruiz has been discharged from a Florida hospital.
Bahamian musician Sly Roker ‘killed in Turks and Caicos’
BAHAMIAN musician Sly Roker was reportedly killed in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Wednesday morning.
OUT OF ORDER: PM’s office blasts Jamaican CEO on BTC remarks
IN an extraordinary statement, the Office of the Prime Minister blasted the head of BTC’s parent company yesterday for “distasteful” and “insulting” comments mocking Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and criticising BTC.
FNM official stands by his foul PLP rant
WATER and Sewerage Corporation board director Bennett Minnis yesterday doubled down on his viral homophobic rant against the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party.
American loses arm in boating accident
THE American man who was recently injured in a boating accident in Exuma has lost his arm, Superintendent Shanta Knowles confirmed yesterday.
Hospital sabotage in hands of police
AS Princess Margaret Hospital grapples with rescheduling more than 50 non-emergency surgeries that were cancelled over sabotage suspicions connected to the facility’s chilling system, officials plan to follow through with prosecution if recommended by police.
Man’s remains found in fire debris
POLICE found human remains, burnt beyond recognition, in a house that was extensively damaged in a structural fire yesterday morning.
