Deputy PM calls for collaboration to close gender gap
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest yesterday underscored the need for all sectors of society to closely collaborate on efforts to close the gender gap.
First group graduates from FOAM literacy programme
A FREE literacy programme for the children of murder victims has graduated its first group of 10 students.
Smile please . . . $6,500 fine for woman who posed as orthodontist
A 27-year-old Jamaican woman cried in court yesterday before being fined over $6,000 for swindling five women out of over $7,000 collectively for braces by posing as an orthodontist and operating under a fake name.
Count me in for 2022: I plan to stand next time, says 70-year-old Miller
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s desire to run new candidates in the next general election is on a collision course with the ambitions of former parliamentarians such as Leslie Miller who expect to be nominated in 2022.
Charges dropped against Archer after police fail to attend a hearing
A MAGISTRATE dropped charges against Omar Archer yesterday after police officers failed to attend a hearing, Mr Archer’s lawyers say.
Three men in custody as underage girls are found
POLICE have taken three males into custody in connection with harbouring two underage girls who officers say ran away from home, Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash confirmed to The Tribune yesterday.
'Neighbourhood watch a great success'
WITH more than 80 neighbourhood watch groups in New Providence, the Royal Bahamas Police Force has witnessed much success in its fight against crime and restoring peace in communities, according to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean.
Three children taken in 24 hours
THREE boys were allegedly abducted in two separate incidents in less than 24 hours, but were found a short time later, police said. A woman is believed to have taken the boys in each case. Police said they are investigating each matter separately but are looking to see if they are connected. The latest abduction took place before 4pm, when two boys, 8 and 10, were walking on Kool Acres Road in east New Providence when “they were picked up by a female who was the lone occupant” of a dark coloured vehicle, police said.
Officers ‘casualties’ in Reckley row
HIGH-ranking Royal Bahamas Police Force officers Emrick Seymour and Stephen Dean are perceived to be “casualties” of Clarence Reckley’s early retirement, The Tribune was told yesterday.
$250,000 donation to UB business school
LENO Corporate Services Limited has donated $250,000 to the University of the Bahamas’ School of Business.
15 illegal immigrants face court in Freeport
FIFTEEN illegal immigrants of mixed nationalities were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court this week for breaches of the Immigration Act.
Man’s appeal over cop killing still undecided
THE Court of Appeal is considering whether it will agree with a man’s assertions that he should not have been convicted for killing a senior police officer during the course of an armed robbery five years ago.
Cancelled meeting delays review of public disclosure submissions
A cancelled meeting has delayed the review of public disclosure submissions, with the committee’s chairman Myles Laroda yesterday telling The Tribune: “I can’t say if they all got in”.
bahamians prepare for trip to Dubai
A group of almost 50 Bahamians who will be travelling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in October recetly met with The Bahamas’s non-resident Ambassador to UAE and Qatar, H.E. Tony Joudi.
Police investigating more child abductions
Police are investigating another alleged abduction after a child was taken from a park off Soldier Road on Wednesday before being dropped off a short time later.
