One man dead, one injured after shooting
One man is dead and another is in hospital after a shooting off West Street on Sunday night.
‘Disney’s go-ahead shows we need plan’
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for “better national planning” in terms of economic and environmental sustainability in the wake of the Minnis administration’s decision to approve Disney Cruise Line’s proposal for Lighthouse Point, South Eleuthera.
Halkitis insists: We followed the rules
FORMER State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis questioned the motive behind the recent tabling of a report in Parliament highlighting alleged political pressure for a web shop boss to be awarded a lucrative contract for computer supplies, adding proper procedure was “short circuited” when the report was made public.
$6m fine, jail and don’t come back
MORE than 120 Dominican poachers have been fined $52,000 each for “stripping” and “raping” the country’s waters of close to 70,000 pounds worth of fisheries products, with the captains of the crew ordered to pay close to double that amount - and a warning: “Do not come back.”
Post Office deal ‘doesn’t add up’
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said while the former Christie administration considered Town Centre Mall for the General Post Office’s relocation, the party stepped away from the decision as the costs associated with the move would not have been a prudent expenditure of public funds.
These claims are old news, says Griffin
FORMER Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin insisted yesterday that concerns highlighted in a recently tabled auditor general’s report were “old” and already addressed under the previous Christie administration.She explained not only was discipli
Rape charge
A Freeport man was charged with rape on Friday in the Grand Bahama Magistrate’s Court.Jamal Jeremy Lightbourne, 33, was arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate Debbye Ferguson. He was not required to enter a plea to the charge and was remanded to th
Parents demand action over Cat Island teacher shortage
TWENTY-FIVE parents held a demonstration outside a Cat Island high school on Friday to protest a reported “teacher shortage” at the school. Videos of the demonstration have since gone viral on social media, with participants holding signs and shoutin
New role for hospital administrator
Mary Walker, the hospital administrator at the Princess Margaret Hospital who was placed on temporary leave after a leaked internal memo on new fees for dialysis patients, is due to take over as head of the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre.Ms Walker
Man dies after industrial accident on Inagua
Police on Inagua are investigating an industrial accident which left a man dead on Sunday.
49 Dominican men admit taking undersized grouper and crawfish
CLOSE to 50 Dominican poachers have admitted to illegally taking thousands of pounds of undersized grouper and crawfish from Bahamian waters over the weekend.
Woman and teen charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into Department of Corrections
A 24-year-old woman and a teenager were charged in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday with attempting to smuggle drugs into the Bahamas Department of Corrections in a plate of food earlier this week.
Accident and Emergency Week gets underway Saturday
The 2nd annual Accident and Emergency Week will kick off on Saturday, with a 5K Fun, Run, Walk event, followed by a fete and awards ceremony at the Rand Memorial Hospital grounds.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The 'was gonna' govt
This comes a bit late but I guess now is as good a time as any to congratulate the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) on winning the 2017 Bahamas General Election. Didn’t you hear? Apparently the Free National Movement (FNM) is moving to rent the Town
Disney's Lighthouse Point proposal approved by National Economic Council
DISNEY Cruise Line Island Development Ltd’s proposal for Lighthouse Point, South Eleuthera was approved by the National Economic Council Friday.
