Clergyman wants tougher laws to stop gun violence
A local religious leader in Grand Bahama is calling for the passing of more effective and stricter laws in relation to gun violence to solve the country’s “murder crisis”.Apostle Anthony Grant, of Agape Christian Centre in Freeport believes The Baham
Shark bite victim says she’ll be back to The Bahamas
AN American woman bitten by a shark in Abaco on Sunday says she plans to return to The Bahamas in just “a few days” and will go spearfishing again.
WE LOVE YOU DADDY: Final farewell to slain officer
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said the shooting death of Inspector Carlis Blatch, former aide-de-camp to Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, should renew the country’s fight against violent crime which has ravaged communities over the past several decades.
BUT suspends Belinda Wilson for two months
BELINDA Wilson’s membership to the Bahamas Union of Teachers has been suspended for two months, effectively stripping her of the top post.
Arrests in Abaco after dangerous drugs, firearms, ammunition found
Four people persons were arrested in Abaco after police discovered dangerous drugs, firearms, and ammunition at a residence, police reported on yesterday.
Five years in jail after cocaine find
A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a 39-year-old Haitian man to five years in prison for his role in the smuggling of $135,000 worth cocaine into the Bahamas last week.Terry Nacius, a farmer from La Tortue, Haiti, stood before stood before Deput
Homeless drug addict begs for leniency after stealing air conditioning unit
A self-described homeless drug addict yesterday begged a magistrate for leniency after being convicted of shopbreaking and theft after he stole an air-condition unit from the Bahamas Football Association’s Bay Street storage facility.Leroy Bethel app
PLP demands: Why call trial witness a whistleblower?
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel’s “whistleblower” characterisation of Jonathan Ash has raised questions about his level of willingness to participate as the key witness in the Crown’s criminal trials against two former Cabinet ministers, Progressive Lib
Munroe wants answers on payments made to Ash
A KEY witness in former Labour Minister Shane Gibson’s criminal case told investigators that Jonathan Ash “got all of his payments” from the government. This revelation follows Attorney General Carl Bethel’s confirmation on Tuesday that Mr Ash was st
Glenys: Cat Island airport handling unacceptable
FORMER Transport Minister Glenys Hanna Martin described the Minnis Administration’s treatment of the Arthur’s Town, Cat Island airport as “unacceptable” in a statement released yesterday. She was responding to comments by Tourism and Aviation Minist
Labour Day driver charged
THE 23-year-old driver of the truck that mowed through a crowd during the Labour Day Parade was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with negligently causing the deaths of four women.
JUST OLD DEBTS: Bethel insists money to contractor Ash ‘all above board’
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel confirmed instalment payments from the government are still being made to “whistleblower” Jonathan Ash for a debt the Minnis administration found on the books upon taking office.
US diver bitten by reef shark
A MASSACHUSETTS woman, who was airlifted to Florida after a shark attack in Abaco over the weekend, is reportedly recovering in hospital after successful surgery to save her fingers.
Beach body is missing victim of ‘shooting’
A DECOMPOSING body was found on a beach in Abaco Monday evening.
'Unlock the potential of cascarilla'
THE Bahamas Development Bank is moving ahead with its programme to industrialise cascarilla in Acklins, Crooked Island and Samana Cay.A town hall meeting will be held in Acklins on Friday at 6:30pm in the Spring Point Community Centre, according to a
