Minnis’ prayers for missing pilot’s family
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday extended his prayers to the family of Byron Ferguson, the pilot whose plane crashed into the waters of Nirvana Beach on Thursday night.
FBI briefing over 'visa fraud' sting
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames told reporters yesterday the Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to fully brief Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson this week on the findings of its two-year undercover investigation into an alleged visa fraud at its Nassau Embassy.
Victim was trying to escape violence
THE family of the man fatally shot while walking on Watlins Street is reeling after his death, with one relative saying 19-year-old Stantavio Ramsey had recently moved out of a violent area to make something of his life.
Sands – We'll make fair offer to doctors
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is negotiating in good faith to present a reasonable and fair offer to public health physicians who have threatened industrial action.
Too much hot air delays Frank Smith hearing
FORMER PLP Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial had to be relocated yesterday due to a three-week long air conditioning failure at the Magistrate’s Court complex.
Haitian man accused of illegal landing by boat
A Haitian man who arrived illegally by boat to The Bahamas two weeks ago was charged with being in breach of the Immigration Act in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.St Jude Pierre, 28, of Port de Paix, Haiti, appeared before Magistrate Rengi
Scholarships power trio to high school success
THREE more recipients of scholarships from the Tara Xavier Hepburn Foundation – Dwayna Archer, Danitra Sargent and Deneil Rolle – have successfully completed their high school education at St John’s College.Dwayna and Danitra graduated with distincti
American woman held over drugs
CENTRAL division officers arrested an American woman aboard the Carnival Elation cruise ship, after she was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of suspected marijuana.The woman is expected to be formally arraigned in Magistrate’s Court later
Promised BPL probe has not yet begun
DESPITE announcing nearly three months ago that he ordered a probe into matters of concern at Bahamas Power and Light, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis confirmed yesterday no investigation has begun, but insisted he told the truth in pledging issues a
UPDATED: Fisherman killed in Andros boat explosion
TRAGEDY struck Andros Tuesday morning when a 53-year-old man was killed in a fishing boat explosion off Morgan’s Bluff.
Union fear over BTC downsizing
BTC unions yesterday protested further downsizing at the telecommunications company, namely the outsourcing of its call centre.
Renew CEO Cox ‘had no work permit’
FORMER Renew Bahamas CEO Michael Cox and his uncle Maurice Cox will stand trial at the end of the month on allegations that they were working in The Bahamas last month without government approval.
'WE'RE DOING ALL WE POSSIBLY CAN' – Dames defends search operation for crash pilot
AS the search for missing pilot Byron Ferguson continues, National Security Minister Marvin Dames defended officials against criticism by saying that law enforcement has extended every effort to resolving this matter.
Pratt – I'll fight 'unjust allegations'
FORMER Immigration Director William Pratt said yesterday he was seeking legal redress in response to “loose, untested allegations” in reference to him in an affidavit detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe of an alleged local US visa scam.
