Double murders: suspect charged
A 33-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday with the murders of a man and a woman who were shot dead outside an apartment in the Joan’s Heights area last week.
Bahamasair apologises twice over three days
BAHAMASAIR has issued its second apology in three days following yet another series of flight delays and cancellations for both international and domestic flights that have infuriated passengers this holiday season.
Andros government building destroyed by fire
Police on Andros are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire which destroyed a government building on Friday.
Police investigate after man found dead in Stapelton Gardens
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in Hampton Street, Stapelton Gardens on Friday night.
Junior doctors: PHA holiday pay offer was below minimum wage
DAYS after Bahamas Doctors Union agreed to call off strike action to negotiate over outstanding holiday pay, junior doctors said Public Hospitals Authority’s offer of $1.80 per hour was not generous but below minimum wage.
Man charged with murder of couple
A 33-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate's Court yesterday with the murders of a couple who had just pulled up to an apartment in the Joan’s Heights area earlier this week.
Weather issues and power failure impact Bahamasair flights
MULTIPLE Bahamasair flights servicing Florida airports on Thursday were cancelled or delayed due to a “massive weather disturbance” and power failure, the airline confirmed Friday.
Hundreds of letters call for lower energy costs in Grand Bahama
SOME 300 letters of support signed by residents of West and East Grand Bahama were delivered Friday by the Coalition of Concerned Citizens to the Office of the Prime Minister in Freeport calling for government intervention in lowering the cost of the energy in those outlying areas.
A COMIC'S VIEW: T’was the Night Before Christmas, 2018
T’was the night before Christmas when all through the House,
Bimini basketball team hit by thieves in Florida
MISFORTUNE struck a Bimini basketball team’s trip to Orlando after the team’s van was broken into and several items were stolen — including some players’ passports.
POLICE INVESTIGATE CAR ON FIRE AT MALL AT MARATHON
POLICE are investigating the circumstances regarding a car which caught on fire in the parking lot of the Mall at Marathon yesterday morning.
One dead, two injured after triple shooting on Malcolm Road
ONE man is dead and two are in hospital following a triple shooting at a Malcolm Road nightclub early Friday morning.
I’M DREAMING OF A LIGHTS-ON CHRISTMAS: Power outages sweep island ahead of holiday
A WIDESPREAD power outage struck New Providence yesterday due to a cable fault at Bahamas Power and Light’s Big Pond substation, leaving many residents without electricity for hours and delaying flights at Lynden Pindling International Airport.
Rise in rapes: We must get serious
THE 12 percent increase in rapes this year is not only “alarming” but is evidence The Bahamas has not given enough attention to “very serious” gender inequality issues, attorney Marion Bethel said yesterday.
Officer told me they took Marvin
HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court yesterday seeking to compel the Royal Bahamas Police Force to produce Marvin Pratt, 40, a Gambier Village resident police deny having in custody.
