SURFING INTO HISTORY: Islay becomes a record breaker
ISLAY Symonette didn’t set off to make the Guinness World Records.
Man who stabbed technician to death has sentence cut
A MAN who stabbed a Cable Bahamas technician to death as he tried to protect his 10-year-old daughter during a home invasion on Grand Bahama 17 years ago has had almost 20 years shaved off his 60-year sentence.
Bahamasair dismisses false online rumours over mechanical failure
THE national flag carrier Bahamasair dispelled false claims circulated in a voice note which spread on popular messaging platform WhatsApp yesterday, alleging a plane experienced mechanical failure.
NUMBER OF SWINE FLU CASES NOW SIX, CONFIRMS SANDS
THE number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the country has risen to six, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.
Man found shot dead at his Freeport home
RESIDENTS of a quiet Freeport subdivision were shocked after a man was found shot to death at his home in the upper-middle-class area known as The Ridge yesterday morning. The victim, who is a well-known resident of Freeport in his late 40s, was discovered by a friend.
‘Over-the-Hill schemes help to reduce crime’
BAIN and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson yesterday said recent initiatives in Over-the-Hill constituencies are helping to “decrease the level of crime” in these communities.
BAMSI workers accused of armed robbery
TWO farm workers at the Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) were remanded to prison yesterday charged with robbing an Andros businessman at gunpoint of $8,000 last week.
Couple shot dead in Joan's Heights
A man and a woman are dead after a shooting in Joan’s Heights just after midnight on Tuesday.
Visa suspect takes FBI deal
THE Haitian-Bahamian man at the centre of an explosive FBI undercover operation into visa fraud in The Bahamas has taken a plea deal, according to court filings.
Fox Hill staff unpaid and youth schemes halted
STAFF and youth programmes at the multi-million-dollar community centre in Fox Hill have become casualties of a battle between the Minnis administration and the non-profit organisation that owns the facility.
Government ‘didn’t do homework’ as bill delayed
FRED Mitchell criticised the Minnis administration’s handling of the controversial Non-Profit Organisations Bill, insisting that recent delays prove the government failed to do its “homework” on the legislation’s potential impact.
‘Stop trying to police our clothes’
ACTIVISTS have criticised the Department of Immigration’s new dress code for entry as “gender-based discrimination” and “irrational”.
Stranded couple: Help us get home
AN American couple is currently stranded in The Bahamas without passports and no funds to return back to Kentucky after missing their return cruise due to a medical emergency.
Second group of fishermen in a week detained
FOR the second time within a week, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force arrested a group of Dominican fishermen for illegally operating in Bahamian waters.
Internet sensation Jeremy Archer on indecent exposure charge
INTERNET sensation Jeremy Archer will stand trial next month accused of exposing himself inappropriately in a public place last month.
