Minnis blasts PLP’s ‘destructive era’
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday blamed a “violent and destructive” era under the Progressive Liberal Party for the Over-the-Hill community’s poor conditions, which the Economic Empowerment Zone Bill is to help reverse.
Builder sues over lost $20m contract
HOLIDAY Industrial Builders is suing the government for terminating its $20m contract to construct a complex on John F Kennedy drive to house the Ministry of National Security, according to Public Services and National Insurance Minister Brensil Rolle.
Old City Market to house govt offices
WITH the Minnis administration hoping to reduce its annual $50m rental commercial property bill, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the former City Market grounds on Market Street will be home to new government offices.
Manslaughter conviction quashed by appeal court
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the September 2016 manslaughter conviction of Durante Davis who was accused of providing the knife used in the killing of teenager Adonai Wilson.Appellate judges Hartman Longley, Justice Crane-Scott and Michael Barnett
Entrepreneur winners of OWN scheme named
THE Island Luck Cares Foundation yesterday announced the winners of its fourth annual OWN Bahamas entrepreneurship programme, geared towards providing financial support and mentorship to up and coming business owners.Three Bahamians were granted thou
Gunman disarmed by store workers
POLICE arrested a gunman who had been disarmed by employees of a convenience store during an armed robbery attempt on Tuesday.The incident happened shortly before 7pm when the gunman entered the store on Miami Street, held employees up and demanded c
2017 firearm case adjourned again
SENIOR Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans yesterday adjourned a 2017 gun possession case involving Philmore Davis, the son of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis, and three other men, to October 3.The adjournment marks at least the sixth hearing
Court rules mother fit to stand trial for setting daughter on fire
A SUPREME Court jury has ruled that Philippa Marshall, the 40-year-old woman accused of murdering her one-year-old daughter by setting her on fire last year, is “sane and fit to stand trial”.The nine-woman jury yesterday rendered the verdict followin
Courthouse workers walk out over mould
ANGRY employees at the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre walked out of the courthouse building yesterday morning in protest of an unresolved mould issue.The workers gathered outside around 9.30am calling for the issue to be resolved after an independent
School repairs clarification
THE Tribune wishes to correct a report published on Wednesday that said $14m has been budgeted for school repairs this summer.In fact, $7.2m has been budgeted for school repairs. Of that total, $4.5m has been budgeted for building work contracts, $1.
Firefighters battle double blaze in New Providence
POLICE are investigating two structural fires that occurred in New Providence yesterday morning, one at the D’Albenas Agency in Palmdale and the second at an abandoned building on Bay Street.According to head of Police Fire Services, Chief Superinten
Bethel doubts success of shanty town lawsuits
An impending class action suit by attorney Fred Smith, QC, to block shanty town evictions could face serious challenges, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday, as he suggested the government was more concerned about curing the country of these
Three face court accused of armed robbery
THREE men were arraigned on armed robbery charges yesterday.Tyrell Higgs, 25, Taniko Turner, 36, and Randolf Bain, 35, are accused of robbing Javon Butler of a grey and blue Samsung cellphone worth $180 on July 19 while armed with a handgun.The three
'I didn't know Royal Wedding sermon would cause a fuss'
AMERICAN Bishop Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church who delivered the sermon at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May, admitted that he did not initially realise how effective his sermon was, and is often
Munroe fights to stop Gibson trial
LAWYERS for Shane Gibson yesterday filed a notice of motion alleging, among other things, witness coaching and overarching collusion between various police and prosecution units.
