Debit card shopping spree lands teenager in prison
A MAGISTRATE yesterday sentenced a 19-year-old to two years in prison for multiple fraud charges due to expenses he racked up while on a shopping spree across two islands with a debit card he manipulated.Patrecko Maycock, of Pride Estates, stood befo
Sands: Don’t spend a fortune training too many doctors for not enough vacancies
HUNDREDS of qualified doctors in Trinidad & Tobago face unemployment in what Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says is a case of “piss-poor planning” - the kind The Bahamas has also been guilty of over the years.
Minnis: It's time to get rid of single-use plastics
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis added his voice to the government’s push to eliminate single-use plastics by 2020 yesterday evening, telling people during a town-hall at the New Providence Community Church that it’s time The Bahamas takes substantial
UPDATED: Men dressed as women rob Freeport John Bull store
TWO men disguised as women, both wearing long dark wigs, pulled off a daring morning robbery at the John Bull store in Freeport yesterday, smashing a display case and stealing a number of high-priced watches.
‘No role for DPP in social media war’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday expressed shock over the government’s decision to refer a “simple social media, political war” to the director of public prosecutions.
Gaming industry now at ‘standstill’
THE numbers industry as Bahamians know it is at a “standstill,” Craig Flowers told The Tribune yesterday, insisting his organisation FML Group of Companies, and others, will not be able to clearly chart a course of survival until the new stamp duty on deposits and digital online sales takes effect.
Embassy role in shanty town evictions
HAITIAN Embassy First Assistant Secretary Karl Henri Chatelier has been working with the Bahamas government, local clergy, and the Haitian community to help develop alternatives to residents being evicted from shanty towns, while bettering the conditions of those areas.
Woman's car taken in early morning theft
A WOMAN was robbed of her vehicle early yesterday morning after arriving to work at a resort in Freeport, according to unconfirmed reports. The incident reportedly occurred around 4.30am as the woman was getting out of her car. She ran to the securit
A safe summer is a fun summer
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler visited over 100 children on Friday enrolled in the six-week police summer camp at the St George’s High School on Grand Bahama.ACP Butler commended Bahamas First General Insurance, which is a major spons
Man pleads guilty to drug posession
A 21-year-old man yesterday pleaded guilty to three counts of drug possession with the intent to supply.Deno Francis Jr, of Fleming Street, appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain, yesterday admitted to possessing .125 ounces of cocai
Stolen boat found near Bimini
A VESSEL stolen from Grand Bahama was discovered near Ocean Cay in the Bimini chain and a Bahamian man found on board was arrested by Bahamian authorities. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Northern Command assisted police officers stationed at Bimin
Patient registration change
MANAGEMENT of Princess Margaret Hospital has advised the general public that patient registration services have been redirected from the main registration window located in the pharmacy waiting area to the General Business Office and the Accident & Emergency registration area at this time.
Sears reinforces need for independent DPP
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday defended the independence of the Department of Public Prosecutions as he sought to clarify his referral of a matter to the director of public prosecutions.Mr Bethel told The Tribune on Sunday he had asked the DP
Former MP Phenton Neymour dies
FORMER Member of Parliament Phenton Neymour has died, it was confirmed on Monday night.
Police investigate fatal hit-and-run on Robinson Road
POLICE are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in the capital after a pedestrian was struck while attempting to cross the road on Friday evening. The man was attempting to cross Robinson Road in the vicinity of Washington Street shortly after 10pm, ac
