Murdered school teacher was three months pregnant
PREGNANT school teacher Marisha Bowen died as a result of six stab wounds to the neck and oxygen depravation, according to a pathologist’s report.The report from forensic pathologist Dr Caryn Sands said the half-dozen stab wounds caused injury and bl
Sands calls for nationwide HIV testing following report
HEALTH Minister Duane Sands yesterday suggested the government consider a nationwide HIV testing campaign in the wake of a Ministry of Health report that estimated 1 in 50 people in The Bahamas has the virus.“We should be demanding that every single
Parliament failing to cater for those with disabilities
DESPITE Parliament passing the Persons with Disabilities Act four years ago, a wheelchair-bound woman had to be carried up the stairs of the House of Assembly by three men to attend yesterday’s session.This is not uncommon, as the building is not out
PLP loses bid for committee to investigate Oban deal
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s motion for a select committee to investigate matters relating to Oban Energies was defeated yesterday when Free National Movement (FNM) parliamentarians in the House of Assembly unanimously voted against it.Englerston
Gunmen shoot man at home
A Grand Bahama man is in hospital after he was shot by gunmen at his home in Deadman’s Reef this week, police reported yesterday. ASP Terecita Pinder said police were called to the Deadman’s Reef area in connection with a shooting shortly after 11pm
$211m borrowing approved to aid electric supplier
FINANCIAL crisis was cited as the reason government yesterday passed a resolution to borrow $211m to aid the Bahamas Electricity Corporation.This undesirable situation, the resolution said, was caused by the high cost of fuel in 2018, funding of capi
PM silent as spy bill approved
THE controversial Interception of Communications Bill was passed the House of Assembly yesterday with no input from Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, once a fervent critic of the bill.
New $50m power plant for Andros
A Bahamian-led consortium is bidding to develop a $40-$50m biomass-fuelled power plant in North Andros through a proposal featuring a tie-up with BAMSI.
Seven police to stand trial over beating
SEVEN police officers may have been carrying out a “personal vendetta” when they dragged a man off his job at a pharmacy six years ago, beat him, and swore to “f*** him right up until he talked” about an alleged police stabbing, an appellate judge has suggested.
Aviation chiefs to probe ‘near miss’
AVIATION officials are investigating reports a BahamasAir jet averted a mid-flight collision with a Silver Airway plane on Tuesday afternoon.
Committee to consider social media rules
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie yesterday reconstituted a new Rules Committee to address matters regarding parliamentary procedure specifically members’ ability to read into the House record information from social media.Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells, S
Cocaine found at airport
THREE people were arrested at Grand Bahama International Airport after suspected cocaine worth over $40,000 was discovered in a carry-on travel bag.Two men and one woman were taken into custody shortly before 1pm on Tuesday at the US Pre-Clearance De
Goombay Land reborn
GRAND Bahama natives Jason Albury and Janet Butler are restoring their late father’s entertainment business – the Goombay Land Go-Cart and Skating Rink in Freeport.Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis toured the facility on Friday and commended them for c
Judge scolds 'delinquent' attorneys as he rejects Nygard commital stay
AN appellate judge has hit out at attorneys who try to rush to get before the court and be heard on supposedly “urgent” applications.Justice Milton Evans, in a written ruling, scolded certain lawyers for being “delinquent” and then “at the last minut
'Treat violence like a disease in order to find a cure'
INTERNATIONAL non-profit organisation Cure Violence yesterday said the only way to cure violence is by treating it like a disease.The group presented a new technique to address crime in Bahamian communities at a meeting with Rotary Club of Southeast
