Two in hospital after shooting and stabbing
POLICE are investigating separate shooting and stabbing incidents which left two men in hospital with serious injuries. Shortly after 9pm on Sunday, a man was discovered outside a home on Catherine Avenue, Nassau Village, with apparent gunshot injur
Baby mortality rates at lowest ever
The Bahamas’ perinatal mortality rates are at an all-time low, Dr Leon Dupuch, consultant and chief of services in the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Princess Margaret Hospital, has revealed. Speaking at the Southeast Nassau Rotaract club las
Pregnant teacher was found dead 'with blood on walls'
A POLICE officer yesterday described the bloody scene inside pregnant teacher Marisha Bowen’s apartment the morning he and other officers discovered her lifeless, naked body lying in a pool of blood in a bedroom almost two years ago.Detective Corpora
Tackling crime in our neighbourhoods
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis launched the Neighbourhood Watch Crime Council last night at the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s headquarters. The Free National Movement promised the council in its 2017 manifesto, saying it would “oversee and promote n
Police units to be merged to tackle business crimes
THE Business Technology and Forfeiture Tracing Units of the Royal Bahamas Police Force will be merged to address increased occurrences of business-related theft, fraud and cyber crime in the country, National Security Minister Marvin Dames has said.
One dead, five injured in shootings
POLICE are investigating the circumstances into the shooting death of a man on a Family Island alongside two separate shooting incidents in New Providence that left five men in hospital over the weekend.
Bethel: ‘Spy Bill’ not set in stone
AMID calls for the Interception of the Communication Bill to be permanently shelved, Attorney General Carl Bethel yesterday said the proposed legislation in its current form could “possibly” be amended, adding consideration will be given to additional changes at the Cabinet level.
‘I took Nygard’s cash to smear rival Bacon’
A FORMER ZNS reporter has admitted in open court to previously publishing numerous false and defamatory allegations about Lyford Cay billionaire Louis Bacon, pictured, for five years and that he did so at the “express instructions” of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard and his former attorney Keod Smith for payment.
Culture in the park
KEMP Road’s Salem Park was the location for the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Youth Outreach and Culture in the Park on April 21 in the Free Town constituency.
Armed robbers hunted by police
POLICE are looking for the suspects behind two armed robberies that happened Saturday morning.
Palm Cay ordered to pay employee for unfair firing
A SUPREME Court judge has ordered a local gated community development to pay one of its employees almost $4,000 for unfairly firing her by two text messages while she was on vacation almost three years ago.
Man guilty of shooting
A SUPREME Court jury has found a man guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of another man on Independence Day last year.
Call for independent body to oversee Over-the-Hill initiative
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis wants an independent commission to be appointed to oversee the administration of the government’s Over-the-Hill Development Partnership Initiative, citing fears there could be “discrimination” concerning the programme’s concessions.
Man charged with Port Lucaya Marketplace murder
A 23-year-old New Providence man was charged with murder in Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the shooting death of a businessman at Port Lucaya Marketplace early this year.
Crown's appeal in fatal armed robbery case dismissed
THE CROWN has failed in its bid to have the Court of Appeal overturn a Supreme Court judge’s decision to direct the jury to acquit one of two brothers formerly accused of the fatal armed robbery of another man a little over six years ago.
