'Differences' delayed Marco's law implementation
DIFFERENCES between the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of National Security prevented the full implementation of the Sexual Offences Act under the Christie administration, according to Attorney General Carl Bethel.He told The Tribune
1 in 50 people in nation has HIV, report warns
THE country’s main supplies of HIV/AIDs drugs have been restored, Health Minister Duane Sands confirmed yesterday.In an interview with The Tribune, Dr Sands addressed the status of HIV/AIDs in the country, including The Bahamas’ rank as having the hi
Two charged with robbery and murder attempt
TWO 24-year-old men were arraigned in a magistrate’s court yesterday accused of being the perpetrators of an armed robbery and an attempted murder one week ago.Dominic Stuart and Antonio Neely stood before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain charg
Chief Justice Turner? it's just a typo
The search for a permanent Chief Justice appeared over yesterday - but only for a moment.Justice Bernard Turner was named there in black and white on the government’s own official directory - name, phone numbers and email address under the grand titl
D'Aguilar: I have changed my views on Baha Mar
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says his position on Baha Mar and its importance to the country has changed since being appoint to his post. Speaking outside Cabinet yesterday, the former Baha Mar board member praised the resort’s continued expa
Man charged with two sex offences against young girls
A 31-year-old man was arraigned in a magistrate’s court yesterday charged with having sexual intercourse with a ten-year-old girl, and also of trying to touch another girl’s private parts earlier this year.Ricardo Burrows, of Eden Street, stood befor
Plane crash probe could take a year
THE investigation into the North Andros plane crash could take up to a year to complete, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.
Rosewood blooms at Baha Mar as ribbon is cut
ROSEWOOD Baha Mar officially opened last night during a ribbon cutting ceremony as executives prepare to phase in the first guests on June 1.
Left in the dark: BCA ‘not invited to key Pointe meeting’
THE government’s engagement with Bahamas Contractors Association (BCA) officials on The Pointe project remains unsatisfactory, BCA President Leonard Sands said yesterday, claiming the association was not invited to a key stakeholder meeting last week despite four attempts to uncover when the meeting was to be held.
Two accused of $12,000 fraud
A MAN and a woman were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with collectively defrauding a woman of more than $12,000 within a three-day period earlier this month.Donovan Stubbs, 21, and Shafara Lewis, 23, stood before Magistrate Ambro
Teenager on attempted murder charge
A 19-year-old Freeport man was charged with attempted murder in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.Cornel Beckles, of Tamarind Street, appeared in Court Two before Magistrate Charlton Smith in connection with an incident that occurred
Young man dies as car crashes into utility pole
Grand Bahamas’ West End community was in a state of shock yesterday after an early morning traffic accident left a young man dead on Queens Highway, the island’s seventh fatality for the year.
Cut out the sugar
NON-PROFIT group Healthy Lifestyles Team (HaLT) of the Cancer Society of The Bahamas is advocating for a ban on the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in or near local schools.
Constitutional limits prove a challenge for evacuation bill
WITH as many as seven hurricanes expected in the region this summer, Attorney General Carl Bethel said the mandatory evacuation bill Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis promised last year is still in draft form and “difficult to craft because of constitu
Holiday weekend blighted by series of armed robberies
POLICE are investigating a spate of armed robberies which occured over the holiday weekend.In the first incident in the early hours of Friday morning, a man was approached by two men outside his home in Hope Town, Abaco, one of whom was armed with a
