30 held in US-backed raids
POLICE arrested about 30 people during an early morning operation in southwest New Providence yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said.
‘SAVAGES’: Girl gang kills teen mum over phone
THE family of a 19-year-old girl stabbed to death in the street by a gang of women last night branded her killers as “savages” who deserved to hang.
The dump ignites - yet again
AS a “contained” fire continued to burn at the New Providence Landfill yesterday – sending toxic smoke and fumes into the air – residents of nearby Jubilee Gardens expressed frustration over a situation that has become all too familiar for the city dump’s neighbouring residential areas.
‘Blind’ suspect shot by police
A MAN who residents say was blind, was shot and killed by police Friday, prompting an angry confrontation between residents and police in the East Street area where the shooting occurred.
Two dead after traffic accidents
TWO people have died after separate traffic accidents on Grand Bahama and New Providence. According to police, shortly after 11pm Friday, a woman was walking on Boyd Road when she was hit by a white Nissan Sentra. The driver stopped and was enquiring
Man dies in boating accident
A MAN is dead after a boating accident on Saturday, police said.Shortly before 3pm, a man was diving at Clifton Pier in an attempt to remove a hose that was between a vessel and the dock.According to police, due to the rough sea he was pinned between
Davis blasts 2,500 job cuts in public sector as 'shameful'
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said he is not surprised by the latest unemployment figures, which highlights a “shameful” public sector shrinkage of more than 2,500 jobs, adding he believes the number will double once the compl
Police hunting for armed robbers
POLICE in New Providence are asking the public for help in solving a string of armed robberies, two of which occurred Friday at a fast food restaurant and on a jitney.In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, a man armed with a firearm entered
UPDATED – Inferno: 150 homeless as arsonist sets The Mud ablaze
SCORES of homes were destroyed in the shanty town community The Mud in Abaco on Sunday, displacing more than 150 people, police and government officials said.
North Andros pays tribute to plane crash victims
THE North Andros community gathered at Cathedral of Olives Baptist Church on Friday to celebrate the lives and mourn the loss of the six people who died in a tragic plane crash on January 17.
Elective surgeries suspended at PMH due to overcrowding
HEALTH officials yesterday underscored an unprecedented level of overcrowding at the nation’s public hospital with the number of boarders on the rise, elective surgeries temporarily suspended, and a record 12-hour wait time in Accident and Emergency department.
Rulings on Jean Rony Jean-Charles and Bahamian man's pregnant wife expected Tuesday
SUPREME Court Justice Gregory Hilton is expected to deliver his ruling on deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles, and the fate of a pregnant wife of a Bahamian man facing deportation on Tuesday.
UPDATED: 19-year-old mother stabbed to death
Five people are in custody after a woman was stabbed to death on Thursday night
Freeport Junior Junkanoo Parade suspended
THE 19th Annual City of Freeport Junior Junkanoo Parade has been suspended due to the unfavourable weather forecast for Grand Bahama on Saturday.
New police chief for Grand Bahama and northern region
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour officially turned over command of the northern district to his successor, Assistant Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler, on Friday during a handover ceremony at Police Headquarters in Grand Bahama.
