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.
Unemployment up to 10.1 per cent
THE country’s unemployment rate now stands at 10.1 per cent, Department of Statistics Labour Force Survey officials announced Friday.
UB: Union concerns linked to break from 'old patterns of behaviour'
THE University of The Bahamas on Friday suggested concerns raised by its union were linked to a break from “old patterns of behaviour” inconsistent with its transition as a tertiary institution.
AG to address marital rape issue at press club panel
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel is slated to expound on the issue of marital rape at an upcoming panel hosted by the Bahamas Press Club 2014.
University of The Bahamas student hit by car
A UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas student is in recovery after being struck by a car while crossing the street.
‘Govt broke law in firing gaming board staff’
ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe said yesterday the government should have been aware it was breaching the law when it fired 30 Gaming Board employees last year, citing an amendment to the Employment Act passed in 2017 by the Christie administration.
UB union demand - ‘treat us fairly’
THE Union of Tertiary Educators of the Bahamas has raised concern over the University of the Bahamas’ refusal to negotiate a new industrial agreement, insisting any further delay could lead to major unrest at the institution.
End of plastic bag pollution?
ENVIRONMENT and Housing Minister Romauld Ferreira plans to take a paper to Cabinet on the issue of banning plastic bags in the Bahamas, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold confirmed yesterday to The Tribune.
Lawyer accuses police of beating
THE attorney for one of three men accused of murdering a 58-year-old man in the Rock Crusher area on Friday yesterday lashed out at the “criminal behaviour” of officers at the Central Detective Unit for beating his client “severely” and failing to notify him when his client was interviewed.
‘We were sacked for being PLP’
DANIELLE Gibson and Holly Barrett were fired as assistant managers of the North Eleuthera and Governor’s Harbour airports Tuesday, months after they warned Progressive Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis and former Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin that their jobs were under threat, allegedly because of their political leanings.
Court to consider applications by Jean Rony and other migrants
MIGRANTS released from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre last month are expected to return to court today for judgement on their habeas corpus applications, including the case of former detainee Jean Rony Jean-Charles.
Police identify murder victim
THE man fatally shot on Wednesday night while sitting in the doorway of his own home has been identified by police as Chamico Pheron Mackey. Mackey was 35 years old. His death marked the eighth homicide of the year, according to The Tribune ’s recor
