UPDATED: Roots reigns
The Roots Junkanoo group was declared the unofficial winner of the 2017 Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade.
Bannister: We will check defects claim
THE government will investigate allegations regarding the standard of work at Baha Mar, Works Minister Desmond told The Tribune yesterday, following the resort’s original developer Sarkis Izmirlian’s massive law suit against China Construction America (CCA).
Govt hired staff over $100k limit
PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold admitted yesterday the Minnis administration has hired people on contracts worth more than $100,000 per year.
Man shot dead in own home
A man was shot dead after two gunmen entered his home in Coconut Grove and opened fire yesterday afternoon, police said.
Sarkis: I stopped $169m bogus bills
Sarkis Izmirlian is claiming Baha Mar’s main contractor would have cost him $169 million in “grossly over-valued bids” had he not intervened in its procurement process.
Aidan Carron, loved and lost too soon
TWO-year-old Aidan Roger Dupuch Carron, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Dupuch Carron, died in Baltimore, Maryland, on Christmas Eve after losing his long battle with cancer.
PM met Junkanoo leaders over delay
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis met Junkanoo leaders at his office yesterday to express his “pain and disappointment” at their decision to postpone the Boxing Day Parade, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard confirmed yesterday.
Police criticised over warning on how to dress
THE ROYAL Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) came under heavy fire yesterday for victim blaming, after warning the public to “dress appropriately” while at Junkanoo to “take away the chance of being groped or touched inappropriately”.
PLP claims Izmirlian is ‘vindictive’ with damages claim
THE Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) yesterday accused Baha Mar’s original developer Sarkis Izmirlian of being “vindictive” and “seeking revenge to injure the Bahamas” after it was revealed Mr Izmirlian filed a $2.25 billion damages claim against Baha Mar’s main contractor, China Construction America (CCA).
Status on barge clean-up in Long Island unclear
DESPITE pleas for a resolution by Long Island MP Adrian Gibson earlier this month, government officials have been unable to clearly state the status of operations related to remediation of a wrecked barge that washed ashore in October.
Senior Social Services director resigns her post
GAYNELL Curry has tendered her resignation as the director of the Department of Gender and Family Affairs in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development.
Knifepoint robber has appeal dismissed
A MAN sentenced to 15 years in prison for the knife-point robbery of a tourist in a hotel room roughly five years ago has had his legal bid to contest his sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
Man held by police after firearm find
GRAND Bahama police arrested a man in the Lucaya area on Tuesday after he was allegedly found with a firearm in his possession.
Sentence cut by a third for former drug dealer who murdered rival
A FORMER drug dealer sentenced to effectively 60 years in prison for murdering a rival drug dealer in order to protect his “turf” almost 20 years ago has had his sentence shortened by almost one-third by the Court of Appeal to reflect a more “appropriate” sentence.
‘It’s time to do away with colonial honours’
THE Minnis administration’s refusal to fully drop colonial awards was yesterday slammed as a “regressive step” by National Heroes Committee chairman, Reverend Canon Sebastian Campbell.
