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Govt promises to activate and fund anti-corruption commission

THE Davis administration has promised to make the Independent Commission of Investigations fully functional and properly resourced this term.

Davis administration revives long-delayed FOIA promise

THE Davis administration has again promised to fully implement the Freedom of Information Act, reviving a long-delayed transparency pledge after failing to deliver the reform during its first term.

Immigration tops new govt agenda

THE Davis administration used the pomp and pageantry of yesterday’s Parliament’s opening to unveil a sweeping second-term agenda led by tough new immigration measures, including penalties for employers who abuse the work permit system and mandatory sentencing for public officers who facilitate immigration or passport fraud.

Smith and Rollins heckled during swearing-in ceremony

WEST Grand Bahama MP Kingsley Smith and Long Island MP Dr Andre Rollins were heckled yesterday as tensions over the Election Day plane crash and “Politician-1” allegations spilled into the ceremonial opening of Parliament.

Bahamian woman fighting a costly legal battle to keep her own land

A BAHAMIAN woman says she is fighting to keep her own land after learning that others had gone to court to claim it, forcing her to spend money on lawyers and surveys while racing against a 21-day deadline to object.

Patricia Deveaux and Lashelle Adderley return to lead the House and the Senate

BAMBOO Town MP Patricia Deveaux and Senator Lashelle Adderley were reappointed yesterday to lead the House of Assembly and the Senate, extending a historic arrangement that began in 2021 when women simultaneously led both chambers of Parliament for the first time.

FNM forces government to fix unconstitutional Senate vote

THE Davis administration was forced to replace Senator Keenan Johnson as Vice-President of the Senate yesterday after the Free National Movement accused it of breaching the Constitution by electing him to the post despite his appointment as a parliamentary secretary.

Man acquitted of having sex with underage girl in SUV

A MAN was acquitted this week of allegedly having sex with an underage girl in his SUV near Baha Mar in 2024.

Suspect remanded on rape charge

A MAN accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in 2024 was remanded to prison yesterday.

Man denied bail over alleged underage sex

A MAN accused of having sex with an underage girl in his car on Eneas Jumper Corner last week was remanded to prison.

Man and woman accused of armed robbery

A MAN and woman accused of robbing a man at gunpoint in the South Beach area last week after he tried to collect money she owed him were remanded to prison.

Senior Customs officer faces 77 charges in $58k bribery case

A SENIOR Bahamas Customs officer was charged in Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday with bribery, extortion, money laundering and fraud involving more than $58,000 allegedly solicited from a local business and an American man while she was stationed in Exuma.

'Tell us identity of Politician-1'

THE Davis administration yesterday said it will again ask the US government for information about explosive allegations linking an unnamed politician to an international drug trafficking probe, even as a promised independent corruption watchdog remains unestablished.

Climate scientists heap praise on BACSWN’s world-first aviation platform

The Bahamas Aviation, Climate & Severe Weather Network’s ‘First-of-its-Kind’ US Certified real-time aviation carbon credits platform has attracted attention from leading climate researchers and policymakers examining emerging technologies capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation sector.

Privy Council orders state to pay Ngumi another $50k

THE Bahamas must pay Douglas Ngumi another $50,000 after the Privy Council ruled that immigration officials had no lawful basis to keep the Kenyan man locked up for nearly three months while they did nothing to obtain the deportation order that could have justified his continued detention.

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