Shenique murder suspect quizzed
A 20-year-old man is in custody assisting police with their investigation into 38-year-old Shenique Hart’s death as yet another man became a murder victim last night.
‘Lenient’ BPL let staff run up debts
BAHAMAS Power and Light’s policy that allowed workers with overdue accounts to avoid disconnection was instituted for “leniency in hard times,” not as “privilege,” claimed Bahamas Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller.
School ransacked: Where was security?
THE effectiveness of campus security at public schools has come under heavy scrutiny after thieves stole laptops, computers and microwaves at Claridge Primary School yesterday morning.
Pay row lawyer fears for job
A PROSECUTOR in the Office of the Attorney General says her outspoken pursuit of money allegedly owed to her has put her job in jeopardy.
Disclosure probe: Now delay down to mould
MORE than three months after the government’s self-imposed deadline to prosecute delinquent public officials under the Public Disclosure Act, the Public Disclosure Commission has yet to conduct any work, leaving the Minnis administration’s mandate in limbo.
‘I drove her round the Benz’
GUY Gentile, the transplant banker left to fish his luxury car from his backyard pool after a breakup, said he must have driven his jilted lover “crazy” just before the deed.
Immigration Minister, Deputy PM looking at how to fund increased repatriation exercises
IMMIGRATION Minister Brent Symonette and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest are looking at how to fund the increased repatriation exercises that will come in response to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ goal of more stringe
Economy 'still struggling from 2008 crisis'
THE country’s sluggish economy is still struggling to make a turnaround from the Financial Crisis of 2008, according to officials at a recent public forum. Tonya Adderley, Project Manager of the PFM/PMR explained that growth has been sluggish and une
Ministry taking employment exchange 'to the people'
THE MINISTRY of Labour is to take its employment initiative on the road to sign up qualified Bahamians on the Employment Exchange for work.Senator and Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said the initiative would target the low employment areas of New Provi
Family member 'broke down in tears' after finding couple's bodies
HERMAN Johnson broke down after seeing the bodies of his murdered brother and sister-in-law at the couple’s residence in Deadman’s Reef on the morning of September 13, 2015, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Mr Johnson had received the tragic news
Family of girl who fell to her death on ship want answers
THE Bahamian youngster who fell to her death on a cruise ship in Miami was described as a “happy, straight A student” whose family now want answers about how she came to die.Damien Fox, Zion Smith’s great uncle, told ABC’s Local 10 News the family wa
Manslaughter appeal dismissed for man who killed daughter
A MAN who killed his three-year-old daughter and hid her dismembered body in 2000 yesterday had his 15-year-late manslaughter appeal dismissed after the appellate president found his petition was connected to “a very bad case”.Court of Appeal Preside
Relief supplies For Dominica
A Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessel is tentatively scheduled to leave for Dominica with a cargo of relief supplies on Thursday afternoon.The Bahamas Girls Guide Association, the Bahamas Red Cross and the Dominican-Bahamian Association have provided
Roberts accuses Sands of ethics code breach
DESPITE his Cabinet post, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has been voluntarily performing surgeries at the RAND Memorial hospital in Grand Bahama to assist medical professionals there amid staff vacancies. He confirmed this to The Tribune yesterday a
Girl, 8, dies in cruise horror
AN eight-year-old Bahamian girl has died after falling from an interior balcony on a Carnival cruise ship docked at the port of Miami.
