Jury find Blair raid gunman guilty
TIANO D’Haiti was convicted by a Supreme Court jury yesterday after finding him unanimously guilty for the role he played in the October 2014 shooting death of Blair Estates resident Andre Cartwright.
PM surprised by Dominica concern
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has been “surprised” by the polarising responses Bahamians have had to his offer that Dominican students be allowed to attend school here, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday.
Time for 'Dunkin' for Boobies'
RADIO House is ready to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month this Friday morning with its fourth annual “Dunkin’ for Boobies” fundraising event, which in the last four years has raised more than $13,000. The group is hoping to exceed that amount this year.
Burrows in union bid
GRAND Bahama’s Alexander Burrows Jr is running as a candidate for the position of northern region area vice president of the Bahamas Public Services Union in its upcoming election.Mr Burrows, a customs officer who is aligned with Team Restoration, sa
PM persists with local government plans
THE Minnis administration is committed to introducing some form of local government to New Providence, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said Monday. Prime Minister Minnis said preliminary studies have already begun to assess the feasibility of introd
Former PLP minister says country can't sustain crime rate
DESPITE more than 600 murders during the Progressive Liberal Party’s last term in office, former Cabinet minister Glenys Hanna Martin criticised the Minnis administration yesterday saying the country cannot sustain the high rate of murders and violen
Stephen Dillet school to open on Monday
STEPHEN Dillet Primary School is set to open for students on Monday, roughly four weeks after public schools across the country commenced the 2017-2018 academic year. Acting Education Minister Dion Foulkes made the announcement Tuesday, just before
Two accused of killings in separate murder cases
TWO men in their early to mid-twenties were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two separate murders, one of which occurred in 2015. Kyle Farrington, 25, of Doris Johnson Estates, and Lethario Davis, 23, of East Wood Apple C
Attorney General 'open' to talks with non-profits on compliance
WHEN it comes to compliance of non-profit organisation regulations, the Office of the Attorney General is open to creating special arrangements with NPOs similar to what it has arranged for churches. “The attorney general says the office is prepared
Remaining Acklins evacuees head home
MORE than a week after refusing to return home to begin clean-up efforts, those remaining Acklins evacuees still in the Nassau were sent back following a tense ten-day period at the Sir Kendal Isaacs Gym.
Dominica aid plan 'needs urgent detail'
BAHAMAS Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander said Monday he “fully supports” the Minnis’ administrations plans to accommodate students from Dominica displaced by Hurricane Maria, but said the “details of how it will be done” are “very crucial”.
WEATHER WARNING FOR NASSAU until 4.15pm
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Bahamas Department of Meteorology issues severe weather warning until 3.00pm
The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning from 1:00 pm to 3:00pm, Tuesday, 26th September, 2016.
Christie ‘amazed’ by debt
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie was “absolutely amazed” to learn he owed the Water and Sewerage Corporation more than $23,000, telling The Tribune yesterday he was never informed of such arrears and wondered how it was possible to accumulate this debt.
Davis: I’m paid up – office bill is wrong
DAVIS & Co, the law firm headed by Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis, yesterday disputed an “exorbitant” bill of $22,603.33 from the Water and Sewerage Corporation insisting there has been a long and continued attempt to determine accurate billing of their account from the water provider.
