Pair accused over $2m cocaine seizure
TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a major drug seizure of some $2m worth of suspected cocaine near the island of Bimini over the weekend.Valdez Edgecombe, 38, of South Bimini, and 31-year-old Michael Roberts
Man shot dead, woman injured on Madeira Street.
A MAN has been killed and a woman is thought to be injured in a shooting tonight.
Hurricane Irma: Four days to get ready; new map shows storm further south
HURRICANE Irma is expected to be a major category four or category five hurricane as it moves closer to The Bahamas, according to Accuweather meteorologist Evan Duffy, who said on the system’s current track the eye of Irma will likely “cut very close to New Providence” by Friday bringing with it “heavy rains, flooding and strong winds.”
We Rise: Keep your promises
THE success of Saturday’s We Rise march against the Minnis administration’s “inaction” in office, proves many of the promises made by the government on the campaign trail have gone unfulfilled, according to one of the group’s lead organisers, Coderro Emanuel Armbrister.
Emergency supplies shipped to Inagua
AS HURRICANE Irma approaches, the National Emergency Management Agency announced it plans to ship donated emergency supplies from the United States to the country’s Emergency Relief Warehouse in Inagua.
Cutlass killer suspect captured
A 54-year-old Long Island woman was hacked to death with a cutlass early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute that also left her elderly mother in the Intensive Care Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital.
Power plant still has a hole in its roof from Hurricane Matthew
PAUL Maynard, president of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union, has warned of potential flooding at Bahamas Power and Light’s Clifton Pier Power Plant after damage sustained during Hurricane Matthew last October was never repaired.
Two killed in traffic accidents at weekend
POLICE are investigating two traffic accidents that left two people dead - one in Grand Bahama, the other from Eleuthera.
Minnis makes first trip to US as PM
PRIME Minister Hubert Minnis travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, on the weekend, where he urged Bahamians overseas and other potential investors at a special reception to invest in this country, saying his administration is cutting the red tape and long w
Opening of three schools is delayed
THE Ministry of Education has advised that the opening of three schools will be delayed until later in September. The Early Childhood Centre on East Street South and Stephen Dillet Primary School will not open until Monday, September 11 for all stud
Spate of armed robberies
POLICE are looking for the suspects behind five separate armed robberies that occurred over the weekend. In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, two employees were at a business at the Airport Industrial Park when two men, one with a handgu
'Are churches getting a better deal from government?'
ATTORNEY Fred Smith, QC, has called government’s change of course “discriminatory” in its demand that churches, together with other non-profit organisations, submit their financial information to the Registrar General’s Department in accordance with
Police hunt for suspect after late-night murder
POLICE are still searching for the person responsible for a shooting incident that left one man dead late Friday night. The murder took place shortly after 11pm and was one of two killings that took place over the weekend, the other one was in Long
Political rivals dispute late payment of workers
By RICARDO WELLSTribune Staff Reporterrwells@tribunemedia.netPROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts raised concern yesterday over the non-payment of numerous civil servants last month, a matter Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest said
VIDEO: THE TRIBUNE'S TOP 5 - your countdown of the week's big stories
Khrisna Virgil reviews the big stories that had the Bahamas talking this week.
