Parents and teachers team up to start school year the right way
AS the new school year approaches, teachers and parents at Woodcock Primary have joined forces to ensure that students are fully equipped with workbooks.
Bishop Ellis: Gibson shown no respect
BISHOP Neil C Ellis has lamented the “inhumanity” shown to former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson before his recent arraignment, claiming that the former MP’s treatment was inconsistent with the concept of “basic respect for human dignity”.
Two dead in holiday shootings
HOLIDAY weekend shootings left two men dead in the capital, one of whom was killed less than a month after he was released on bail.
Eight migrants released from Detention Centre
EIGHT detainees who were held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre without charge were released on Friday.
Four dead after two traffic accidents
FOUR people are dead - three of them from Grand Bahama - following two separate recent traffic accidents, police reported.
War of words on finance debt
FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest last night blasted his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) counterpart for challenging whether the government had exaggerated the size of the country’s fiscal deficit.
Sacked – 'for having a beard'
A FORMER police officer is seeking to appeal the commissioner of police’s recent decision to discharge him from the Royal Bahamas Police Force allegedly because of his unwillingness to compromise a key component of his Muslim faith.
Bank of The Bahamas bailout to be debated by Parliament
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest yesterday pledged the government’s planned $166m “rescue” for Bank of The Bahamas will be fully debated in Parliament.
‘FNM can’t ask for apology from anyone’
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said the Free National Movement has no moral authority to demand an apology from anyone, as he called on Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and the FNM to apologise on behalf of the governing party for what he sees as various transgressions and misdeeds over the years.
Drugs worth $600,000 seized in Grand Bahama
POLICE in Grand Bahama seized more than $600,000 worth of drugs during separate incidents last week.
‘Nation-builder and lawyer’ Sir Geoffrey Johnstone dies
FUNERAL services for Bahamian politician and lawyer Sir Geoffrey Johnstone, who died in Doctors Hospital early Friday morning, will be held on Saturday, August 12, at 11am at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk, Princes Street.
Sir Arthur Foulkes pays his respects to ‘a great Bahamian’
FORMER Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes, in paying tribute to Sir Geoffrey Johnstone, described him as “a great Bahamian who gave brilliant service to his country for many years and in many ways”.
Exuma, Abaco still blighted by power cuts
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper has called the frequent power outages affecting Exuma, an “untenable” situation that is frustrating both residents and visitors.
Man shot dead outside of nightclub
Police are searching for several suspects after a man was shot dead in the early hours of Monday morning.
Crash victim dies in hospital
A woman who was detained in hospital following a traffic accident last week died of her injuries on Saturday.
