Johnson: My mother had leased Crown land for 30 years before it was granted
IN 2010, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham approved a grant of more than 12,000 square feet of Crown land in the Cowpen Road area for Elsworth Johnson.
16 arrests as police seize firearms in special operations
FIFTEEN men and one woman have been arrested over the weekend for illegal firearms and ammunition possession in special operations in Nassau, police are reporting.
One man dead, another seriously wounded after Chippingham shooting
POLICE in New Providence are appealing to the public for information that can assist them in solving a shooting incident that left a man dead and another seriously wounded in hospital on Saturday morning.
Weather brings FNM Grand Bahama rally to a halt
INCLEMENT weather forced the postponement of the Free National Movement’s (FNM) mass rally in Grand Bahama on Friday evening.
61-year-old woman missing in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama Police are searching for a 61-year-old woman of Hunters who has been reported missing.
Ministry of Tourism Permanent Secretary to serve as Acting Parliamentary Commissioner
CHARLES Albury, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, will replace Sherlyn Hall and serve as Acting Parliamentary Commissioner until the post is substantively filled, the government announced on Friday.
Environmental activist claims affected residents will deal with PLP government at polls
ENVIRONMENTAL activist Shuffel Hepburn says the residents affected by industrial pollution in the five southern settlements of Grand Bahama will deal with the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government at the polls on May 10.
Loretta hits out at 'untruthful' Ingraham
LORETTA Butler-Turner, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, turned on him on Friday, calling him "duplicitous" and "untruthful" for statements he made this week about the decision of her and six other members of the Free National Movement's (FNM) Parliamentary caucus to remove Dr Hubert Minnis as Leader of the Official Opposition.
FNM candidate 'not ruling out political mischief' after office burglary
FREE National Movement (FNM) Golden Isles candidate Vaughn Miller says he is not ruling out political mischief as the motive behind the overnight burglary and subsequent robbery and vandalising of the party's constituency office for the area.
Trial date set for murder accused
A TRIAL date in 2018 has been fixed for a 30-year-old man accused of being the culprit behind a fatal shooting in an inner-city community earlier in the year.
Man gets 35-year sentence for killing his mother
A MAN convicted by a Supreme Court jury of matricide has been handed a 35-year prison sentence.
VIDEO: Harvey Tynes urges Bahamians to vote against government
PROMINENT attorney Harvey Tynes, QC, railed against Prime Minister Perry Christie and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as he urged Bahamians to vote against the incumbent government in a bid to save the country.
Police hunt suspect in Kemp Road machine gun shooting
POLICE are on the hunt for a suspect who shot and critically injured a man near Uriah McPhee Primary School shortly after 7am on Friday.
DNA concern over ballot box security
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has questioned the integrity of Wednesday’s advanced poll, as he and members of his party yesterday suggested that the ballot boxes are not being kept in a secure location.
Voter fraud charge is withdrawn
MORE than a month after he was hauled before a magistrate in handcuffs on allegations of voter fraud, an Eleuthera native had the charge withdrawn against him yesterday.
