Safety assessment to be carried out around industrial plants
A SAFETY assessment of the Pinder’s Point, Lewis Yard, and Hawksbill communities surrounding the nearby industrial plants should be completed in the next ten to 13 weeks, according to Grand Bahama Minister Dr Michael Darville.
Island life inspires music icon Mike Oldfield
He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide and won numerous awards. His move to the Bahamas was supposed to signal his retirement, but the composer of the famous “Exorcist” theme tells Cara Hunt how the beautiful island surroundings have reignited his creative passion, how Rose Island almost cost him his Olympics call and about the mysteries of Nassau traffic.
Search for hit-and-run driver after motorcyclist dies
POLICE in New Providence are searching for a blue Honda that failed to stop at the scene of an accident on Saturday evening which has left a motorcyclist dead.
Man believed to have drowned off Inagua
POLICE in Inagua are investigating the circumstances surrounding the apparent drowning death of an man on Friday.
Man in hospital after Laird Street shooting
POLICE are searching for a male suspect responsible for a shooting that left a man in hospital.
Man charged with West Bay Street murder
A MAN was remanded to prison on Friday after he was arraigned on a charge of murder in the Magistrate’s Court.
PM hits out at Chipman's boundaries report claim
PRIME Minister Perry Christie on Friday condemned St Anne’s MP Hubert Chipman’s claim that the boundaries report he signed off on differed from the one tabled in the House of Assembly last week.
MOT launches bio-degradable campaign against Styrofoam
WITH support of local wholesale suppliers and retailers, a year-long bio-degradable campaign to reduce Styrofoam was launched on Grand Bahama on Friday.
‘Rollins comments show lack of plan by rebel seven’
FORMER Cabinet minister Tennyson Wells yesterday pointed to the recent statements made by Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins as further evidence that the “rebel seven” acted selfishly, and were only motivated by “spite and pettiness”.
‘Deplorable’ clinic and a failing infrastructure on Spanish Wells
UNREST in the community of Spanish Wells, Eleuthera is at an all-time high, according to the island’s Chief Councillor Robert Roberts who said conditions there have deteriorated to a degree never before seen by residents.
Butler-Turner rejects Gibson suggestion on firearms
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday “rejected outright” Free National Movement Long Island candidate Adrian Gibson’s suggestion that The Bahamas should consider adopting a Right-To-Carry law, as she questioned whether the FNM shared this position.
Greenslade comments defended by Munroe
ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe defended Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade’s recent response to the country’s murder rate, saying the top officer understands better than politicians the need to avoid emotional policy responses that prove counterproductive in the long run.
Dames: Crime measures 'raise more questions'
FORMER Deputy Police Commissioner Marvin Dames said he is not impressed by National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage’s announcement of the anti-crime measures to be adopted by the government to combat the spike in murders, saying the strategies have raised more questions than answers.
Boundaries legal challenge 'doomed to fail'
A GOVERNMENT lawyer argued in the Supreme Court yesterday that the court should reject the request from members of the Official Opposition for leave to begin judicial review proceedings of a parliamentary order on constituency boundaries because the judicial review attempt is doomed to fail even if leave is granted.
‘Interception Bill will fulfill international obligations’
ONCE the Interceptions of Communications Bill is passed in Parliament, the country will be fulfilling international obligations, attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, told The Tribune.
