Get a fly fishing licence - or risk going to jail under new rules
BAHAMIANS and visitors could face up to six weeks in prison, a $2,000 fine or both if they fail to adhere to the new fly fishing industry regulations set to come into effect on Monday, Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray announced yesterday.
DNA: No plan to absorb rebel seven
THE Democratic National Alliance has no intention of absorbing any of the Free National Movement’s seven members of Parliament who revolted against Killarney MP Dr Hubert Minnis in the House of Assembly, according to DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday.
Butler-Turner: You’ll see soon why I chose Rodney Moncur
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that despite newly appointed Senator Rodney Moncur being described as “vile and bombastic,” persons will come to understand “very soon” why she chose the controversial talk show host for the post.
26 new registration stations ahead of vote
THE Parliamentary Registration Department yesterday announced 26 new voter registration stations in New Providence and Grand Bahama, in a move to improve sluggish voter registration numbers.
First-time offender told if he can’t handle jail he shouldn’t break the law
A TEEN’S arraignment and admission of guilt concerning firearm related offences yesterday allowed a court official the opportunity to denounce ongoing gun violence and crime in the country.
Psychiatric evaluation of man accused of killing mother not carried out
AN ORDERED psychiatric evaluation of a man awaiting trial in connection with the fatal stabbing of his mother was not carried out, a magistrate learned yesterday.
$9m spent on school repairs after Hurricane Matthew
THE government spent around $9m to repair hurricane damage to public schools throughout the country, according to Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald, who said yesterday that works have been “significantly completed”.
Platinum Knights triumph in Freeport Junkanoo parade
AFTER four years on the scene, Platinum Knights finally walked away as Division A winners of the 2017 New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade in Freeport.
Two Haitians apprehended, 19 Cubans brought GB
TWO Haitian women were apprehended in the Williams Town area on Tuesday evening, an immigration official reported on Wednesday.
Murder victims identified
POLICE have released the identities of two of the country’s latest murder victims.
Former Tribune chief librarian dies, aged 99, in her sleep
Doris Bullard, 99, died peacefully in her sleep at her East Street south home yesterday afternoon. With her were her niece, Mrs Patricia Coakley, and her grand nephew, Father Rudi Cleare.
The house that outshines the rest for Christmas
WITH the Christmas decorations coming down on houses across the country this week, one happy resident may show off her décor a little past the twelfth day of Christmas.
On Da Hook
NEW YEAR fishing in The Bahamas continues to yield a Wahoo bounty for locals and holidaymakers alike.
Bungled vaccinations and an infant’s fight for life
When she took her healthy infant son for his routine vaccinations in Nassau last July, Elizabeth Dupuch Carron could not have imagined the horror that was to unfold which almost cost him his life. Now safely back home after five months of radical treatment in Miami, Aidan’s anguished mother opens her heart exclusively to The Tribune to tell the harrowing tale of his fight for survival in order to help other families avoid unnecessarily suffering the same frightening encounter with a deadly disease.
Johnson rumoured to be among candidates for FNM ratification
THE Free National Movement expects to ratify three candidates for the 2017 general election next week, The Tribune was told yesterday.
