UPDATED: Man found dead in Doubloon Drive home on New Year's Day
THE first homicide of 2017 was recorded in the capital mere hours into the new year when a man, whose body was riddled with gunshots, was discovered by a group of friends in an efficiency apartment on Dabloon Drive, off Faith Avenue on Sunday.
PM: Sears has had a fair shot in leadership challenge
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said that former Attorney General Alfred Sears has been given a fair shot to lead the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), despite concern that the party’s late convention may discourage delegates and party stalwarts from approving a change of leadership so close to the next general election.
Smiles for the new year as Delores Ingraham recovers from illness
DELORES Ingraham and her husband, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, saw the new year in at the Lyford Cay Club on Saturday and showed she had recovered from the serious infection which had hospitalised her in the autumn.
Henfield: Gangs told to recruit marchers to join PLP parade
RANARD Henfield, lead organiser for the We March Bahamas group, has claimed that he was approached by two “gang leaders” on Sunday who allegedly told him they were asked to “convince the streets” to march with the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) on Majority Rule Day instead of the activist group.
Lloyd demands to know why supply teachers have not been paid for months
FREE National Movement South Beach candidate Jeffrey Lloyd yesterday demanded an explanation from the government for failing to pay around 200 “supply” teachers across the country for the last several months.
‘PLP offers stability as FNM split by in-fighting’
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday that the changes within the Free National Movement (FNM) that have resulted from infighting in the party have “raised a big question mark for the country”.
Sears to speak on role of the press
FORMER Parliamentarian and Cabinet minister Alfred Sears will speak on ‘The Role of the Media in National Development’ at the Bahamas Press Club monthly meeting this evening at the British Colonial Hilton, downtown Nassau.
Young man shot dead and three wounded in Fox Hill on New Year's Eve
A YOUNG man was reported killed and three people wounded in a shooting incident in Sandilands Village Road, Fox Hill, on New Year's Eve according to police.
Shot driver dies as car crashes into water at Saunders Beach
THE murderous end to the year in the Bahamas continued on Saturday morning with the shooting of a man as he left a club on West Bay Street, his lifeless body being pulled from his vehicle in the water at Saunders Beach.
Loretta slams Parliamentary Commissioner for turning away women registering to vote
OPPOSITION Leader Loretta Butler-Turner has strongly rebuked Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall for defending his department's right to turn away women registering to vote with "half their breasts out", insisting the practice is “nonsensical", "wrongheaded" and borders on illegal.
Two held after illegal firearms found
POLICE in New Providence took two men into custody following the seizure of two illegal firearms in separate incidents on Thursday.
Man gets court date over alleged attack, phone theft from minor
A MAN will stand trial in Magistrates Court next month in connection with an midday attack and cellular phone theft from a minor.
Govt fails to meet transparency pledge
THE Christie administration failed to uphold its pledge for transparency several times in 2016, from failing to account for money given to the YES Bahamas constitutional referendum campaign to not tabling audits for several government institutions.
School supply teachers have not been paid salary for months
SOME 200 “supply” teachers across the country have gone months without receiving their salaries, Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) officials said yesterday.
