Nygard intends to subpoena Prime Minister in court case
CANADIAN fashion designer Peter Nygard intends to subpoena Prime Minister Perry Christie to give evidence in his committal proceedings before the Supreme Court, a move that was described by opposing counsel as being an attempt to turn the case into “a political circus.”
Woman jailed for 14 years for part in robbing web shop manager
A WOMAN was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for having a role in the robbery of a web shop manager in Long Island.
PLP convention ‘not likely’ to be postponed over storm
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s convention is still on track to be held next month as major hurricane Matthew makes its way through the country this week.
$2m loss for economy as cruise ships avoid storm
THE Bahamas is projected to lose nearly $2m in cruise ship cancellations, with tourism officials yesterday stating that all major cruises due to call into Bahamian ports have already been re-routed due to Hurricane Matthew.
Mighty Matthew threatens heavy rains, high winds, huge surf and devastating storm surge
Mighty Hurricane Matthew has shrugged off its encounter with a landfall on the southwestern tip of Haiti between 7am and 9am on Tuesday morning, and remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with 140mph winds as it plows north at about 9mph over the eastern tip of Cuba. Now Matthew is set to carve a destructive swath across The Bahamas.
Powerful Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti with 145mph winds
HURRICANE Matthew roared across the southwestern tip of Haiti with 145mph winds on Tuesday, uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes in a largely rural corner of the impoverished country as the storm headed north toward Cuba, the Bahamas and the east coast of Florida.
FNM expected to select Jeff Lloyd as St Anne’s candidate
THE Free National Movement is expected, over the next several days, to finalise its decision to officially select talk show host Jeffery Lloyd as the party’s candidate for the St Anne’s constituency.
Greenslade denies officer was part of ‘probe’ into background of Indira Charles
COMMISSIONER of Police Ellison Greenslade yesterday denied reports that a senior police officer was sent to St Lucia to assist with a reported probe into the background of Supreme Court Justice Indira Charles.
Creative Nassau team represent capital in Sweden
CREATIVE Nassau President, Pam Burnside, Vice President, Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, and Gevon Moss, of the Downtown Nassau Partnership, represented the City of Nassau at the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) annual meeting in Östersund, Sweden, last month.
HURRICANE ANALYSIS: Westward shift in Matthew’s forecast track brings threat to Florida
Very dangerous Hurricane Matthew is maintaining Category 4 strength as it heads northwards at 6mph, and is already dumping potentially catastrophic rains on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves towards the Bahamas.
Man jailed over illegal firearms, three others plead not guilty
IT was not a happy birthday for a Chippingham resident who was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for two illegal firearms found by police during a house raid in Long Island.
Second man charged in connection with shooting of PM’s police aide
A SECOND man was denied bail and remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in connection with the shooting of a police aide attached to Prime Minister Perry Christie.
Bulgarian man gets court date for money laundering appeal
A BULGARIAN man who is contesting his conviction of money laundering will have his appeal heard next month.
Govt bonds with interest for CLICO policyholders by mid-november
CLICO (Bahamas) policyholders will receive their compensatory government bonds by mid-November plus accrued interest, with the government primed to “earmark” over $40 million to facilitate the payout process.
Hurricane Matthew news in brief
• THE College of the Bahamas Oakes Field and Grosvenor Close campuses in New Providence and the Northern Bahamas Campus in East Grand Bahama will be closed today, with all operations and classes suspended.
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- Prime Minister Philip Davis predicts his party's return to government in the 2026 general election
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