Local News

Lightbourn differences with Minnis ‘resolved’

ALTHOUGH he did not get a renomination for his seat, Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn - one of the “gang of six” - said his “differences” with Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis have been resolved, telling persons yesterday to “go elsewhere” if they did not support the party’s leadership.

McCartney: DNA is chance to start over

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney says his party exists as a “chance” for Bahamians to “start over”, claiming that consecutive governments have neglected and disrespected the needs and demands of voters.

Defence Force officer faces firearms charges

A Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer must apply for bail to the Supreme Court having been denied a bond when he was arraigned on two firearm related offences in Magistrate’s Court.

Wanted man is arrested

A SUSPECT wanted by police in connection with the attempted murder of a police sergeant had been arrested.

18 Cuban migrants detained

EIGHTEEN Cuban migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas by a Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) patrol craft in the Cay Sal Bank area southeast of Key West, Florida, on Wednesday morning.

Grand Cay residents rescued

TWO Grand Cay residents are thankful to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force after the overdue boat they were on was found safe at sea in the northern Bahamas on Wednesday morning.

Bahamasair director Henry Woods dies

PRIME Minister Perry Christie mourned the death of Bahamasair Managing Director Henry Woods, who died in a South Florida hospital yesterday.

Colombian pair accused of cocaine smuggling plot are denied bail

TWO Colombian men were denied bail and remanded to prison yesterday after they were arraigned for their alleged involvement in a $600,000 cocaine smuggling plot.

Backlogs in Haitian passport applications cleared

BACKLOGS to obtain a Haitian passport have been cleared, according to Haitian Ambassador Jean Victor Geneus, who yesterday insisted that lengthy waiting times for persons applying in the Bahamas had been reduced to four weeks.

Partnership deal to make IADB resources available in Freeport

A memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday establishing a “strategic partnership” between the Ministry of Finance, the Inter-American Investment Corporation and the Grand Bahama Port Authority that will make Inter-American Development Bank resources available for private sector development in Freeport.

FNM hosts Marco City basketball tournament

MARCO City Youth teamed up with The Marco City Free National Movement Association to stage a back-to-school basketball tournament.

Bahamians warned to prepare for Hurricane Matthew, now a category 4 storm

HURRICANE Matthew is expected to bring strong tropical storm force winds and heavy rain when it passes over the central and southeast Bahamas early next week, with residents being warned to begin hurricane preparations as soon as possible.

Hurricane Matthew rages in the southern Caribbean

HURRICANE Matthew swirled westward into the open waters of the Caribbean early on Thursday after hitting islands in the south of the region with heavy wind and rain.

Regulators had nothing to do with Chrissy Love show being cut off

THE removal of popular radio talk show host Christina “Chrissy Love” Thompson from the airwaves during her “Reality Check” broadcast on Tuesday had nothing to do with any regulation violation, according to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA).

Christie ‘not going to be forced into decision by a gynaecologist’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday there is “no way” he is going to let an “obstetrician/gynaecologist politician” force him to make a decision that is “not in the best interest of the people”.

The Tribune