Accused gets court appointed lawyer
A MAN scheduled to stand trial in 2018 on murder and attempted murder charges received a court appointed lawyer to represent him against the allegations.
Three in court over Deputy PM robbery
THREE men awaiting trial in connection with the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ home appeared in Supreme Court for a status hearing on their case.
DNA stages protest outside Bahamas Power and Light
THE Democratic National Alliance protested outside Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hill Road headquarters yesterday, taking issue with a proposed rate hike and shoddy service by the company in recent months.
Local retailer exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7s after global recall
AT LEAST one local cell phone supplier has started exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following a global recall over the device’s reported propensity to burst into flames due to a battery defect.
Immigration Dept to conduct Abaco checks
THE Department of Immigration has announced that it will conduct checks beginning November 1 on employers in Abaco to ensure their workers have the proper documents to live and work in the Bahamas.
Call for international observers for committee’s probe
SAVE The Bays (STB) has appealed for international observers to oversee the House of Assembly’s Committee on Privilege’s probe into the landmark ruling by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles over the leak of its private emails in Parliament.
QC: Probe into parliamentary privilege ruling is an ‘affront to the separation of powers’
A Queen’s Counsel yesterday called the probe by the House of Assembly’s Committee on Privilege into Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles’ ruling on parliamentary privilege an “affront to the separation of powers”.
Baha Mar payouts start September 27
FORMER employees of Baha Mar will start receiving cheques from the Claims Committee established to administer payouts on September 27, according to a notice published yesterday.
Several hurt in BPL plant explosion
ONE person is in hospital and several others received medical attention after an “explosion” at Bahamas Power and Light’s Blue Hills Plant, officials said yesterday.
Post office flooding prompts union threat
BAHAMAS Public Services Union President John Pinder threatened yesterday to “shut down every post office” in New Providence if the government does not immediately relocate employees from the “unsanitary” General Post Office on East Hill Street.
Minnis expected to endorse Butler-Turner as Long Island candidate next week
ACTING on his repeated pledges to support MP Loretta Butler-Turner as the candidate for the Long Island constituency in the 2017 general election, FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis and party executives are expected to endorse her next week during a town meeting on that island.
Murder victim in ‘wrong place at wrong time’
THE grief sparked by the murders of the two men who were involved in a triple shooting on Tuesday evening has been far reaching, with one of the victim’s employers telling The Tribune it is hard to understand why he was killed during the prime of his life.
Teens charged over spree of armed robberies
FOUR teens, including a minor, were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a recent spree of armed robberies that targeted a number of businesses and civilians.
On Da Hook
BRINGING fish caught recreationally in the Bahamas back to Florida by water became a little easier this week.
Manhunt for two men after triple shooting
POLICE have launched an island-wide manhunt for two men they want to question in connection with Tuesday’s triple shooting, which left a child in hospital and two men dead.
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