Five arrests in connection with 'major drug trafficking ring'
POLICE arrested five people early on Thursday morning who they believe to be members of a “major drug trafficking ring”.
Abaco, Long Island and Exuma to get new weather radars
THE GOVERNMENT is planning to purchase at least three additional "state of the art" Doppler weather radars for approximately $18 million to strengthen the country's weather tracking services, Department of Meteorology Director Trevor Basden said on Friday.
Bahamian weather experts to give BNT presentation
TWO authorities on the Bahamian climate - former College of the Bahamas geography lecturer Neil Sealey and Department of Meteorology forecaster Wayne Neely - will give a joint presentation at the Village Road headquarters of The Bahamas National Trust on Wednesday, January 20.
Passport Office closed on Friday
THE Passport Office on Thompson Boulevard closed on Friday to allow for fumigation of the premises, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has announced.
Police officer accused of sex attacks on minors
A POLICE officer appeared in Magistrate’s Court arraigned on multiple charges concerning the alleged sexual assault of two minors entrusted to his care dating as far back as 2005.
Jet ski alert came after repeated complaints by Embassy ignored
DESPITE persistent complaints from American officials over the past few years the watersports industry in The Bahamas has not been properly regulated, US Chargé d’Affaires Lisa Johnson told the press yesterday.
Miller: What world does Chief Justice live in?
A DAY after Chief Justice Sir Hartman Longley said it would take a “massacre” before the death penalty is carried out, Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller called that line of thinking “utterly ridiculous and stupid.”
Pastor beaten and family terrorised
PROMINENT Pastor Rex Major was gun butted and robbed in his home early Thursday morning by armed intruders who also attempted to sexually assault his daughter.
Hurricane Alex weakens after passing Azores
A RARE January hurricane in the Atlantic weakened to a tropical storm on Friday morning after moving over the Azores.
Meet the first babies of 2016
THE holiday season tends to come with a lot of gifts, but what better than the gift of a precious life?
US says local legal changes needed to stop gun trafficking
THE Bahamas won’t see relief to its gun trafficking problems by policy changes at the executive and congressional levels of the United States government but instead through local legislative changes and strong ties between local and US authorities designed to dismantle criminal smuggling rings, US Chargé d’ Affaires Lisa Johnson said yesterday.
Police hunt armed robbery suspects
POLICE are seeking the public’s assistance in locating three suspects responsible for two armed robberies that occurred on January 14.
PM ‘has endorsed views of Roberts’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday accused Prime Minister Perry Christie of “endorsing” PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts’ recent “nasty characterisation” of the FNM’s newly ratified candidates for fear of being voted out of office.
Celebrity artist presents work to Kevin Hart
ONE OF the world’s top entertainers who is regarded as ‘the funniest man in America’ was almost stuck for a line when he was presented with a specially-commissioned portrait by Jamaal Rolle, aka The Celebrity Artist, recently.
Difference of views in battle against extradition
TWO lawyers on record for five men fighting extradition were at odds in the Supreme Court yesterday about a new application filed by one of the five wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges.
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