Six years after Dorian, anger at state of Treasure Cay airport
ABACO residents feel neglected as the Treasure Cay International Airport remains in disrepair six years after Hurricane Dorian, with visitors reportedly forced to sit in a plastic shed and use portable toilets.
FNM ‘in it to win it’ for by-election
AFTER weeks of uncertainty over whether the Free National Movement (FNM) would contest the by-election in Golden Isles, party leader Michael Pintard confirmed yesterday that the FNM will field its candidate, Brian Brown, for the seat.
Pair admit to ‘intoxicated’ attack on woman
TWO women admitted in court to attacking another woman at a bar last month while she was collecting her pay cheque.
$8,000 bail for theft suspect
A WOMAN was granted $8,000 bail yesterday after being accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from the Bahama Islands Cooperative Credit Union over three years.
US woman cleared in gun case
AN American woman accused of possessing a gun and ammunition in The Bahamas was cleared yesterday after prosecutors admitted the case stemmed from a Customs matter.
FNM confirms plan to contest Golden Isles by-election
THE Free National Movement (FNM) has confirmed it will contest the upcoming Golden Isles by-election, ending weeks of speculation over whether the opposition would field a candidate for the November 24 poll.
Two new constituencies proposed - with splits in Killarney and West GB and Bimini
THE Boundaries Commission is proposing creating two new constituencies ahead of the next general election by dividing Killarney and West Grand Bahama and Bimini, The Tribune understands.
DPP defends lack of jail time for rich businessman
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazier yesterday pushed back against criticism over the sentence given to a wealthy businessman convicted of firearm offences, insisting that cases are judged on their individual merits, not on a person’s wealth or nationality.
Anger over funds for wedding party - but not for others
THE government’s decision to fund accommodations for some Bahamians who visited Jamaica for a wedding but didn’t leave ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s arrival has triggered anger among some Bahamians, including a grieving family still pleading for help to bring a loved one’s body home from Haiti.
RBDF officers sent to Inagua complain - Chief says ‘stupid’
AS Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the south-eastern Bahamas, Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) officers ordered to stay behind in Inagua say they are being left to “ride out the storm” in unsafe and inadequate conditions — claims Commodore Floyd Moxey has strongly rejected as false and “stupid”.
Hundreds flee from the storm
CONFUSION and exhaustion swept through the southern islands yesterday as hundreds of residents tried to flee the path of Hurricane Melissa in what officials described as the biggest pre-event evacuation in Bahamian history.
Tears from relatives as man is found hanged
A MAN believed to be in his early 30s was found dead by family members with a noose around his neck yesterday, in what police suspect was a suicide.
Second chance for man as he admits guilt to grievous harm
A MAN was given a second chance last week after the family of a pastor’s son forgave him for a brutal 2023 attack on Finlayson Street that left the victim with brain haemorrhaging and life-threatening injuries.
‘Man wielded cutlass before he was shot by police officers’
AN officer testified yesterday that a man shot and killed by police in Fox Hill in 2018 had wielded a cutlass at two officers before being shot.
Man jailed for threat
A 43-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months in prison for threatening a police officer with a gun on Toote Shop Corner last December.
