Senior police officer on leave after allegations
AFTER a series of voice notes were circulated on social media, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander issued a statement on Friday to say that a senior officer has gone on garden leave while an investigation takes place.
Duncombe: We are working to get more traffic to stores on Bay Street
TOURISM Director General Latia Duncombe said work is being done to encourage cruise passengers to spend money at local spots downtown, not just the Nassau Cruise Port (NCP).
Man charged with assault with a cutlass
A MAN was granted bail last week after he was accused of assaulting a woman with a cutlass earlier this year.
‘Cruise passengers spending more than in previous years’
CRUISE passengers to The Bahamas are spending more money than they used to, according to Director General of Tourism Latia Duncombe.
Man accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with 12-year-old girl
A 20-year-old man was remanded in custody after being accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl last week.
Wheelchair-bound man accused of having a gun, ammunition, marijuana and cocaine
A MAN in a wheelchair was granted $8,000 bail yesterday after he was accused of having a loaded gun and drugs on Corlett Road in May.
Romer: Task force established to manage airport passenger congestion
AVIATION Director Dr Kenneth Romer said a task force has been established to manage airport passenger congestion during peak travelling times.
‘No bullet casings matched gun’ allegedly belonging to Finley
A FIREARM expert said no casings or fired bullets matched the weapon that reportedly belonged to 15-year-old Gino Evante Finley, Jr, who police shot and killed on Prince Charles Drive in 2017.
‘No bullet casings matched gun’ allegedly belonging to Finley
A FIREARM expert said no casings or fired bullets matched the weapon that reportedly belonged to 15-year-old Gino Evante Finley, Jr, who police shot and killed on Prince Charles Drive in 2017.
No action taken yet in case of two Kentucky women that claimed to be raped while in GB
CHIEF Superintendent of Police Shanta Knowles said Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander has the file concerning two Kentucky women who claimed in February that two men at Pirate’s Cove Zipline and Water Park in Grand Bahama drugged and sexually assaulted them.
Man shot outside club in Abaco dies in hospital
THE country’s murder count rose by one on Tuesday when a man died in hospital after being shot outside a nightclub in Abaco on Monday.
Taylor ‘not taken from yoga retreat’
THE Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat American Taylor Casey visited before she disappeared said she was not abducted from the site and that evidence suggests she left the retreat voluntarily.
Bahamian students who stayed in Jamaica all OK
BAHAMIAN students in Jamaica fared well under Hurricane Beryl passage and have no regrets about remaining in the country to endure the powerful storm, according to Honorary Consul in Jamaica Alveta Knight.
Leader of Valley Boys faction intends to take legal action
TREVOR Davis, the interim chairman of a faction within the Valley Boys community that wants to change the organisation’s leadership, said his team intends to take legal action against the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence.
Police shoot man wielding a cutlass
Police report that a 29-year-old male from Ross Corner is in the hospital after being shot by police while armed with a cutlass yesterday.
