Two men shot dead in Nassau Village
Police are probing a double-shooting incident that claimed the lives of two men on Friday afternoon.
POLICE ADVISORY: TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES
The Traffic Division of the Royal Bahamas Police Force wishes to advise the general public of temporary road closures on Sunday 19th November, 2023 to facilitate the Eleventh Annual Bahamas Half Marathon Relays.
Social services needs more funding due to rising costs, says Laroda
MINISTER of State for Social Services Myles Laroda said more funding will be needed to sustain the Department of Social Services until the next budget cycle in 2024, citing inflation, rising electricity bills, limited increases in the minimum wage, and Bahamians’ reliance on assistance programmes.
Delays on rebuilding critical GB airport ’another disappointment’, says Turnquest
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest stressed that an international airport is critical for Grand Bahama and expressed disappointment over the wait for the project.
West Grand Bahama and Bimini By-Election Advanced Poll sees 95 percent turnout
THE advanced poll in Bimini had a 95 per cent turnout rate, according to administrator Eva Kay Arthur, the assistant returning officer overseeing the process on that island.
Police Commissioner says murders down by 16 percent
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said major crimes are trending down, with the murder rate 16 per cent lower than it was up to this time last year.
Fernander: Parents of child found dead unfit
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said the parents of the two-year-old boy found dead in Fox Hill on Tuesday are unfit to keep their other four young children.
Moultrie: Petty should resign as deputy speaker of the House
FORMER House of Assembly Speaker Halson Moultrie believes North Eleuthera MP Sylvanus Petty should resign as deputy speaker of the chamber for the same reason he was removed as chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Police Chief ‘will search for files’ in Nygard probe
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he will search for the investigation files concerning complaints women in The Bahamas made about Peter Nygard to see why charges were never brought against the former fashion mogul.
DOUBTS OVER SMITH’S ‘ABSURD’ ASSET CLAIM: Sands asks how can former passport chief not have bank account
DR DUANE Sands ripped into Kingsley Smith’s financial declarations for the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election, insisting the PLP’s candidate has “absurdly” implied that he does not have a bank account.
Cornish trial for alleged rape and physical assault set for April 2024
NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish’s trial for alleged rape and physical assault against his ex-girlfriend is set to begin on April 29, 2024.
Man who held woman hostage on his bus and raped her gets ten-year sentence
A BUS driver was sentenced to ten years in prison for trying to rape a woman he held hostage outside the Mall of Marathon in 2021.
Two men accept plea deal for string of armed robberies - sentenced to six years prison time
TWO men were sentenced to six years in prison as part of a plea agreement for a string of armed robberies that occurred from 2017 to 2020.
Man accused of molesting 15-year-old girl granted bail
A 34-year-old man was granted $5,000 bail after he allegedly molested a 15-year-old girl.
18-year-old male dies next to Tribune parking lot
Police are investigating after an 18-year-old male died on Thursday night on Deveaux Street next to The Tribune parking lot.
