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Bail set at $50k for man on $1.2m cocaine possession with intent to supply charge

A MAN was granted $50,000 bail after police allegedly found him with $1.22m worth of cocaine that it was said he was trying to smuggle out of the country last month.

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Andros man determined to find missing brother

THE brother of a 47-year-old missing man is determined to find his mentally ill relative, who was last seen a month ago.

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BPL CEO rates company 8 out of 10

BAHAMAS Power & Light CEO Shevonn Cambridge rates BPL’s performance an eight out of ten.

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Police investigate an armed mugging in Grand Bahama and drugs in Abaco

GRAND Bahama Police are investigating an armed robbery incident in the Taino Beach area on Friday.

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SKYGUARD SEVERE WX eALERT – Monday, 31st July

Monday, 31st July, 2023.

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Enact anti-corruption legislation, FNM Says

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the Davis administration should enact a suite of anti-corruption legislation, including a Public Anti-Corruption Act, a Public Officials Code of Conduct Act and an Integrity Commissions Act.

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Police Commissioner: Position on MP rape case coming this week

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said police would reveal its position on an MP accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend this week, three weeks after the director of public prosecutions gave him her recommendation on whether to charge the man with a crime.

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Pintard: PM ‘shamefully wrong’ on Wartsila

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ comments about BPL’s wartsila engines in the House of Assembly last week were “shamefully wrong” and conflict with the account of BPL’s CEO, Shevonn Cambridge.

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AG hopes lower courts follow court of appeal on denying bail

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said the Court of Appeal has established the framework for denying bail to some people accused of serious crimes, and he hopes the lower courts begin to follow suit.

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GIRL KIDNAPPED BY SEX ATTACKER: Family says 9-year-old traumatised after man told her to get in his car

THE sister of a young girl sexually assaulted over the weekend says the incident has left the child traumatised and the family struggling to cope.

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Pintard rallies Grand Bahama FNMs promising victory in the next elections

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard rallied Grand Bahama supporters during an eastern zone meeting on Friday.

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Woman and two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder

An American woman and two Bahamian men were arraigned in the Magistrate Court on Friday on murder conspiracy charges.

One dead after double shooting

A 33-year-old man is dead and a 23-year-old man is in hospital after a double shooting at about 10.30am on Sunday on Peter Street, west of East Street.

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Demolition of derelict buildings downtown to resume

THE DEMOLITION of derelict buildings downtown will soon resume, Senator Randy Rolle announced in the Senate on Friday.

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Police search for man after armed robbery at ATM

POLICE in New Providence are seeking the public’s assistance in locating and apprehending a male responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Thursday.