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$2,500 fine for breaching curfew five times

A MAN on bail for manslaughter was fined $2,500 on Friday after he admitted to breaching his curfew five times to reportedly drop family members to work last month.

Mammogram Access Programme launches 'BeProActive Campaign'

THE Mammogram Access Programme (MAP) has launched a BeProActive Campaign to assist women in the public system to get breast cancer screening.

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Clubs & Societies March 8, 2024.

EduKarting Bahamas held karting sprints and slalom racing at the BHRA Motorsports Park off Sport Centre Road on March 2-3.

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BAIC acquires $400,000 feed mill in first phase of Golden Yolk Project

BAHAMAS Agricultural Industrial Corporation executive chairman Leroy Major said the government acquired a $400,000 animal feed mill for the first phase of its Golden Yolk Project and the development of the Bahamian egg industry.

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Nearly 300k applications not digitised at the Immigration Department causing excessive delays

THOUSANDS are still waiting to be processed by the Department of Immigration because their applications were not transferred to the department’s digital system, Immigration Minister Alfred Sears revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday.

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Ministry of Housing looking to redevelop abandoned homes into affordable housing

HOUSING Minister Keith Bell said his ministry wants to introduce a pilot programme to redevelop abandoned properties and transform them into affordable housing areas.

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Police investigate alleged suicide

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of a 22-year-old woman on Friday.

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‘RBDF set to guard mass migration from Haiti‘

DEFENCE Force Commodore Raymond King said the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has established a blockade in the south-eastern Bahamas to guard the country’s borders against possible mass migration from Haiti.

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‘Rightfully outraged’ over cruise line video

TOURISM Minister Chester Cooper said Bahamians are “rightfully outraged” at a viral video of purported Carnival cruise line guests saying tourists are scared to leave the ship and have been warned by cruise lines that they could be robbed, drugged and raped in The Bahamas.

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‘Homicide by manslaughter’ ruled in police shooting case

TWO officers were stunned after a jury returned a homicide by manslaughter finding yesterday at the end of an inquest into the death of two men killed by police near Cowpen Road on January 23, 2018.

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Sears confirms 1.5% increase in rate on July 1

NATIONAL Insurance contribution rates will increase by 1.5 per cent on July 1 and rise by that amount every two years for the next 20 years, Immigration and National Insurance Board Minister Alfred Sears said yesterday. However, last night, the Office of the Prime Minister said only the rise for July 1 this year was confirmed - with no decision yet taken on future years.

Bell: GB food assistance budget nearly exhausted due to high demand

GRAND Bahama's food assistance budget for this fiscal year has nearly been exhausted amid high demand, Social Services Minister Myles Laroda told the House of Assembly.

Immigration detains 92 during shanty town demolitions

NINETY-TWO people were detained in New Providence and Abaco as authorities looked to demolish shanty towns, Immigration Minister Alfred Sears said yesterday.

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Man granted $9,500 bail for possession of unlicenced gun

A 51-year-old man was granted $9,500 bail after allegedly being found with an unlicensed gun in his home last Sunday.

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Man ordered to 250 hours of community service for stealing $1800 from Starbucks

A 20-year-old man was ordered to serve 250 hours of community service after admitting to stealing $1,833.75 from Starbucks at Cable Cottage over a period of three months.

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