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Defense uses Golding’s warning to Bahamas on campaign finance reform

IN revealing that The Bahamas ‘does not maintain a comprehensive campaign-finance regulatory structure comparable to that found in the US,’ Jonathan Gardiner’s lawyer Susie Ribero-Ayala entered as evidence a story from The Tribune in which former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding states that The Bahamas remains wide open to the influence of money because successive governments have failed to pass campaign finance laws.

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Davis declines to address claims over election day cash in US court

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday refused to address a US court filing that describes $30,000 found on convicted drug trafficker Jonathan Eric Gardiner after the Election Day plane crash as campaign-related cash.

Bahamas begins assessment of 70 marine protected areas

THE Bahamas has begun its first national assessment of the management of its 70 marine protected areas, a key step in a 15-year debt conversion project expected to direct $124m into marine conservation, coastal protection and blue economy programmes.

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Charles Mackey receives US leadership award

TALK show host and community advocate Charles Carlos Mackey has received the Outstanding Servant Leadership Award from White House Prayer for Our Nations, a private organisation, after decades of work in Bahamian sports, culture and youth development.

Medical report details teen girl’s hospitalisation in sex assault trial

A MEDICAL report read into evidence yesterday indicated that a 14-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a bus driver in 2024.

Jury convicts two men of armed carjacking on Carmichael Road

TWO men were convicted yesterday of the armed carjacking of a woman on Carmichael Road in 2022.

Men receive conditional discharges over cash and iPhone robbery

TWO men connected to a robbery in New Providence last week were placed on probation yesterday.

Men receive conditional discharges over cash and iPhone robbery

TWO men connected to a robbery in New Providence last week were placed on probation yesterday.

Man granted bail after denying he stole from Eastern Road home

A MAN accused of stealing from an Eastern Road home and damaging its security system was granted bail yesterday.

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Bahamian teen named Beyoncé to sing at US Embassy event

BEYONCÉ Knowles will sing the Bahamian national anthem at American Independence Day celebrations in Nassau on Friday – but not the multifaceted American singer, songwriter and actress.

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BPL blames peak demand for New Providence cuts

WIDESPREAD power outages swept across New Providence on Tuesday night after Bahamas Power and Light blamed overloaded circuits caused by “peak system demand.”

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Cop charged 9 years after traffic death

MORE than nine years after a 21-year-old was struck and killed on Tonique Williams Darling Highway, a police corporal has been charged in the case his parents refused to give up on.

Jogger killed in fatal crash in poorly lit area of Freeport

A MAN was killed in an apparent hit-and-run in Grand Bahama on Tuesday night, the country’s 29th traffic fatality for the year and the second pedestrian death in the same poorly lit area in just over a month.

DPP office disposed of 206criminal matters last year

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions disposed of 206 criminal matters last year as part of a wider push to cut the court backlog, according to prepared remarks distributed by Attorney General Wayne Munroe, though he did not read that section during his Senate contribution.

Munroe dismisses concerns over falling voter turnout

ATTORNEY General Wayne Munroe dismissed concern over falling voter turnout yesterday, arguing that Bahamians have a right not to vote and that the country’s participation rate remains high compared with other Caribbean nations.

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