CHILD SHOT DEAD IN NIGHT OF MAYHEM: Boy victim of third shooting within six hours
A CHILD was killed in a shooting incident last night – one of three incidents that claimed the life of at least one other man.
Woman denies harbouring
A WOMAN resident of Grand Bahama was charged in a Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday with harbouring a criminal.
Woman used cutlass and car in attack
A WOMAN was ordered to attend anger management classes yesterday after admitting to assaulting a man with a cutlass and a car.
Man ‘stole car and shotgun’
A MAN was sent to prison from the Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of stealing a woman’s car and shotgun at gunpoint.
Man admits guilt in drugs case
TWO men were charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after police allegedly found $7,800 worth of drugs under their kitchen sink.
Arawak Cay is ‘close to levels pre-pandemic’
ARAWAK Cay vendors said with the increase of business recently, sales are close to pre-pandemic levels, especially with the return of Junkanoo Summer Festival.
AG: rehabilitation act to correct ‘grave injustice’
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says the amendment to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will correct the “grave injustice” to people criminally convicted under the Emergency Powers Orders.
Tragedy ‘a long-term issue’
SENATOR Darren Henfield said yesterday Sunday’s tragedy is just another example of a long-term issue that needs to be addressed.
Haitian leaders reach out to find victims’ families
LEADERS of the local Haitian community are planning to visit several neighbourhoods in New Providence in an effort to locate the families of those who lost their lives in Sunday’s human smuggling incident.
Funeral to be held for Brenda Bethell
FUNERAL services for Mrs Brenda Suzanne Bethell, 92, who died at her home on Thursday, July 21, after a brief illness will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk on Thursday, July 28, at 4pm.
Mammogram unit running again at Rand Memorial
HOSPITAL administrator Sharon Williams has confirmed the Mammography Unit at the Rand Memorial Hospital is now back up and running.
Deadly mistake as man shot dead by accomplice in murder bid
AN ARMED man was accidentally shot and killed by his co-assailant after they attempted to kill another man in Pinewood Gardens yesterday.
For Tamara, giving up is no option
A MOTHER-of-three who is battling stage four breast cancer has appealed for financial help to cover the cost of medical bills.
$500k needed to pay beach contractors
MCKELL Bonaby, executive chairman at Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority, says more than half a million dollars is owed to contract workers.
THIRD ARREST IN BOAT DISASTER: Rescue services move to recovery mode after no survivors are found
SEARCH and recovery efforts for missing Haitian passengers from Sunday’s boating incident continued yesterday with negative findings, according to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force - as a third person was arrested over the tragedy.
