Baseball stadium needs an extra $31m to be completed
WORKS & Utilities Minister Alfred Sears says more than $31m will be needed to complete the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium.
‘SAY SORRY AND PAY YOUR FINE’: Minnis says PM at fault over isolation breach - but no need to quit
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he thinks Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis should apologise to the nation and face the fine for violating quarantine.
Seized drugs have street value of $2m
POLICE have said the cocaine seized during a joint operation in Abaco earlier this week has a street value of $2m.
Accused blames officer for inmate’s death in cell
A 33-year-old man who was charged with murdering an inmate with whom he shared a cell last year claimed he was innocent and says he saw a prison officer beating the deceased.
$400 fine over marijuana
A 28-year-old man who was found with over three ounces of marijuana earlier this week was ordered to pay $400 to avoid spending two months behind bars.
Police testify in death by reckless driving case
TWO police officers gave testimony yesterday in the trial of a man accused of killing another man by reckless driving last year.
Homeless man jailed for punching two women
A HOMELESS Grand Bahama man who admitted to punching two women was convicted and sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison by a Freeport magistrate.
Indecent assault sentence delay
A MAN who pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a woman in a police station’s holding cell last year had his sentencing hearing deferred to March.
‘I had to have C-section after woman tried to run me over with a car’
A MOTHER told a court that she had to have an emergency C-section the day after a woman allegedly tried to run her over with a car last year.
‘Jumpstart’ for housing initiative
TRANSPORT and Housing Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis said the government is set to jumpstart its affordable housing initiative, adding some 600 people could benefit when all phases of the project are complete.
Prospect Ridge plan ‘unlikely’ to go ahead
TRANSPORT and Housing Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis has suggested it is unlikely the Davis administration will go forward with the affordable homes project in Prospect Ridge, though she said Cabinet has yet to make a final decision.
Darville defends PM over leaving quarantine
WITH Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis facing backlash for breaking quarantine, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville defended him, saying the nation’s leader was “responsible”.
Safe house notes rise in domestic abuse
THE chairwoman of a local safe house has noted an alarming rise in cases of domestic abuse in the country.
‘We must do better for medical care in Family Islands’
AFTER a relative of a traffic fatality victim from Long Island complained about the level of care he received, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said he thinks “we must find a better way for emergency medical services” on the Family Islands.
