16 May 2012
Acting Court of Appeal President Justice Christopher Blackman raked a prosecutor over coals yesterday, for being ill prepared for court and ultimately causing the adjournment of a case. Prosecutor Uel Johsnon’s lack of preparedness cost murder convict Foster Knowles’ appeal hearing to be adjourned to next week. Knowles was appealing his conviction for possession of [...]
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16 May 2012
The Christie administration believes that forming a strong partnership with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is paramount to the island’s economic recovery and according to the newly appointed Minister of Grand Bahama, Dr. Michael Darville, the task of strengthening that relationship has already begun. Under the previous administration the relationship between the government and [...]
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16 May 2012
Authorities discovered the body of an 82-year-old American man floating in waters in Grand Bahama yesterday. Officers from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) said the visitor was from Pennsylvania. Police made the discovery shortly before 3:00 p.m. Officers were called to the Taino Beach area and spotted the body at the rear of Bell Channel [...]
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16 May 2012
The Opposition has announced the names of the four people who will make up its team in the upper chamber. Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday advised the Governor General that former Minister of Education Desmond Bannister will serve as leader of opposition business in the Senate. He will be joined by former Minister of [...]
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16 May 2012
Meteorologists are predicting a below average 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season as forecasts indicate that hurricane activity will be “tame.” Met Officer at the Department of Meteorology Godfrey Burnside said unlike past years, the upcoming hurricane season is not expected to cause as much damage as it did in years past. “As a matter of fact, [...]
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16 May 2012
With years’ worth of a weakened economy, the Minister of Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville said his new ministry has taken a three-pronged approach to reviving the nation’s second city. Dr. Darville told the Bahama Journal on Tuesday that more focus on agriculture, alternative energy and training is exactly what Grand Bahama needs to bounce [...]
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16 May 2012
Following the dismissal of a popular morning talk show host from the state-run ZNS Network, the Free National Movement (FNM) has alleged that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has reverted to its old ways of victimising Bahamians. On Monday, veteran talk show host and broadcaster Christina ‘Chrissy Love’ Thompson was relieved of her duties as [...]
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16 May 2012
Police confiscated $10,000 worth of marijuana from Freeport International Airport on Monday. Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) continued their investigations on Tuesday into the discovery of 10 pounds of marijuana at the Charter Section of the airport. Officers found the drugs after searching passengers and some luggage that came on a Family Island [...]
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16 May 2012
Detectives in New Providence and Grand Bahama are investigating the country’s latest homicides – the 53rd and 54th for the year. In New Providence, shortly after 11:00 Monday night, police reported that a man had just arrived at a home on Goggle Eye Road off Soldier Road when he was approached by a gunman who [...]
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16 May 2012
The trial involving three men accused of robbing a popular Bay Street store was delayed again after a piece of evidence was in dispute. Back on May 22, 2011 police alleged that Jasper Curry, David Collins and Jonathon Armbrister., armed with high-powered guns, held up the John Bull store on Bay Street. Yesterday, the prosecution [...]
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