31 May 2018
A 35-year-old father of two, Deolo Cordell Pratt was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson- Pratt yesterday on three counts of the importation of ammunition and one count of conspiracy to import ammunition without possessing a fire arm certificate. The offences are alleged that have taken been committed between March and July 2016. Pratt is […]
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31 May 2018
Deputy Leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, I Chester Cooper says the government decision to raise Value Added Tax to 12 percent “is not only treacherous but is a reckless and dangerous move on the part of the government”. “The Government shamelessly announced an increase in VAT from 7.5 per cent to 12 per cent […]
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30 May 2018
The National Insurance Board (NIB) is weighing out their options as it relates to increasing contributions from nine per cent to 20 per cent, according to the Cabinet minister responsible, Brensil Rolle. Mr. Rolle said that although this has been the position of the IDB and some sectors of NIB for quite some time, the […]
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30 May 2018
A 15-year-old male of Davis Street was arraigned yesterday in the magistrate’s court on three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. It is alleged that on Thursday 28th of April 2018 he had sexual intercourse with a 6-year-old female; again on Thursday 14th of May 2018, with a 10-year-old female and for a third time with […]
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30 May 2018
Long suffering employees of the general post office could very well be working out of a new Gladstone Road post office by the end of the year. The Minister of Transport with responsibility for the East Hill Street Building, Frankie Campbell, announced yesterday that he received a notice of possession of a building in southwest […]
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30 May 2018
Police in Abaco need the public’s assistance in finding the culprits who robbed a business establishment in Spanish Cay. According to Police reports, on Sunday shortly after 10:00pm, two men, both reportedly armed with firearms, entered a business establishment, approached two employees and stole and undetermined amount of cash before escaping. Police are actively investigating […]
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30 May 2018
New Providence Police are investigating yet another homicide. The body of a male was found in a grey Hyundai car on Montgomery Avenue, off Carmichael Road with apparent gunshot wounds to the head and upper body. There was also damage to the right passenger’s door at the rear of the vehicle. While police did […]
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30 May 2018
Irate Trade Unionists say after being around for some 150 years, Morton salt slaps its employees and the labou r board in the face with wage packages that do not even put a dent in a quarter of the company’s resources. Jennifer Brown, President of Bahamas Industrial Manufacturer and Workers Allied Union says the rates […]
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30 May 2018
Minister of National Security Marvin Dames, said that “every time an officer pulls a trigger, he or she has to account for their actions and there will be no cover ups.” Mr. Dames was responding to the recent police involved shooting off Sandy Lane on Sunday. He said that “if those officers acted in good […]
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30 May 2018
“The moral and social fiber of the Bahamian society is coming apart at the seams”. This is the view of the Reverend Doctor William Thompson, President of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention. He also said that a “cloud of apathy” engulfs the Bahamian society. During his address at the 83rd Annual Session […]
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