28 April 2014
Five people were shot in three separate incidents over the weekend including two women who remain in critical condition. In the most recent incident, a 21-year-old woman is detained in hospital after being shot yesterday. According to reports, around 2:30 a.m., police received a report of a shooting at a home located at Sister Maria […]
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28 April 2014
The two boaters picked up in connection with last Wednesday’s $1.5 million drug bust in waters off Long Island were arraigned Friday and remanded to Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP). Amal Rashad Pratt, 24, of Step Street, Fox Hill and Balls Alley resident, Randy Ricardo Munnings, 20, appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes to face four drug […]
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28 April 2014
Two American women have been arrested for drug possession and are expected to be arraigned in a court early this week. A 28-year-old woman of Southbridge, Massachusetts and a 27-year-old woman of Waltham, Massachusetts are in custody after they were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs on Friday, police said. According to reports, around 9:30 […]
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28 April 2014
Value Added Tax consultants brought in by the Christie administration say that aside from Real Property Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) is the best form of taxation a government could introduce. According to Don Brash, one of the VAT consultants who helped introduced the tax to New Zealand in 1986; just as is happening in […]
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28 April 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie gave a charge to the executive governing body of the University of West Indies (UWI) explaining to them that he should not have to seek advice on projects such as The Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) from universities outside the region. “The University of the West Indies as the […]
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28 April 2014
As part of ongoing efforts to increase the number of qualified workers in the industry, The Air Conditioning Depot (commonly known as AC Depot), along with its sister company Total Comfort Air Conditioning, have teamed up with The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) to give hands-on training and guidance to the students of their […]
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24 April 2014
Police in the capital were kept busy Wednesday after two men were killed in separate shooting incidents 13 hours apart. The most recent murder happened through Dunmore Street, just 30 minutes after police officials said they conducted routine patrols in the area. Police officials said it was around 12:20 p.m. when they got the call […]
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24 April 2014
Senior Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs will sum up the Douglas Pratt murder trial this morning at 10 after more than two weeks of testimony. It is expected that the jury will be sent into deliberation just after. Pratt is on trial for the November 22, 2010 murder of Shande Cartwright, the mother of his […]
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24 April 2014
Fort Charlotte Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Andre Rollins said the new medical bill, tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday is discriminatory in some parts. During his contribution to the debate Dr. Rollins referred to the portion that would not allow Bahamian doctors to advertise their practice. He compared it to the current gambling […]
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24 April 2014
In light of recent comments made by Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis comparing the Malaysian Air flight 370 to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), calling them both “lost,” Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the government was forced to send a message to that country reinforcing The Bahamas’ sensitivity to the situation. Recently it was […]
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