03 April 2014
The man shot and killed in Grand Bahama has been identified as Sean Andrew Smith, 38 of #19 Grenfill Avenue. According to police, masked men walked up to a group of people shortly after 9:00 p.m. Tuesday and opened fire, killing Smith and wounding another man. The shooting took place on Weddell Avenue in an […]
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03 April 2014
Although the incident has still not been detailed in the daily crime report, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage on Wednesday slammed recent media accounts that accused the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) of covering up the attempted armed robbery of an armoured truck nearly two weeks ago. He also sent a stern warning to […]
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03 April 2014
Another American resident was arrested in The Bahamas on gun and drug possession charges. Police on Tuesday arrested a 57-year-old Massachusetts man accused of threatening to shoot a female friend while onboard a sailboat moored off Nassau Harbour shortly before 4:00 p.m. The suspect was arrested shortly after the report was made, according to authorities, […]
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03 April 2014
A 25-year-old man was arraigned in the Magistrates Court on Wednesday for a 2013 murder. Rashad Cooper of Quarry Mission Road appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt for the murder of Leroy Adderley on September 5, 2013. Adderley, the 48-year-old father of three was gunned down at his Boyd Road home, only a month after […]
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03 April 2014
Operators at Commonwealth Funeral Home said Wednesday that they suspect arsonists are behind an overnight fire that gutted the tiny building on Independence Drive and racked up an estimated $300,000 in damages. When the Journal arrived on the scene yesterday afternoon, all that were left were two empty caskets and the shell of what used […]
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03 April 2014
Family Island administrators were yesterday admonished to put all those hired since 2012 on contracts. Leading debate on amendments to the Local Government Act in the House of Assembly yesterday, Local Government Minister V. Alfred Gray made it clear that this group of workers will be very disappointed as they will not become permanent by […]
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03 April 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday charged business leaders to take more of an active role in enhancing the country’s economy as he made a pitch for more public private partnerships (PPP) noting their importance in overall development. “I place great emphasis on partnerships between government and the private sector as a means of advancing economic […]
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03 April 2014
The government is working to toughen existing polices to fight financial crimes in the country, but Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson declined to say whether The Bahamas would stand to receive negative ratings from regional bodies like the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) if the web shop industry continued to be unregulated. “The prime minster […]
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02 April 2014
Detectives were busy yesterday interviewing family members of the young woman shot and killed in her home early yesterday morning. According to Police Assistant Superintendent B.K. Bonamy, investigators were yesterday conducting a background check on the victim to determine if she were the intended target and what was the motive behind the fatal shooting. Authorities […]
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02 April 2014
An American couple’s pleasure cruise to The Bahamas was cut short after they were arrested and charged with failing to declare firearms and ammunition. Police said they searched a pleasure boat moored at East Bay Street shortly after 2:00 a.m. Sunday and found two rifles that Randal Tim, 57 and his wife Traci Justice Tim, […]
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