02 January 2014
If you were to ask a number of Bahamians what they think about what the Christie administration has in store to tackle this problem, they’d tell you nothing much will change unless and until everyone gets on board to help win the war. Escalated saturation patrols, the reinstallment of 12-hour shifts and additional criminal courts […]
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02 January 2014
Police are still trying to determine the identity of a man who was found murdered in bushes adjacent to the Yellow Elder Primary School on New Year’s Eve. According to police, the man’s body was found shortly after 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. Head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle said the victim died […]
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02 January 2014
Two men are dead following the New Year’s Day holiday after being shot in two separate incidents. The first murder of 2014 was recorded through Hospital Lane after a man was shot to death just after 2:00 a.m. According to police, the man was sitting in a vehicle in the area when a man armed […]
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02 January 2014
Arthur Carey, 31, of West Street, and 26-year-old Godfrey Minnis of Rupert Dean Lane, were brought before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson Pratt to be charged with that deadly shooting in Bain Town two weeks ago. At the time, the inner-city community was having a “Bring Back The Peace” party when a number of men opened […]
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12 December 2013
Bains Town and Grants Town MP Dr. Bernard Nottage yesterday admitted that he took the brutal death of one of his young constituents “personally” and was in great conflict over how police handled the investigation. He was leading off debate on bills to amend the Child Protection Act and the Sexual Offences Act. The former […]
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12 December 2013
Over the past seven years nearly 5,000 cases of various forms of child abuse have been reported, according to documents tabled in the House of Assembly by Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin on Wednesday. According to the Reported Child Maltreatment Cases report, seven types of abuse are reported to have been inflicted on children in […]
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12 December 2013
Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald on Wednesday tabled a resource manual in the House of Assembly that will assist educators in the country better serve students with special needs. Last week, parliamentarians debated and passed amendments to the Early Childhood Care Act 2004 and its regulations, which established standards for day care and preschools in The […]
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12 December 2013
After three weeks of trial, a guilty verdict was handed down to 28-year-old Rashid Dean. Dean was convicted by a four man-eight woman jury for the August 14, 2011 murder of his ex-girlfriend Oneika Johnson. Johnson was stabbed to death while on her job at Club Med in San Salvador. During the trial, the prosecution, […]
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12 December 2013
Many motorists in eastern New Providence were caught off guard early yesterday morning as they were stopped at multiple points and made to prove that they were legal residents of this country. A coalition of law enforcement officers including members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and the Department of Immigration set up the […]
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12 December 2013
Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald is asking each MP to contribute at least $5,000 from their constituency allowance towards an initiative that will help more Bahamians realise their dreams of a college education. The initiative will be called the Bahamas National High School Marching Band Competition. After a few years, the ministry hopes to expand it […]
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