26 November 2013
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Christmas trees wrapped in lights, hanging wreaths, garlands and bows all symbolise the return of the festive season. Another sight come to be expected during the holiday is streets lined with The Salvation Army’s huge red brass kettles and the ever familiar sound of bells being rung […]
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26 November 2013
John Pinder is the president of the National Congress Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB) . . . again. Mr. Pinder was elected on Friday. He beat out Belinda Wilson, Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president, for the top post. Mr. Pinder previously served from 2006 to 2010 as the union’s president. “I’m really grateful to the […]
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26 November 2013
The drug trial involving a former woman police constable and her brother was expected to begin in the magistrates’ court Monday, but scheduling conflicts between the prosecution and the defence forced the case to be pushed back at least three weeks. Twenty-seven-year-old Toni Sweeting and her brother, 33-year-old Delano Sweeting and Jamaican national Conrad Campbell […]
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26 November 2013
A campaign calling for 16 days of activism aimed at eliminating violence against women in The Bahamas was officially launched yesterday during a ceremony in Rawson Square. The Zonta Clubs in The Bahamas, along with The Bahamas Crisis Centre, organised the event, which coincided with International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women as […]
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26 November 2013
It seems union workers at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) have won their fight against their chairman, Leslie Miller – at least for now. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works, Philip Davis – who is responsible for BEC – confirmed that the monies that were deducted from the workers’ salaries would be […]
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26 November 2013
A mom of two was shot dead in a hail of bullets outside a Deveaux Street home last evening. Two of her relatives and a male friend were also shot. The group was sitting outside on the porch at 7:00 p.m. when the shootings occurred. The incident occurred just feet away from the Our Lady’s […]
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20 November 2013
Two men were arrested Monday evening for murdering a man whose gunshot riddled body was found along a dirt road off Cowpen Road Friday night. Authorities have identified the victim as 29-year-old Vernon Robert Rolle, Jr. of Monastery Park. His body was found in Hollywood Subdivision around 9:30 p.m. Friday. When police arrived on the […]
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20 November 2013
Despite earlier political sentiment that school policing was an ineffective use of police resources, the programme has brought about a significant reduction in the number of crimes committed on school campuses, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage said Monday. Dr. Nottage, who had just attended a crime forum with high school students, touted the programme’s […]
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20 November 2013
Officials in the Bahamas Prisons Association (BPA) are scheduled to meet with a team of lawyers today in a last ditch effort to get the government to respond to a plethora of issues they have been complaining about for a number of years. According to BPA President Gregory Archer chief among their concerns is the […]
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20 November 2013
A man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend had confided in his relative that he was going to carry out the deadly plot. Rashid Dean, 28, is accused of murdering 27-year-old Club Med security officer Onieka Johnson two years ago. The love triangle murder trial began yesterday in the Supreme Court. Justice Indra Charles is presiding […]
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