11 November 2013
With tensions rising and threats of industrial action imminent, Prime Minister Perry Christie stepped him in the fray a bid to stave off any possible action. Mr. Christie met with several union heads on Friday to discuss a number of outstanding issues that have been plaguing the civil servants from customs and immigration officers’ medical […]
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11 November 2013
Police yesterday arrested a male suspect in connection with one of the country’s most recent murders. According to Head of the Central Detective Unit, Superintendent Paul Rolle, the Chippingham resident was picked up around 4:oop.m. Sunday, only two days after the shooting death of 21-year-old Timothy Rolle. Detectives found the Rockcrusher resident with a single […]
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11 November 2013
A 77-year-old Canadian visitor is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark in Eleuthera yesterday. According to reports, around 11:00a.m., the victim was fishing with friends aboard a boat off Cape Eleuthera, when he was attacked by a shark, injuring him in both the leg and arm. The victim, whose identity has […]
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11 November 2013
The recommendations submitted by the public on how best to tackle the country’s crime woes have yielded some positive results, according to the national security minister. Dr. Bernard Nottage even went a step further to say he has “seen success” from the suggestions. The first public crime forum, “Operation Ceasefire” was held in August. Practical […]
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11 November 2013
Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner has ordered a new trial in the case of two alleged armed robbers after one of the accused was killed last Monday. Justice Turner discharged the jury in the armed robbery trial of Theophilus Lloyd and Lamar Roberts on Friday, only days after the latter was killed in Pinewood Gardens. […]
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11 November 2013
After a 13-month tenure in The Bahamas, Ambassador of China, Hu Shan is preparing to return home. During a farewell reception in his honour last Thursday, Ambassador Shan admitted his leaving will be “bittersweet” as he enjoyed his time in The Bahamas. “The Bahamian people have been so warm and welcoming to me and my […]
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11 November 2013
Four people were killed yesterday after a single engine aircraft crashed in mangroves shortly after takeoff from the Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA). Assistant Commissioner of Police, Emerick Seymour yesterday told the Bahama Journal that shortly after 11:00a.m. the group – two females and two males, all Caucasians – left the airport on an aerial […]
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11 November 2013
Grand Bahama police this weekend confiscated just under $150,000 worth of suspected marijuana along with a firearm and ammunition. A 42-year-old man of Freeport, Grand Bahama was arrested as a result, authorities said. According to Police Press Liaison Officer, Terecita Pinder, just after 11:00 p.m. Saturday, a team of DEU officers executed a search warrant […]
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11 November 2013
As promised, the government will later this month go on the market to find a new supplier for the electronic monitoring system. In fact, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage on Friday revealed that that day is drawing near. “We are going out to tender,” he said. ‘We have put together a request for proposal […]
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11 November 2013
Sports should be incorporated on various levels to help save the country’s youth, according to a former deputy prime minister. Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt threw out the suggestion on Saturday during a special banquet at the Atlantis Crown Ballroom, Paradise Island honouring 40 women for their achievements in sports and nation building. Mrs. Pratt was one […]
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