23 October 2013
The countdown is on. With only days to go before the third annual Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival on Location: Grand Bahama Island, organisers and sponsors of the event are tying up the final details, as festivities commence in less than a week. This year’s event will feature a broadened High School Film Competition, which is […]
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23 October 2013
Speaking through his probation report yesterday, convicted murderer Stephen ‘Die’ Stubbs said he was sorry that the murder occurred and was sympathetic towards the victim’s family, but maintains he had nothing to do with it. Heavily armed police officers and drug dogs had Bank Lane under heavy guard as Stubbs and his two co-accused Clinton […]
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23 October 2013
A Jamaican man, two Bahamian men and a Bahamian woman were on Tuesday charged in connection with an Exuma car theft ring. Jason St. Mark Noble, 34, of Jamaica, whom police had previously fingered as the mastermind behind the car theft ring, racked up the most charges. Geno Gray, 34; David Pierre, 27, and Shantia […]
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23 October 2013
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has fully restored electricity supplies to residents in western and eastern New Providence following Monday’s power outage. Residents were left in the dark for several hours during that blackout. According to BEC, several units tripped offline at 5:31 p.m. As a result, several areas in eastern and western New Providence […]
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23 October 2013
A putrid stench at the multi-million dollar Nassau and South Streets Court Complex yesterday left many defendants pinching their noses, several cases adjourned and a top judge apologising for the inconvenience. Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt told her courtroom that the courthouse was experiencing plumbing problems. “There is a malodorous smell clouding the air,” she said. […]
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21 October 2013
The Festival Place Welcome Centre is set to undergo a multi-million dollar facelift, forcing a temporary shutdown and the relocation of its vendors. No word yet on how long the works will take to complete but Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe recently revealed that it will cost over $2 million and that in the process, vendors […]
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21 October 2013
The government’s decision to place police officers on a 12-hour shift system has earned high marks from Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) President John Pinder, who said the new strategy appears to be yielding positive results. However, Mr. Pinder urged the government to enact certain measures to ensure the officers’ overall well being is protected. […]
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21 October 2013
The man convicted of the 2011 murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer will return to the Supreme Court today after sentencing was put off last week. This is the second time the matter has been adjourned for Kofhe Goodman. On August 2, an 11-woman, one man jury unanimously found Goodman guilty of killing the Columbus Primary […]
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21 October 2013
A team of regional officials, including nearly 20 participating Fisheries Administrations and Organisations (FAO) in the Caribbean, will meet in the capital for a week of events that will review the progress of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Fish II Programme and chart a future course that will build on the successes to date. […]
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21 October 2013
With “hundreds” of people on dialysis in The Bahamas, Minister of Health Dr. Perry Gomez is pushing for a transplant programme. This he said would ensure that kidney transplants take place more frequently than they do now. “We need to complement this treatment with transplantation and it’s easily said, but we need to educate our […]
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