19 August 2013
Police are looking for three men who allegedly abducted a woman and sexually molested her. According to police reports, the incident occurred around 3:00 a.m. in the area of Bahama Avenue. The woman was in the area in her silver Hyundai when she was approached by three men armed with a handgun. The men ordered […]
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19 August 2013
A two-year-old boy died on Friday after being fatally beaten by his stepfather. The police have the 30-year-old resident of Allan Drive in custody and have classified the toddler’s death as a homicide. Head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU), Superintendent Paul Rolle was on the scene and briefed reporters as to what their investigations […]
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19 August 2013
When Thomas Rigby appeared in the Supreme Court Friday morning he expected to be sentenced for damaging over $1 million worth of the newly paved John F. Kennedy Drive but his sentencing never happened. On July 18th, Thomas Alexander Rigby pleaded not guilty to the charge of damage, but now he apparently had a change […]
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19 August 2013
A young man is dead and his handgun confiscated following a police involved shooting shortly before 2:00 a.m. Saturday. Preliminary reports indicate that police were on patrol, when they heard a barrage of gunshots coming from the area of Allen Drive, off Carmichael Road. The officers responded and observed a young man among group of […]
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19 August 2013
Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday refuted claims from US legislators that The Bahamas acted inhumanely in deporting 24 Cubans to their hometown on Friday. A South Florida newspaper reported on Saturday that US Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said that it’s “shameful that the Bahamian government would not even consider the humanitarian asylum offer made […]
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19 August 2013
Although former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has apologised to the People’s Republic of China for the Christie administration’s handling of the pay-out for the reconfiguration of West Bay Street to Baha Mar, Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney believes Mr. Ingraham should also apologise to Bahamians. In a press statement released Sunday, Mr. McCartney […]
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19 August 2013
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash doesn’t believe the party focused more on the controversy surrounding Peter Nygard, instead of the actual stem cell legislation. The chairman said this while speaking to Jones and Co. host Wendall Jones during his appearance on the programme. Mr. Cash said despite people only seeing the ‘blow-up’ over […]
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15 August 2013
Police have another homicide investigation on their hands. The autopsy report into 18-year-old Altrika Young’s death shows the teen was strangled. Altrika’s body was found through a corner near St. Augustine’s Monastery Sunday evening. Police said she had no visible injuries. However, they suspect that she had been dead for about five to six hours. […]
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15 August 2013
A 22-year old man of Lower Bogue, Eleuthera is in custody assisting police in connection with a burglary and attempted sexual assault of a female that occurred in Upper Bogue, Eleuthera on Tuesday. According to reports, shortly after 4:00 a.m., a man armed with a knife broke into the female’s residence in Upper Bogue and […]
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15 August 2013
Opposition senators sat out of Senate proceedings yesterday after being denied the opportunity to make a communication when Senate proceedings began. The Free National Movement’s senators instead held a press conference in the Minority Room. Senator Kwasi Thompson, flanked by Leader of Opposition Business, Senator Desmond Bannister and Senator Heather Hunt, gave the communication to […]
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