31 July 2013
Nearly 400 suspects out on bail are wearing electronic monitoring ankle bracelets and despite the criticisms, President and CEO of ICS Security Concepts Stephen Greenslade said he is confident the system is doing its job. On Monday a 30-year-old man was found in an advanced state of decomposition through a tract road near the South […]
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30 July 2013
The Anglican Diocese is in mourning following the loss of one of its priests. Fr. Mervyn Sydney “Buck” Johnson died early Sunday morning at Doctor’s Hospital following an almost two year battle with brain cancer. He was 62-years-old. Fr. Buck began his career as a customs officer. He went on to become a manager and […]
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30 July 2013
A verdict in the Kofthe Goodman murder trial is expected later this week. The 38-year-old father is accused of the 2011 murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer. The Columbus Primary student went missing on September 23. His lifeless body was found five days later in bushes behind a Yorkshire Street apartment in Cable Beach. Goodman’s trial […]
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30 July 2013
After 13 years, The Bahamas Men’s 4 x 400 metre Track and Field Team was yesterday awarded its Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Team members Chris Brown, Troy McIntosh, Timothy Munnings, Avard Moncur and Carl Oliver were presented with their medals during a special luncheon at the British Colonial […]
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30 July 2013
A fisherman at the South Beach Canal made a gruesome find early Monday morning when he discovered the body of a man through a nearby tract road, already in an advanced state of decomposition. According to head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle, the discovery was made just after 11:00 a.m. yesterday. […]
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30 July 2013
Police yesterday released the identities of seven of the eight people whose bodies were found almost two weeks along the shoreline of Holmes Rock, Grand Bahama. According to authorities, the victims include five Haitian nationals – Ones Cius, 37; Jackson Pierre-Louis, 40; Germanise Colas, 37; Nehemie Chery, 24; Bensely Moneus, 5; and two Cubans – […]
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30 July 2013
The family of a young Bahamian man killed last week in a traffic collision in Brampton, Ontario, Canada is seeking justice for their loved one, as they prepare to bury him tomorrow. Lavardo Anthon Burrows, 27, was struck and killed last Monday night while heading home from a friend’s house just outside Toronto. Burrows was […]
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30 July 2013
In the face of a soaring murder rate, an anti-crime advocacy group has called on the church and its leadership to take radical action in a bid to reduce crime and violence in the country by at least 50 per cent. Citizens for Justice (CFJ), headed by Bishop Walter Hanchell, said while the police are […]
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30 July 2013
Despite his party signing off on the Bahamas Telecommunication Company’s (BTC) privatisation two years ago, the Free National Movement’s (FNM) Chairman is not at all pleased with how things have worked out. In fact, Darron Cash yesterday acknowledged that he finally agrees with something the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has said – BTC has […]
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29 July 2013
Prominent attorney, Fred Smith, QC could be slapped with a lawsuit. Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has threatened to sue Mr. Smith, who was recently arraigned for causing harm. At the time, he alleged his arrest was the result of political victimisation. Mr. Smith was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an incident that occurred at […]
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