17 May 2013
Court of Appeal (COA) President Justice Anita Allen on Thursday scolded Crown prosecutors for making late submissions to the court. The court was supposed to be dealing with a case involving former Police Corporal Donovan Gardiner. Gardiner is serving a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of Desmond Key’s manslaughter. Key died of pancreatitis at […]
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17 May 2013
Algernon Cargill is now the former director of the National Insurance Board (NIB). As reported exclusively by The Bahama Journal yesterday, NIB’s Board decided Wednesday to fire Mr. Cargill from his post and was only waiting on National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson to approve the decision. Mr. Gibson gave his blessing to boot Mr. Cargill […]
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17 May 2013
The Bahamas Bar Association (BBA) on Wednesday named its new building’s conference centre room after one of its longest serving members, Godfrey K. Kelly, CMG. A small ceremony was held at the Bar complex where Mr. Kelly and his wife, along with close friends and family, attended the official unveiling of the plaque which will […]
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17 May 2013
Minister of Social Services Melanie Griffin said she would like to see more Bahamian families take responsibility for their relatives and their actions. Minister Griffin addressed the International Day of the Families Workshop on Thursday. The Community Affairs Division of the Department of Social Services, in conjunction with The Bahamas Crisis Centre, hosted the workshop. […]
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17 May 2013
The Bahamas Contractors Association (BCA) has secured a $75,000 grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the first of its kind. “Bahamians are on the right course and are taking advantage,” said Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald during a news conference at The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) yesterday. “The government has taken a […]
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16 May 2013
A pedestrian was killed in a traffic accident Tuesday evening, police said. The incident occurred at 8:40 p.m. in the Spikenard and Cowpen Roads area. Authorities said the driver of a gold 1994 Ford truck, who was traveling east on Cowpen Road, struck the woman.. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. In other […]
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16 May 2013
Authorities in Grand Bahama found human skeletal remains in bushes in the Heritage Subdivision area on Wednesday. A team of Central Detective Unit (CDU) officers was dispatched to the scene. Doctors and EMS personnel also confirmed the remains are human. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death. Police believe the […]
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16 May 2013
Six commemorative stamps were unveiled yesterday to mark the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Band’s 120th anniversary. The unveiling was held at the Paul H. Farquharson Conference Centre. Among those in attendance were Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, Postmaster Leslie Cartwright, Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin, members of the executive management team, senior […]
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16 May 2013
For months he has been tight-lipped, but National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson finally revealed yesterday that the National Insurance Board (NIB) forensic audit cost the government a whopping $861,606. The government hired the Grant Thornton (Bahamas) accounting firm to carry out the audit after now axed NIB Chairman Gregory Moss and NIB’s Board wrote Minister […]
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16 May 2013
A 25-year-old man was on Wednesday charged with the country’s 21st murder. Neville Woodside of Lazaretto Road was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez for the March 21 murder of 31-year-old Sherwin Roberts Holbert. Holbert was killed shot to death as he sat in his car outside a Chinese take-out restaurant. Police allege that Woodside […]
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