22 April 2013
A top U.S. diplomat is defending his embassy’s decision to issue travel advisories about crime in The Bahamas, noting that he has an obligation to ensure that American citizens are fully aware of potentially dangerous situations. In January, the U.S. Embassy warned Americans living in or travelling to The Bahamas to be on guard due […]
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22 April 2013
Local authorities along with the US Coast Guard found a Florida man’s body just off Bird Cay, North Eleuthera Saturday morning. Police believe the remains belong to a 31-year-old tourist they had been searching for since Friday. They believe he was pulled out to sea by strong currents. According to reports, the Sonoma Court, Palm […]
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22 April 2013
Efforts to find oil off Cuba may have failed, but the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) – the only explorer searching for oil off the Atlantic archipelago – says it expects to find crude oil in The Bahamas. BPC CEO Simon Potter recently noted that a seismic study by his company showed that the Great Bahama […]
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22 April 2013
Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) officials on Sunday apprehended 30 Haitian immigrants, including five children. The immigrants were transported to New Providence for processing. The group will eventually be repatriated to Haiti. RBDF spokesperson, Origin Deleveaux said the sloop, which was carrying five children, one woman and 24 men at the time, was stopped early […]
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19 April 2013
Representatives from the the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the Free National Movement (FNM) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) have joined forces to create a non-partisan political committee on education. Earlier this week, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald introduced the Political Committee for a Shared Vision for Education 2030. Members of the three political parties have […]
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19 April 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but the Bahamas Bar Association (BBA) finally has a permanent place to call home. It’s good news for more than 1,100 lawyers who depend on the association. The new office is located on Mackey Street and Claire Road. “For many years the Bar Association has been trying to find […]
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19 April 2013
Two witnesses testified in a Coroner’s Inquest yesterday that will determine how one of two suspects died while in police custody. Jamie Smith, 35, died at the Central Detective Unit (CDU) on February 8. A pathologist determined that his cause of death was asphyxia – a lack of oxygen. Inspector Ezra Maycock, Sergeant Keno Smith, […]
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19 April 2013
The alleged leader of the infamous Fire and Theft gang was killed late Wednesday night in the Carmichael Road area. Julian Collie, also known as ‘Heads’, was shot to death at 10:45 p.m. shortly after he and another man, who died yesterday evening in hospital, had pulled up to a Miller’s Heights home. Police said […]
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19 April 2013
For quite a while now, the Bahamian people have been obliged to look deeply at not only what is happening world-wide, but have been obliged to understand that what they had blithely described as ‘development’ was no such thing. Step by step, inch by dread inch, more and more Bahamians have been awakened to the […]
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19 April 2013
The president of the College of The Bahamas (COB) found herself running to her office for safety yesterday after scores of disgruntled students, angry over planned fee hikes, chased her out of an office building. Betsy Vogel-Boze tried to leave the boardroom of the Michael Eldon Complex following a news conference, but found herself surrounded […]
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