01 July 2019
Member of Parliament for St. Anne’s Brent Symonette tendered his resignation as minister of financial services, trade and industry and immigration, effective July 1, 2019. Cabinet Office made the announcement of Mr. Symonette’s resignation yesterday and indicated that Yamacraw Member of Parliament Elsworth Johnson will take on Mr. Symonette’s responsibilities as the new minister, effective […]
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01 July 2019
Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred last Thursday and left an adult male dead. Shortly before 11 p.m., police responded to reports of gunshots in the area of Calvin and Linkford Streets, off Soldier Road. The lifeless body of an adult male was discovered on Linkford Street. Paramedics attempted to revive the man, […]
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01 July 2019
Following the mass shooting that shocked the Montel Heights community on Sunday, Englerston Member of Parliament Glenys Hanna-Martin said recent statistics that crime is down have ‘no relevance,’ as she believes the country has a serious problem of violence, which has caused an increase in the fear of crime. According to Hanna-Martin, the mass shooting […]
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01 July 2019
Water and Sewerage Corporation Executive Chairman Adrian Gibson refuted claims of victimization this past Friday from APEX Underground Utilities and Construction Company Ltd. President Georgy Miller. During a press conference, Mr. Gibson stressed that WSC’s board has nothing to do with deciding the winning bidder for three contracts recently awarded for Family Island water supply […]
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01 July 2019
A house party took a tragic ending on Sunday morning as 17 attendees found themselves hospitalized following a mass shooting in the Montel Heights community. According to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, officers received information that the incident happened shortly after midnight. “The information that we are working with is that a male was walking […]
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29 June 2019
Police are investigating a break-in at Super Value on Baillou Hill Road. According to police, shortly after 1 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to an alarm activation at the food store. Police said once they accessed the store, they discovered that culprits had cut a hole in the roof and with the use of ropes, […]
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29 June 2019
The families of Blair John and Alrae Ramsey, the two Bahamians whose bodies were pulled from the Po River in Italy a few weeks ago, have requested and independent autopsy which the government supports. Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield confirmed as much yesterday, as the bodies of the two young men arrived aboard a […]
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29 June 2019
Water and Sewerage Executive Chairman Adrian Gibson was yesterday accused of victimization from the head of one of WSC’s approved companies. Pointing the finger is President of APEX Underground Utilities and Construction Gregory Miller, who made it clear that he is not a political contractor. The 45-year-old father of three explained to reporters that upon […]
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29 June 2019
In a moving and thought provoking farewell speech, outgoing Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling yesterday called on Bahamians to put aside divisiveness and unite. “I didn’t have lots of book learning, or a college degree, but I had a master’s degree in common sense,” she said. As the self proclaimed barefoot girl from Andros, […]
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29 June 2019
The nagging load-shedding crisis struck last night, causing a blackout at the Free National Movement Headquarters which resulted in the cancellation of the FNM’s Council meeting. Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and FNM members of parliament gathered at the Mackey Street headquarters with hopes of having a post budget debate council meeting, but that didn’t […]
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