Man accused of marijuana possession granted $4k Bail
A MAN was granted $4,000 bail after he was accused of having 1.7lb of marijuana in his house last week.
Bail violations get murder accused six months jail time
A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after admitting to failing to sign in at a police station 32 times while on bail for murder.
Man charged with armed robbery of $15k jewellery
A MAN was sent to prison yesterday after he was accused of robbing someone at gunpoint of over $15,000 in jewellery.
Two men charged with molesting young girls
A 32-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was accused of molesting a seven-year-old girl last month.
BAMSI suffers loss of 40 percent of livestock in recent Andros fires
BAHAMAS Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) president Dr Raveenia Roberts-Hanna said BAMSI’s loss of 40 per cent of livestock pasture due to a fire last month did not greatly affect operations on the island.
Officials plea for fire trucks after weekend fire in Exuma
AFTER a fire erupted on Exuma last week, officials said the island desperately needs fire trucks.
Agriculture’s purchase of two container farms to help ‘revolutionise food security’
EEDEN Farms, a tech-enabled farming company, sold two container farms to the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources, a move officials said would help “revolutionise food security and food production in The Bahamas”.
Turnquest: Davis administration ‘watered down fiscal laws’
FORMER Finance Minister Peter Turnquest accused the Davis administration of watering down fiscal laws that promote transparency and accountability.
Sands: Ambulance shortage a result of ‘incompetence and mismanagement’
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said the shortage of ambulances in New Providence proves Health Minister Dr Michael Darville’s “incompetence and mismanagement” of the healthcare system.
Fourth annual Full Throttle Poker Run
BOAT enthusiasts crowded Great Harbour Cay on Saturday for the 4th annual Full Throttle Poker Run, an event that continues to attract scores of people and make a strong economic impact.
$43m school and disaster facility for East GB
A $43M school and disaster facility will be constructed in East Grand Bahama.
Mitchell warns of ‘tit for tat’ shootings
FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell said Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander warned him that his constituency could see “tit-for-tat” shootings after a man police said was a major player in a gang was murdered yesterday.
Gibson ‘wanted to burst ex’s brain’
LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson allegedly said in text messages that he sometimes wanted “to burst” his ex-fiance’s brain and that she screwed him over by “blaming” him.
Triple shooting over weekend
POLICE launched an investigation into a triple shooting that happened in the early hours of Saturday morning, which left three people – a 29-year-old adult man and two adult females ages 30 and 28 – hospitalised.
Sands raises questions on process of jury vetting
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said last week’s dismissal of the jury in North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish’s rape trial was a “pretty embarrassing issue” that raises questions about the vetting process to select the jury.
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