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Former Turks and Caicos premier found guilty over bribery charges
A decade-long corruption trial in the Turks and Caicos Islands ended on Wednesday with guilty verdicts against the territory’s former premier, his brother and a former cabinet minister, closing one of the most consequential legal sagas in the country’s modern political history, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.
Entrepreneur on bail for $42k theft charges
AN entrepreneur accused of stealing more than $40,000 from clients three years ago was arraigned yesterday and granted bail.
Six months jail for three-time bail breaker
A MAN on bail for a violent 2021 airport robbery that nearly claimed the lives of a woman and a police officer was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after breaching his bail conditions for a third time.
Teen admits to 67 rounds of ammo in bedroom
A 15-year-old boy admitted to possessing 67 rounds of ammunition at his Yorkshire Street home earlier this week and was remanded in custody pending a probation report.
Prosecution closes case in East Street car wash murder
THE prosecution closed its case yesterday in the murder trial stemming from the fatal shooting of a man at a car wash on East Street in 2021, after calling its final witnesses before the Supreme Court.
PM halts Justice of the Peace bill for further talks
PRIME Minister Philip Davis has postponed the tabling of legislation that would significantly overhaul the appointment, regulation and oversight of Justices of the Peace, according to Devon Rolle, president of the National Association of Justices of the Peace.
PM: Cost of living ‘the elephant in the room’
PRIME Minister Philip Davis said the cost of living remains the “elephant” in the room facing the country, with some pressures beyond the government’s control, and that crime, though trending downward, is still higher than it should be.
Cat island cut off by weeks of rolling outages
WEEKS of rolling telecommunications outages on Cat Island have cut residents off from banks, businesses and family, leaving people unable to make phone calls, access the internet or withdraw their own money, and fuelling anger over being billed for services they say barely work.
Minnis calls for bipartisan end to ‘free’ healthcare
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Minnis on Wednesday said the low cost that Bahamians pay for public healthcare is unsustainable and warned that partisan politics have long made honest reform impossible, calling for a bipartisan approach to confronting the reality that healthcare cannot remain free.
Contracts signed for new clinic in Abaco and repairs for another
THE government has signed two contracts to expand and repair primary healthcare facilities in Abaco, moving ahead with the construction of a new clinic in Cherokee Sound and the repair of storm damage at the Cooperstown clinic.
Tearful farewell for Seymour as Nicole Martin takes FNM senator’s place
MAXINE Seymour resigned from the senate yesterday after more than four years of service, with the vacancy to be filled by Nicole Martin, the former Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union president.
