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PM defends large Cabinet size - Pintard says backbench silenced

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis defended the size of his Cabinet yesterday, saying he needed the “best hands-on deck” to deliver on the PLP’s expanded mandate.

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Sands calls for probe into $34m PPP deal’s ‘drug suspect’ link

The Opposition’s chairman yesterday called for an “immediate” probe into the $34m Eight Mile Rock administration complex deal after it was revealed the contractor appeared to have ties to a drug-accused air crash victim when the contract was signed in 2017.

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Watson, Rahming and former NBA player Fox named to Senate

ZNS General Manager Clint Watson, Director of Communications Latrae Rahming and former NBA player Rick Fox were among the most closely watched appointments to the Senate yesterday, as the new Parliament began taking shape after last week’s general election.

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Supreme Court awards $180k to victim of jitney crash

A SUPREME Court judge has awarded nearly $180,000 to a former spa worker who suffered a lasting neck injury after the Golden Rule jitney she was riding in slammed into the back of a car more than 12 years ago.

Man remanded over rape charge

A 29-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of raping the mother of his young daughter in an abandoned building on East Bay Street earlier this month.

Bail denied for man in bar shooting

A 30-year-old man was denied bail after he was accused of trying to kill a man at a Dorsette Alley bar last year — the same man who was accused of fatally stabbing someone at the bar earlier that night.

Suspect gets bail in $34k theft

A MAN accused of stealing $34,673 worth of jewellery during a break-in at a Nassau Village home last year was granted bail yesterday.