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.
Island luck co-founders slam human and gun trafficking allegations in Epstein file
Island Luck’s co-founders yesterday both slammed claims they were involved in human and firearms trafficking as alleged in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report released in the files on convicted paedophile and sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
JBLN 16U claim title at Christie Invitational
Both the JBLN girls’ softball 14U and 16U teams rose to the occasion this weekend at the Greg Christie Memorial Softball Invitational in Freeport, Grand Bahama, with the 16U team claiming the championship title and the 14U squad falling just short, despite unfamiliar cold conditions.
Long Island FNM rift over candidate
A RIFT exists inside the Free National Movement on Long Island, where senior members of the party’s constituency association say they are prepared to back sitting MP Adrian Gibson as an independent after he was denied ratification by the party’s leadership.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Govt says it sought US financing first before China-backed hospital deal
The Government said it approached the United States first for financing for New Providence’s second hospital but received no proposal that met the scale, timing, or certainty required, before ultimately concluding an agreement with China.
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.
Mayaguana parents protest ‘failing’ school system
DISGRUNTLED parents in Mayaguana have protested what they described as a years-long teacher shortage at the island’s only school, a situation they say has severely disrupted students’ education and “is failing their kids.”
Ryan Forbes enters North Abaco race as independent candidate
BUSINESSMAN Ryan Forbes has entered the North Abaco race as an independent after failing to secure the Free National Movement’s nomination, adding a new dynamic to a constituency already claimed by both major parties ahead of the next general election.
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.
US Ambassador: Drop China deal
THE US ambassador to The Bahamas yesterday argued that the terms of the $195m Chinese financing for New Providence’s second hospital are not “in the best interests” of this nation and pledged that the Trump administration will “help secure a better deal”.
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