Demolition at Cowpen Road shanty
A HAITIAN man and his pregnant wife rushed to pack their belongings in their unregulated home of 23 years as the demolition of illegal structures in the T-Wash shanty town on Cowpen Road began yesterday.
‘Suspect opened fire’ and was shot by officers
POLICE killed a young man at the junction of Blue Hill Road and Meeting Street around midnight on Thursday.
‘Share your CCTV’ to defeat crime
HUNDREDS of New Providence residents have registered their security camera systems with police, giving officers potential access to their footage in what police say is an effort to combat crime.
Cooper: US airlines trying to make Bahamasair a victim
CHESTER Cooper confirmed that a consortium of American airlines, in opposing air navigation services fees in The Bahamas, has tried to make Bahamasair a casualty of its campaign.
‘He just wanted to marry his girlfriend’ - but killers shot him as he held his baby
CARLOS Joseph’s dream of marrying his girlfriend and adopting her six-year-old daughter ended when he was shot dead while holding their eight-month-old child on Tuesday.
‘We were robbed’ - but pair admit they took stolen money
TWO men were fined after admitting in court to lying about being victims of an armed robbery when they had actually stolen more than $6,000 from their employers last week.
91st murder victim of year shot dead as he sat in yard
POLICE launched an investigation yesterday into the fatal shooting of a man in the vicinity of Wilson Track and Palm Beach Avenue, the 91st murder of the year.
US airlines’ block bid ‘falls short’
Recent attempts by Airlines for America to block the Bahamas’ national flag carrier from operating passenger and cargo flights into and out of The United States have fallen short of its intended outcome, with the US Department of Transportation once again ruling in favor of The Bahamas, harkening back to its initial position that the Bahamas’ air navigation services charges, also known as overflight fees, did not represent “unfair practices”, or “unreasonable discrimination”.
Mitchell on crime: What more do you want govt to do?
AFTER Opposition members accused the government of lacking a sound plan to combat crime, Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell questioned what more they expect the government to do.
Royal honour for work of Lend a Hand Bahamas
LEND a Hand Bahamas (LAHB) has been selected for inclusion in the King’s Trust, with King Charles III as its official patron.
Opening the door to tomorrow
OVER 100 young people participated in the National Training Agency’s four-week mandatory workforce preparatory programme, including 19-year-old Osjuan Poitier, who aspires to follow in his parents’ footsteps in the hospitality field by specialising in butler service.
Disability laws ‘nothing but words’
THE laws are in place, but for the disabled community in The Bahamas, they’re often nothing more than words on paper.
‘88,000 homes’ connected to fibre internet, as Cable Bahamas reveals results
CABLE Bahamas CEO and president Franklyn Butler says he is “extremely pleased” as more than 88,000 homes are now connected to fibre internet.
Power company hike review suspended over reliability
THE Grand Bahama Port Authority has suspended its review of the Grand Bahama Power Company’s proposed rate hike plan and paused public consultations amid ongoing concerns over power reliability issues on the island.
Super Value chief ‘won’t let dock strike cause one cent of inflation’
Super Value is “not going to roll over and play dead” on the US dock workers’ strike, its principal asserted yesterday, as he pledged: “We won’t allow one penny or 1 percent of inflation.”
