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Teen that stabbed another teen gets bail and curfew
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy admitted to stabbing another teenage boy on Williams Lane last week.
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Teen accused of breaking into a woman’s house
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was granted bail yesterday after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home last month.
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Lights, Camera, Sprint: Meet Lieke Klaver
LIEKE Klaver is one of the world’s most popular athletes on Instagram, and her account (@liekeklaver) has attracted over 750,000 followers.
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WORLD VIEW: The urgency of internal unity to reclaim Haiti
IN international diplomatic circles, Haiti is on everyone’s lips but not in actions that could urgently remedy the suffering of the Haitian people.
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PETER YOUNG: Danger to Bahamas as Haiti on the brink
FOR some years, commentators have been saying that Haiti has reached rock bottom as a failed state.
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FACE TO FACE: Devynne Charlton – chasing her dreams
EXTREMELY humble, highly motivated, and distinctively disciplined, Devynne Charlton has all of the right ingredients that make up a world champion. With a twinkle in her eye and a dimple in her smile, she is not only blazing a trail on the world stage in track and field, she has also warmed the hearts of everyone at home in The Bahamas.
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Munroe says he will discuss police morale with commissioner
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said while he understands how police morale could take a hit from frequent homicide-by-manslaughter rulings in the Coroner’s Court, he is unaware of the problem and would discuss the matter with the commissioner of police.
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ArawakX full wind-up sealed without a fight
THE Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform’s fate was yesterday sealed without a fight after its former principals effectively consented to its liquidation amid claims of a near-$4m insolvency.
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Resort to Gov’t: ‘Pursue’ horse riding venture like shanty towns
A MAJOR Harbour Island resort yesterday urged the Government to “aggressively pursue” a local horse riding entrepreneur’s “unauthorised construction” with the same vigour as its shanty town crackdown.
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NIB back-pedal ‘no way to run country’
THE Government’s back-pedalling over the phased strategy to increase the National Insurance Board’s (NIB) all-in contribution rate to 26.3 percent is “not a way to run a country”, it was asserted yesterday.
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Cable ‘takes exception’ with URCA over Freeport blame
CABLE Bahamas “takes exception” with its regulator blaming it for “an increase in bad debt” due to challenging its ability to licence and regulate the company’s Freeport operations.
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Harborside staff see 11% industrial deal pay boost
SOME 92 workers at the Harbourside Resort at Atlantis will enjoy an 11 percent pay rise spread over the five-year term of a newly-signed industrial agreement, it was revealed yesterday.
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RBC acts to reverse ‘double payments’
ROYAL Bank of Canada (RBC) last night pledged it is “working diligently” to reverse payments where customers were charged double for the same transaction.
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Agri expo to connect farmers with markets
AN Agri-business Expo will be held next month to connect farmers and other entrepreneurs, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Jomo Campbell has announced.
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Footcare provider targets new investor capital raise
A BAHAMIAN footcare provider plans to tap its investors for further equity this summer as it pushes forward with further expansion following an initial roll-out that “surpassed expectations”.
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Bahamian company launches StreetSmart – a travel guide app designed for visitors
A StreetSmart app will help tourists find where to go and what activities to do in The Bahamas, transforming the travel experience for them, officials said yesterday.
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Woman found dead in cruise ship cabin
A 27-year-old Florida woman was found dead in her cabin on a cruise to Grand Bahama on Monday evening.
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National Security Minister: ‘Very, very aggressive’ anti-gang bill to be reviewed by Cabinet first
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said a draft anti-gang legislation is “very, very aggressive” and Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis wants Cabinet ministers to review it before it is released for consultation.
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Key witness says she never bribed Gibson nor transferred vehicle to his company
A KEY witness in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others claimed yesterday she never bribed the Long Island MP to receive maintenance contracts for Elite Maintenance and never transferred three vehicles to his company in Long Island.
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Photographer and artist Margaret Guillaume dies age 76.
PHOTOGRAPHER and artist Margaret Guillaume has died, aged 76.
