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Privy Council orders new appeal for policeman’s killers

THE Privy Council has ordered a new hearing of Stephen “Die” Stubbs and two other convicts’ appeal of their convictions and sentences for the murder of a policeman at a nightclub almost 20 years ago.

Halt ordered to tours as probe begins into Exuma boat inferno

EXUMA’s largest tour operator, Four C’s Adventures, has been issued a cease and desist order to suspend operations pending an investigation into the accident that killed one American woman, caused another to lose both of her legs and injured nine other people on Saturday, according to outgoing Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell.

Sentence in child molester case prompts legal rethink

THE Office of the Attorney General is considering reviewing the law as it relates to cases that are inappropriately charged, to allow officials to use their discretion to give tougher penalties where warranted.This comes as activists are calling for

Small group of VAT protestors not giving up fight

ALTHOUGH the increase of value added tax from 7.5 percent to 12 percent took effect on Sunday, an advocacy group is calling for the government to abolish this form of taxation and instead explore alternative avenues to collect revenue.Yesterday, a sm

Two in hospital after being shot in car

TWO men are in hospital after they were shot during an incident on Wellington Street, police said. The victims were sitting in a car in front of a home near St Vincent Road when two men approached, who opened fire. The incident occurred shortly befor

Pair jailed who killed Bahamian boat captain and threw him to the sharks

TWO men from the Republic of Georgia who stole a charter boat from Grand Bahama, stabbed a Bahamian captain and threw him overboard in shark-infested waters two years ago to smuggle two Brazilian men to South Florida have been sentenced to prison by

Minnis still quiet on permanent Chief Justice role

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is still not ready to reveal who will be appointed substantive chief justice, telling reporters yesterday Bahamians will know “with time” who will fill the post.Despite failing to name an appointee for the last several

Robinson and Miller roles won't be replaced

THE parliamentary secretary posts left vacant when Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis fired MPs Travis Robinson and Vaughn Miller for voting against the value added tax increase will not be filled.According to Dr Minnis yesterday, the decision represent

Series of men accused of New Providence murders

TWO men, a 23-year-old Haitian and a 25-year-old Bahamian, were charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with shooting two teen aged brothers in a barbershop last month.

Art prompts row as British body backs out

IN what one UK newspaper has called an “unprecedented rebuke,” the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas has criticised the British Council for distancing itself from a Bahamian show it commissioned.The British Council specialises in international cult

'Don't fire workers', web shops are urged

WITH the government’s new tax model for gaming house operators taking effect yesterday, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes over the weekend continued to plead with those operators that have threatened to lay off workers as a result, calling on them to be p

'Hunted and priced out of rent because of xenophobia'

SHANTY town residents in Abaco say they have nowhere else to go, adding xenophobia and unaddressed tensions between Bahamians and people of Haitian descent have caused unregulated communities to flourish. As government officials assessed the Pigeon P

Weekend rush as shoppers try to beat VAT increase

MANY shoppers flocked to stores on the weekend to save a few dollars hours before value added tax increased from 7.5 percent to 12 percent.

Inferno at sea

AN American woman died after a tour company’s boat engine exploded off Barraterre, Exuma, on Saturday in an accident that left ten other people, including her 39-year-old husband, one Bahamian and nine Americans, injured.

Body found as police hunt for missing woman

POLICE found the body of a woman in a field off Cowpen Road shortly after 6pm yesterday.

Nowhere to go for Shanty town residents

THE lack of available rental properties in Abaco could complicate the government’s efforts to regulate several shanty towns on that island, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes has said.

Robinson: No contracts from Ministry

BAIN and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson has suggested speculation that his new consultancy business could be set to receive lucrative contracts from the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation is baseless, adding the concerns only came to light through anonymous sources on social media.

Students head over heels to join the Rangers

FIFTY-FOUR students were inducted into the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s Rangers programme on Grand Bahama during a recent passing out parade ceremony at the C A Smith Government Complex in Freeport.Attending the ceremony were Acting Permanent Secret

Firearm and drugs found by police in separate swoops

POLICE recovered a firearm, a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau on Friday.Shortly after 4pm on Friday, Drug Enforcement Unit officers, acting on information, searched a bushy area off Fire Trail Road, where they fo

Ecuadormigrants found at Freeport canal

SIX Ecuadorians, including a minor, were discovered by Bahamian authorities at a canal in Freeport.The five adults were charged in court with breaching the Immigration Act.Three men, two women, and girl were found in the Running Mon Marina area on Su

Six armed raids in one weekend

POLICE are investigating six armed robberies that occurred over the weekend, including one involving a woman who was robbed at knifepoint on a beach in Eleuthera. The first two incidents happened on Friday.Police said shortly after 10pm, a man and wo

Ready for Goombay

GOOMBAY Summer Festival will kick off on Grand Bahama on Thursday at Taino Beach - the beginning of four weeks of cultural celebration for residents and visitors here on the island.Sanique Culmer, manager of groups and events at the Ministry of Touri

Hunt for missing Exuma woman

POLICE are appealing to the public for its assistance in finding a missing woman in Exuma.Police are trying to find 22-year-old Jovan Amanda Sands of the Forest, Exuma.Ms Sands is described as being of dark complexion, about 5’7 tall, of slim build,

Boat fire: Six injured at PMH, four transported to Florida

One person is dead and several others are injured after a boating accident in Exuma.

Firearm, ammunition and drugs recovered by police

OVER the weekend the police recovered a firearm, and a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau.