Homepage for the Visual Studio Code Flask tutorial.

COB worker ‘took home extra $600,000 in pay’

FORMER College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs took home just over $600,000 in extra payroll deposits from 2009 to 2015, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.

Calls to clamp down on airline hackers

THE air charter industry could see more stringent regulations implemented in the coming months, as two Cabinet ministers called for sweeping changes for the sector in the wake of last week’s fatal plane crash in waters off Andros.

Alone in a hellhole, praying to go home

BAHAMAS-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles said he was given the equivalent of $4.69 to start a new life in Haiti.

Two gunmen die in police shootout

POLICE shot and killed two men known to them yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said. Their deaths marked the third time this month there has been a police-involved killing in the country.

70 Haitians held after vessel stopped near Long Island

IN its first apprehension of the year, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force arrested 70 Haitians who were on board a 40ft sailing vessel east of Wemyss in south Long Island, officials said.

Minister insists nation is safe despite Canada alert

IN the wake of yet another travel warning against The Bahamas, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is doubling down on his remarks that the country is a safe place for visitors, especially when compared to major American and European cities.

Dames: I have not tried to influence policing plan

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday denied he has attempted to influence aspects of the commissioner of police’s 2018 policing plan, calling such concerns misguided.

Great Harbour Cay crash pilot also lacked commercial licence

THE pilot of the plane that crash-landed in Great Harbour Cay two weeks ago lacked a commercial pilot licence, did not have an up-to-date medical certificate and flew a plane whose airworthiness certificate expired in 2016, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

Activists say work with LGBT groups ‘overstated’

THE group Bahamas Trans Intersex United has suggested Attorney General Carl Bethel overstated the work the government has done to accommodate the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community when he addressed an international body recently.

Foulkes: Deputy PM right on jobs

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest was correct in his suggestion that the country’s next unemployment survey will show an increase in joblessness, according to Labour Minister Dion Foulkes.

New primary school to be built in south-west

THE Minnis administration has finalised a commitment to construct a new primary school in southwest New Providence, according to Education Minister Jeffery Lloyd.

Lawyer questions missing footage in murder case

AFTER a month-long break, the trial of three young men accused of robbing and fatally shooting a husband and wife in Deadman’s Reef resumed in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama yesterday.

Potholes ‘in the same places every year’

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister is promising efficient, holistic and long-term solutions to the large number of potholes and poor quality roads on New Providence.

'This is the last ride' said missing sailor in video

MORE than a week after his disappearance off the coast of Bimini, the family of Samuel Leroy Moss Jr, 23, is desperate for him to be found alive.A Baha Mar lifeguard and avid sailor, Mr Moss flew from Nassau to Fort Lauderdale on January 13 to purcha

I told them – check. They said: ‘You going to Haiti’

JEAN RONY Jean-Charles was waiting for his friend to purchase a few cigarettes before heading to a job site when he was arrested by immigration officers in early September last year.

Davis defends three-year deal

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party  Leader Philip “Brave” Davis insisted yesterday there is “nothing wrong” with the manner in which the former Christie administration issued a contract to a high-ranking Bridge Authority executive, saying it all boils down to “being stylistic more than principle”.

Crash pilot had no commercial licence

THE pilot of the Piper Aztec plane that crashed, killing himself and five other people off Andros last week, did not have a commercial pilot’s licence and was hoping to get one after returning to flight school in a matter of weeks, according to his sister, Shantell Miller.

Police officer on rape charge

A FORMER police officer was yesterday charged in a Magistrate’s Court with allegations he had sexual intercourse with a 25-year-old woman earlier this month without her consent.

COB worker’s pay changed, jury told

SUPREME Court jurors heard yesterday how former College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs’ salary deductions and consequent net pay fluctuated both monthly and yearly, from 2008 to 2015.

Turnquest defends AG - but admits debate over legal plans could have been greater

ACTING Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest yesterday defended Attorney General Carl Bethel against criticism he has received for his presentation at the United Nations last week, insisting all the aspects presented overseas “were discussed here” initial

Body of second drowned man found

POLICE have recovered the body of a second man from Bimini who was reported missing last week after last being seen with another man sitting in a small boat. The body of the first man was recovered in waters off Bimini on January 18. He has been ide

Limit on tomato and sweet pepper imports

THE Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources is restricting the importation of sweet peppers and table tomatoes into the country following a high output of the produce from Bahamian farms, the government announced yesterday. According to a Baham

Pinder's Point foam was from fire drill

WHITE foam which was dispersed during a fire drill conducted at the Buckeye plant in Grand Bahama last Thursday was blown into the Pinder’s Point residential community, a spokesperson for the company confirmed on Monday.Greg LaRoda, a local represent

Technology hub for Grand Bahama pitched on Texas trip

IN remarks to technology industry leaders in Texas yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis pitched Grand Bahama as a technology hub prime for an influx of American business. Grand Bahama, the industrial capital of the country, has been plagued by

Murder victim identified

POLICE have identified one of three men who were killed this weekend in separate incidents. The man was shot shortly before 3am Saturday, after he had just arrived at a home on Sumner Street, Nassau Village. Police said he was approached by a man ar