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Murder appeal filed seven years on is dismissed
A 48-year-old Grand Bahama native sentenced to life in prison for killing a police officer approximately 25 years ago has had his intended appeal dismissed because he waited close to seven years before he requested more time within which to contest his sentence.
CULTURE CLASH: Eight years on the same debate with the same answer - rape is rape
We need to talk about consent. Most of us understand it to mean permission. Parents and guardians signing forms to allow children to participate in extracurricular activities probably comes to mind. We don’t think about consent as a way of controlling and protecting our own bodies. Instead, we view the bodies of women and girls as public property.
Three marijuana fields found in Andros
AN ongoing investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Unit assisted by US Drug Enforcement Agency agents resulted in the discovery of three additional marijuana fields in Andros on Monday. Shortly after 9am, DEU officers along with DEA agents returne
Three American women held after cocaine discovery
THREE American women were arrested at Freeport Harbour in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday after they were caught with a combined amount of $100,000 worth of suspected cocaine strapped on their bodies.
Appeal Court blasts QC on deal 'conflict'
A PROMINENT QC has been blasted for failing to disclose his ‘conflict of interest’ over a real estate transaction involving a “sometime client” serving a 15-year prison sentence.The Court of Appeal found Elliot Lockhart QC had failed to inform Cliffo
Gibson lawyers claim bail act limits 'cruel and unusual'
ATTORNEYS for former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson yesterday charged that a magistrate’s lack of jurisdiction to grant bail according to the Bail Act is tantamount to “cruel and unusual treatment” towards a defendant. Wayne Munroe, QC, during a hear
Five years for $1.7m drug run
A HAITIAN man was yesterday sentenced to five years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after pleading guilty to several drug related charges stemming from the seizure of over $1m worth of cocaine in Inagua last weekend.
Man on drug charges
A 20-year-old man was arraigned yesterday in connection with a drug seizure at the Lynden Pindling International Airport earlier this week.
Sloop landing near base is never acceptable'
SLOOPS landing near the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) Coral Harbour base is “never acceptable,” National Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday as he expressed confidence the RBDF will adjust to deal with the new tactics of illegal immigrants.
‘Wild Wild West’ web shop oversight hits Gaming Board
* AG: ‘Difficulty’ undermines ‘blue ribbon’ status * Gov’t ‘seconding’ anti-money launder specialists * Will ‘address forthwith’ web shop money transfers
THE Gaming Board’s “blue ribbon” reputation has been hurt by taking on regulation of the “Wild Wild West” web shop sector, the Attorney General said yesterday. Carl Bethel QC told Tribune Business that the Government was now seconding more experienced anti-money laundering regulators from other agencies to the Gaming Board in a bid to get to grips with a sector deemed “high risk”.
Officer: Defendant told me he drove car on night of murder
A LEAD police investigator in a double murder case which occurred in Grand Bahama testified that one of the accused men, Kevin Dames, told him he drove four co-defendants in his car to Deadman’s Reef to get money on the night of September 12, 2015.
Commodore: We'll learn our lessons
COMMODORE Telis Bethel said yesterday he was “concerned” but not “embarrassed” that for the second time in less than about a month, an illegal sloop landed within a few miles of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) Coral Harbour Base.
Shame - FNM boss' 'dirty' illegals slur
WITH debate over illegal immigration raging in the country, Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Carl Culmer drew criticism yesterday for saying in a press statement the properties of illegal immigrants in Over-the-Hill communities are “dirty” and “shoddy” and their presence in the country has “added to the unsanitary conditions” in those communities.
Bahamas ‘on probation’: 17-step action plan cure
The Government has detailed a 17-step ‘action plan’ to strengthen the Bahamas’ anti-money laundering regime, with a top regulator describing this nation as “on probation” over increasing weaknesses.
Bahamian held after cocaine find
A BAHAMIAN man travelling to the United States was arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport after authorities found more than one pound of cocaine in his luggage.
Cocaine smugglers' $1.6m cargo
POLICE yesterday confirmed the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) uncovered a total of 107 kilograms of suspected cocaine during a major drug bust in Inagua over the weekend.
Gunned down on a Sunday morning
ONE man is dead and two others are in serious condition after they were shot multiple times while working on a construction site yesterday afternoon.
Five Haitians held after Inagua cocaine find
FIVE Haitian nationals are in police custody in connection with the discovery of a “significant amount of cocaine” on Saturday in Inagua.
Five held after drugs seized on Haitian freighter
Five people are in custody after a drug seizure on a Haitian freighter in Inagua on Saturday.
10,000 marijuana plants uprooted in police operation
MORE than 10,000 marijuana plants were uprooted by police in Andros over a two-day period, after a joint operation with American law enforcement officers uncovered two marijuana fields.According to police, around 1pm Wednesday, Drug Enforcement Unit