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Police search for man after armed robbery at ATM
POLICE in New Providence are seeking the public’s assistance in locating and apprehending a male responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Thursday.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Last manse standing – let’s get together and save Collins House
THERE’S a Joni Mitchell song whose lyrics are timeless: ‘Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone … They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.’
EDITORIAL: What will we do with human trafficking in our country?
WHEN The Bahamas makes international news, the spotlight is seldom kind.
Man granted $50k bail on charge of $300k of cocaine
A MAN was granted $50,000 bail after police allegedly found $294,000 worth of cocaine in his house last week.
Son ‘was at the wrong place at the wrong time’
THE father of a 22-year-old man murdered on Saturday believes his son was simply at the “wrong place at the wrong time”.
As illicit fentanyl is rising experts hope to prevent a crisis in The Bahamas
AS illicit fentanyl use rises in The Bahamas, experts hope to prevent a crisis.
Bimini local govt member arrested while in Miami
ARLINGTON Rolle, a member of the Bimini District Council, was arrested in Miami for alleged drug possession.
Possession of drugs and guns gets man over two years jail
A MAN was sentenced to two and half years in prison after admitting to owning two guns recovered when police raided his house last weekend.
Man receives two-year sentence for unlicensed firearm and ammunition
A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to having an unlicensed gun in his home.
Two months sentence for stealing $20 worth of Lysol
A MAN was sentenced to two months in prison after admitting to stealing $21 worth of aerosols last week.
INSIGHT: Sound policy decisions over soundbites to tackle crime
A RECENT spate of shocking crimes – including sex attacks against elderly women – has prompted some familiar talk. We must be tougher on crime, tougher on criminals. Perhaps so – but in our reaction, we appear to be falling into an old trap of seeking to carry out action, any action, without regard to whether or not it really works.
Reform Series Conclusion: ‘We are the problem.’
We must confront an uncomfortable truth: we, the people, are the root of the problem. As citizens of The Bahamas, it’s high time we face our shortcomings and acknowledge the urgent need for sweeping reforms across critical sectors of our society.
Man accused of having loaded gun
A MAN was granted bail after he was accused of having a loaded gun in Eleuthera on Independence weekend.
Man charged in connection with the smuggling of $9m worth of cocaine
A MAN was charged with aiding in the smuggling of $9 million worth of cocaine into Long Island late last month.
Man gets sentenced to 18 months for possession of drugs and ammunition
A MAN was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting to having 50 rounds of live ammunition and $8,500 worth of marijuana in his home last week.
Police seize $10.4m in cocaine in Mayaguana, but traffickers escape
POLICE confiscated 18 large bags of cocaine with a $10.4m street value from a plane that landed in Mayaguana on Saturday.
Bail granted for four Ecuadorian migrants accused of drug smuggling
FOUR Ecuadorian migrants were granted bail after being accused of smuggling 100lb of cocaine into The Bahamas while enroute to the United States of America.
What will our story read?
On July 10th the curtain will fall on the first fifty years of an independent Bahamas.
Being taken for a ride
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic merchants increased prices on numerous goods claiming that due to supply chain issues and higher shipping costs they were forced to sell the goods at a higher price. If you checked this was the story globally and there were a number of news stories that confirmed this issue.
Two arrested after suspected marijuana discovered
GRAND Bahama law enforcement officials arrested two men in Grand Bahama after the discovery of suspected marijuana.