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COVID-19 cases have increased over last two months but not a cause for alarm

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said COVID-19 cases have increased slightly over the past two months, but are not a cause for alarm.

Mitchell defends Bahamas’ efforts on smuggling

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell defended the country’s efforts to counter human smuggling after an American newspaper highlighted the problem.

Suspected drowning probed

POLICE are investigating an apparent drowning over the weekend off Arawak Cay.

Similarities in pair of armed robberies

FREEPORT – Grand Bahama police are investigating two similar armed robberies that took place in two Freeport subdivisions early Friday morning.

Armed robbers strike twice in one day

FREEPORT – Armed robbers have struck two web shops in one day here on Grand Bahama, robbing the establishments of an undetermined amount of cash.

Police hunt killer of 78th murder victim

POLICE are on the hunt for a man suspected of shooting and killing 30-year-old Ramon Thompson, alias ‘Mon’, late Wednesday night.

MINISTER: Prisons should be last resort for non-violent and petty crimes

PRISON should, as far as possible, be a last resort for persons charged or convicted of non-violent, petty crimes, Minister of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage said. Dr Nottage

Nottage: Murder count must come down now

MINISTER of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said reducing the murder count is not only realistic, but necessary as the government moves forward this year.

WHAT YOUR EMERGENCY KIT SHOULD CONTAIN

A BASIC emergency supply kit could include the following recommended items:

‘RBDF set to guard mass migration from Haiti‘

DEFENCE Force Commodore Raymond King said the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has established a blockade in the south-eastern Bahamas to guard the country’s borders against possible mass migration from Haiti.

‘42 percent of murder victims were out on bail’

CARLOS Reid, a consultant in the Ministry of National Security, said 42 percent of the people killed this year were on bail.

Bahamas represented at finance crime forum

Three Bahamian executives represented this nation at the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) annual Private Sector Consultative Forum (PSCF) that deals with fighting financial crime.The Forum, held from 23-24 April, 2018, was hosted by the United Na

Man ‘paid $150 for fake stamp’ to stay in country

A JAMAICAN man who paid another man $150 for a fake immigration stamp he tried to use to extend his stay in the country was yesterday sentenced to six months behind bars.

Jamaican man still on the run, two weeks after escaping

JAMAICAN Anthony Lee who escaped from the Eight Mile Rock Police Station about two weeks ago is still at large, according to a senior police official in Grand Bahama.

Two held over human smuggling

TWO Bahamian men suspected of illegal human smuggling were intercepted and apprehended, along with 13 migrants, in US waters last week.

Bail for man who denied assaulting sister

A 43-year-old man who denied assaulting his sister earlier this week was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.

Man shot dead in Kemp Road area

A MAN wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet was the country’s 32nd murder victim Friday when he was fatally shot in the Kemp Road area.

Pintard plans discussions on industrial hemp

AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Michael Pintard said on Thursday he plans to discuss the economic potential of industrial hemp with Cabinet ministers while the issue of legal marijuana is still being deliberated.

Former Tribune editor to feature in TV look at Cable Beach murder

A LURID murder in a house on Cable Beach is to be spotlighted in a new series of television documentaries.

Importer jailed over gun found in his car

A 31-year-old man was convicted and sentenced to two and half years in prison yesterday after he was found guilty of two firearm-related charges stemming from the discovery and seizure of a pistol and ammunition in May.Kevin Wright, the operator of a

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