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Man admits failing to charge electronic monitoring device

A MAN on bail for murder was fined $1,250 in court on Friday after he admitted to failing to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD) five times.

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Murder held accused of homicide while on bail for murder

A MAN was jailed after allegedly killing someone on bail for murder last month –– the same man he allegedly attempted to kill earlier this year.

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Man wanted in murder probe

GRAND Bahama Police are searching for a Bahamian man who is wanted for questioning in connection with an attempted murder investigation.

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Teen in court over election night murder

POLICE arraigned in court yesterday a teenager suspected of being involved in one of two May 7 election night murders.

US gives Cable growth ‘4 times’ that in Bahamas

Cable Bahamas yesterday said its US expansion had generated growth that would take three-four years to achieve in this market, having enjoyed an “immediate” 26 per cent top-line boost.

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Williams ‘must resign’ over ‘risky’ comments

THE acting director of public prosecutions has come under fire after telling a reporter the country has a “generation of highly sexualised young people” who sometimes “engage in risky behaviours”.

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Labour Day tragedy - families await answers

MARIO Williams wants to forgive the man whose truck careened down East Street on Labour Day, killing his sister, but first he wants to see the findings of the investigation into the tragedy. 

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Bahamian’s face slashed in Florida restaurant attack

A BAHAMIAN man has said he is thankful to be alive after he was slashed in his face during a knife attack at a restaurant in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Saturday.

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Talk show host faces fraud charges

A TALK-show host appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of conning a woman out of $100,000, and obtaining goods and cash from a number of business under false pretences.

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Building up a better Bahamas through athletics, academics

For more than a decade, Pastor Anthony Williams has been building a home way from home for a number of track and field athletes at his home in Moore’s Island, Abaco.

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Upgrade for San Salvador airport

SAN Salvador’s tourism industry is expected to get a major boost with the expansion and upgrade of the island’s international airport.

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C I Gibson Rattlers win senior boys’ title

It went right down to the wire as the CI Gibson Rattlers prevailed with the senior boys’ title over the Jordan Prince Williams Falcons in a nail-biting championship game that brought the curtain down on the Providence Storm Basketball Club’s 2022 Holiday Classic at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.

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Cable Bahamas says: 'Expect great things'

Cable Bahamas says: 'Expect great things' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Cable Bahamas yesterday warned Bahamians to "expect great things" in 2012, as it targets "significant upside" from its newly-launched fixed-line voice services that alrea

Ex-finance minister: Make VAT 'no more' than 7.5%

The proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate should be “no more” than 7.5 per cent, a former finance minister argued yesterday, telling Tribune Business it would be “impossible” to properly implement the new tax by the July 1 target date.

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Latoy clocks season’s best to win 400m

CHRIS ‘Fireman’ Brown didn’t enter, Demetrius Pinder withdrew from the final and Ramon Miller had to watch from the sideline nursing an injury. Yet, in their absence, LaToy Williams still ran a blistering season’s best of 44.97 seconds to win the marquee men’s 400 metres on day two of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ BTC Junior and Senior National Track and Field Championships.

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Williams: 'I am following the guidelines and trying to stay healthy'

HAVING had to rescheduled his next professional fight and his Bard Yard Rumble Promotional card, Sherman 'the Tank' Williams is encouraging Bahamians to follow the rules of the Government so the Bahamas can get through the Coronavirus Pandemic as quickly as possible.

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Nurses getting burnt out, says union chief

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams said some nurses are burnt out and discouraged from volunteering their services due to the way health officials are organising the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

$5bn-plus deficit creating economy 'realignment' fear

The Bahamas is facing a “troublesome realignment” of its external accounts, a former finance minister has warned, noting this nation has amassed a collective $5 billion-plus current account deficit over the past four years.

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Special Olympics in CARIFTA mix

THE Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will have a special element to its line up with the inclusion of Special Olympics Bahamas.

Big Red Machine hold off the Comets for 24th straight win

THE St Augustine's College Big Red Machine held off a strong challenge from the Queen's College Comets to win their 24th straight Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools title at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Friday. Here's a l