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Cleared man sues after being held in detention after not guilty verdict

A MAN recently acquitted of murdering another man on Potter’s Cay Dock a day before his birthday three years ago is suing the government for unlawfully detaining him for some five days after he was found not guilty of the crime.

INSIGHT: Murder most foul

The PLP’s infamous pre-election billboards in 2012 highlighted the inability of the FNM government to curb the murder rate. Nearly five years later and with an escalating death toll passing 600 under the Christie administration Malcolm J Strachan says it’s time to revise the deterrents for violent criminals . . .

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.

EXECUTED: Six dead in horrific gangland ambush

SIX men were murdered in a hail of bullets after men wearing black, brandishing high powered assault rifles and handguns, ambushed them at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road yesterday.

The corned beef and grits Budget

It is clear that the trio in charge of the Ministry of Finance has been forced to come up with a corned beef and grits 2021-2022 budget. If this is the best that they are able to come up with, God help us. It is conceded that taxes have been held at bay but that there is no real wiggle room for critical infrastructure and people development.

STATESIDE: If we’re not really careful a very, very bad cold may be coming our way

Let’s be frank: being geographically and culturally close to the US has been good for The Bahamas in many ways for much of its existence as a sovereign, independent state.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The eye – so small in size, so large in life

The eye is so small in size, so large in life. Think about it. Of all your senses, what would be the worst to lose?

INSIGHT: What climate, conch salad and the land have to do with knowledge of self and freedom

In the first of a series of articles compiled by the University of The Bahamas - entitled the Mangrove Series - writers take a critical look at what it is that we value as a Bahamian people and the risks that a changing climate poses to these treasures.

Bill to halt genetic resource ‘plunder’

A Cabinet minister said legislation passed by the House of Assembly yesterday will halt "the plundering" of The Bahamas' genetic resources by foreign researchers without this nation earning one cent.

NASSAU LIFE: Painful numbers for The Bahamas

TYPICAL Bahamians, like citizens everywhere, take little interest in the numbers underlying their country’s successes - or failures.

Arawak port generates $100m Customs boost

Bahamas Customs has enjoyed a $100 million revenue increase over the past 12 months through enhanced controls at the Nassau Container Port, Tribune Business can reveal.Michael Maura, the Arawak Port Development Company’s (APD) president and chief exe

Teacher murder - ‘police beat us too’

THE man accused of lying in the road to create an obstacle the night in November 2015 former Queen’s College elementary teacher Joyelle McIntosh was killed, yesterday claimed he was “stomped” in the scrotum repeatedly by police to give a false confession.

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.

Family Islands urge: ‘tax web shops to the hilt’

Family Island businessmen yesterday urged the government to “tax the web shop industry to the hilt” because it has left many communities “in shambles”.

Daxon tells of 'degrading' experience after being denied bail

A FORMER police officer and now attorney yesterday testified how she was made to bend over while naked for correctional officers to examine her private parts as a result of her being remanded due to a magistrate’s inability to grant her bail.Maria Da

Retailers given until end-august for VAT pricing adjustments

Bahamian retailers have until August 31 to adjust prices for the 12 percent VAT, with top government officials yesterday expressing confidence that the transition will “not disrupt” commerce.Marlon Johnson, the Ministry of Finance’s acting financial

ALICIA WALLACE: Why should Serena be held to a higher standard?

When I became aware of Venus and Serena Williams, my interest in tennis increased exponentially. Andre Agassi and Stefi Graf were fine to watch, but it was exciting to see, not only girls, but black girls on the courts. They played tennis and they did it well.

FRONT PORCH: We see the shallow critics carping from the sidelines - why don’t they serve?

US President Theodore Roosevelt was a militarist and adventurist who used the bullying might of the American Colossus to advance his country’s imperialist stratagems in Latin and Central America.

Bahamas left facing 'God awful situation'

A prominent Bahamian businessman yesterday urged the government not to implement an overly-huge economic stimulus package or open the economy too soon in the battle against COVID-19. Sir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that The Bahamas simply

INSIGHT: When we have children killing children we are all at fault

Everyone becomes the expert in times of tragedy. There is no shortage of judgment and criticism when empathy would do just fine. When a child’s life is taken - as in the case of the young boy stabbed last week - we fear that in our violent society this could have happened to any one of our children. Emotions run high and people seek to point out who is at fault. However, that is one of the most harmful things we can do in times like these.

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