All results / Stories

Tease photo

BOB secured $34,000 loan on stolen vehicle

Bank of The Bahamas secured a $34,000 loan on a vehicle despite being informed three days before that it had been stolen in Florida, a Supreme Court judgment has revealed.

Tease photo

Carifta team ratified

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) has ratified a full 70-member team to represent the Bahamas next month at the 41st Carifta Games in Hamilton, B

Verdict ‘derails’ PM’s Freeport policy move

The Prime Minister’s ambition of making an imminent announcement on Freeport’s future was yesterday “derailed” by the Supreme Court, which found the Government’s consultation process was “fundamentally flawed” and needed to be continued.

Tease photo

Judge spares death penalty, laments violent crime trend

A JUDGE who spared a 22-year-old man the death penalty yesterday in connection with a 2012 murder case expressed concern at an increasing trend of young men under the age of 30 being tried and convicted of violent crimes.

Tease photo

Cable loses challenge to Brave ‘ad’ blocking

Cable Bahamas’ legal challenge to a regulatory decision forbidding it to broadcast an advertisement that allegedly defamed the Prime Minister was this week dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Tease photo

Cougars rout Saints, 26-3

The Charles W Saunders Cougars didn’t have any mercy on the Kingsway Academy Saints in their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior boys softball game yesterday.

Tease photo

'Dud' Maynard criticises PLP

FORMER PLP Chairman Andrew “Dud” Maynard yesterday criticised his former party for failing to recognise the contributions of past politicians.

Despite 20% sales growth, business 'ain't what it was'

A Bahamian businessman said yesterday he had seen “slight growth” of 20 per cent in sales at his Prince Charles Drive company, while noting that business “is not like it used to be”.

Tease photo

Man dies from stab wounds after dance hall fight

POLICE have taken four men into custody after a fight at a dance hall off Prince Charles Drive on Saturday night ended with one man stabbed to death and three others detained in hospital with injuries.

Tease photo

Police hunt robbery suspects

POLICE are looking for two suspects who committed separate armed robberies on Monday. The first incident happened shortly after 11am when a woman was sitting in her vehicle at the junction of Prince Charles Drive and Beatrice Avenue. Police said she

Tease photo

45 years in jail for murder

A MAN was sentenced to 45 years in prison yesterday for a murder that occurred during a Junkanoo practice nearly three years ago.

Tease photo

JEAN RONY WINS AT PRIVY COUNCIL: Case over detention and repatriation back to Supreme Court

THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has awarded Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles the right to have his case returned to the Supreme Court for consideration of an application of constitutional aid over his detention and repatriation from the country more than five years ago.

Tease photo

Trio join fabulous fathers list

CHARLES Carter, the Reverend Canon Basil Tynes and Bishop Washington Williams were among the 40 ‘fabulous fathers’ recently honoured by Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church to mark the 40th Anniversary of Independence. The Tribune is publishing profiles of all the fathers who were honoured.

Tease photo

Seven years in jail for killing boyfriend

A WOMAN was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday for the stabbing death of her boyfriend, who a judge said was “the author of his own demise” in a “heart-rending” case of domestic violence.

Tease photo

Judge issues plea for Schooner Bay peace

A Supreme Court judge has made an impassioned plea for peace to prevail in an Abaco community that has been beset by a long-running dispute between its developer and several homeowners.

Tease photo

‘No more blight’ on Rum Cay’s revival

A Supreme Court judge says it is “difficult to digest” that the Prime Minister’s Office would assert a 15-acre Rum Cay land parcel was Crown Land when this totally contradicted evidence from the Government’s own surveyors.

Tease photo

Judge: ‘Difficult to digest’ Gov’ts Rum Cay claims

A Supreme Court judge says it is “difficult to digest” that the Prime Minister’s Office would assert a 15-acre Rum Cay land parcel was Crown Land when this totally contradicted evidence from the Government’s own surveyors.

Tease photo

Attorney’s ‘negligence’ cost twins their home

Twin sisters have been given permission by the Supreme Court to enter a default judgment against a Bahamian attorney whose “negligence” cost them their Harmony Hill condominium.

Tease photo

‘Major announcement’ on Freeport due today

PRIME Minister Perry Christie is expected to make a major announcement on the government’s renewed approach to addressing the stagnant economy of Grand Bahama this morning in the House of Assembly.

Tease photo

Haitian quartet had expired visas

FOUR Haitian men who claimed the devastation wrought on Abaco by Hurricane Dorian caused them to remain in the country after their visas had expired were yesterday fined $300.