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Sherman Brown faces prison after being found guilty of contempt

A FORMER ZNS reporter has been found in “contumacious” contempt of court for giving false testimony why being cross-examined for his alleged involvement in defamatory websites and articles published against billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon.

Market St, Prince Charles to open, Fox Hill Road South next to close

Market St, Prince Charles to open, Fox Hill Road South next to close By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net MINISTRY of Works and Transport officials announced yesterday the up-coming opening of two major roads and the closure of another as the New Provi

Commission petitions for broker/dealer’s ‘compulsory’ wind-up

The Securities Commission is petitioning the Supreme Court to place a Bahamian broker/dealer into compulsory liquidation, and appoint a provisional liquidator to wind it up.

Governor General announces Independence Honours

THE nation’s leading lights have been recognised in the Independence Honours, as announced by Governor General Cornelius Smith.

Sacked banker: I was used as a scapegoat

LAWYERS for sacked First Caribbean International (FCIB) banker, Paul Major, yesterday alleged bank directors lined him up as the “scapegoat” for the blunder that allowed disgraced FIFA executive Charles Blazer to use a local account to misappropriate a reported $15m belonging to FIFA.

Law firm break-up blew Hilton lift plunge lawsuit

A hotel maid’s bid to obtain financial redress from the British Colonial Hilton was scuppered by the break-up of a law firm then co-headed by a newly-elected Cabinet minister.

Appellate judge questions Jean Rony decision

AN appellate judge has questioned whether a Supreme Court judge had the power to compel the government to cause Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles to be returned to the Bahamas despite him having no right to remain in the country.

Jean Rony - famed for legal fight to stay in nation - is stabbed to death

JEAN Rony Jean-Charles, the man born in The Bahamas to Haitian parents whose legal case had far-reaching implications for the country’s immigration and citizenship laws, has been murdered.

Cougars senior boys destroy Stars, 75-23

The Charles W Saunders Cougars showed the Bahamas Academy Stars why they are the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools defending senior boys’ basketball champions.

Speaker: Judges should not be called before Parliament

HOUSE of Assembly Speaker Dr Kendal Major said yesterday that parliamentarians should not seek to call judges before Parliament to answer for their rulings.

Religious happenings around town

The Life and Legacy of Charles C Smith II Date/Time: Thursday, April 25, at 6.15pm

Court orders 11 bailed yet no sign of Jean Rony

THE attorney for detainee Jean Rony Jean-Charles yesterday called for the government to be found in contempt of court for failing to honour a Supreme Court judge’s order to produce his client and bring evidence to justify his arrest and detention earlier this month.

New board to help steer UWIOCB

THE University of the West Indies Open Campus Bahamas (UWIOCB) has appointed an advisory board of directors.

Pop-Up Farmers Market on Saturday

Michael Foulkes, Executive Chairman, Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation (BAIC) announced that there will be a Pop-Up Farmers Market at Seabreeze Constituency – Saturday, December 1, from 8am to 3:30pm.

Attorney loses appeal on ‘forged’ bank drafts

A Bahamian attorney yesterday failed to overturn the rejection of his “gross negligence” claim against Scotiabank (Bahamas) after two “fraudulent” bank drafts left his account overdrawn by $165,000.

BRING HIM HOME - Govt told: Fly Jean Rony back and grant status

A SUPREME Court judge has ordered the government to “immediately” issue a travel document for Bahamas-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles to allow him to return from Haiti to the Bahamas at the government’s expense and to grant him legal status no later than 60 days after his return.

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