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Murder trial delayed

THE trial of a woman accused of murdering a web shop employee in Long Island may face a delay because she was not represented.

Student takes on junior tourism role

AFTER successfully defeating 11 students from around the country, Gabriele Josephs of Mary Star of the Sea has been named the new junior minister of tourism.

Broker is accused of $200,000 fraud

A BROKER denied conning a woman of more than $200,000 through over-priced customs duties for a multi-million dollar home renovation project.

Aviation registers over 150 drones

More than 150 drones have been registered with the Department of Civil Aviation to-date, the head of Flight Standards told Tribune Business yesterday.

Attorney calls for more active drone enforcing

A Bahamian aviation law specialist yesterday stressed the need for “active enforcement” of laws governing the use of drones, after the Civil Aviation Department warned against their use in the Love Beach area.

Lawyers were charged with offences that did not exist

SIX months after bringing charges against a lawyer who denied accusations of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice, the Crown was compelled to concede yesterday that the charges were a nullity.

‘Nothing left’ for Long Island’s departed 10 per cent

A Long Island businessman yesterday estimated that 10 per cent of the island’s population had migrated to either New Providence or Freeport in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin, and while some wanted to return “there is nothing to come back to”.

TahjNeé gets full athletic scholarship to Fresno State

Versatile TahjNeé Thurston is all set to head off to California to attend Fresno State University on a full athletic scholarship.

‘Tax free zone’ urged for Joaquin-hit islands

The Government was yesterday urged to designate the storm-ravaged southeastern Bahamas as a ‘tax-free zone’ to give the area’s island economies a “shot in the arm”.

Carnival comes to Taino Beach

BAHAMAS Junkanoo Carnival 2016 kicks off in style this evening at Taino Beach, with an aerobatic fly-in complete with parachute jumpers who will deliver the Bahamian flag for the official opening ceremony at the Cultural Village.

INSIGHT: Who is really footing the $6m bill for the IDB conference?

Stanley Cartwright says hosting the IDB conference last week at the Baha Mar Convention Centre was simple political expediency by the Prime Minister.

Holy Trinity rector appointed as Anglican archdeacon

MARK Fox, the rector of Holy Trinity Church, Stapledon Gardens, has been appointed an archdeacon in the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands.

National beach soccer squad all ready for Switzerland in Kalik Light Cup

THEY have not yet released the names of Team Bahamas, but members of the men’s national training squad have been working extremely hard in preparation for their match-up against Switzerland in the Kalik Light Cup International Friendly.

INSIGHT: Whispering campaign is becoming too loud to ignore

Cassius Stuart was only saying what many members of the Free National Movement are saying in private about the party’s leader. Stanley Cartwright suggests it’s time for Dr Minnis to do the honourable thing and stand aside.

Spanish Wells and the St Anne’s Bluewaves emerge as champions

SPANISH Wells and St Anne’s Bluewaves emerged as the boys’ and girls’ champions respectively in the Bahamas Softball Federation’s Austin ‘King Snake’ Knowles National Softball Tournament that was played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend.

Bahamas all set to face No. 6 Switzerland in Kalik Light Cup

THE Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team is scheduled to square off against European powerhouse Switzerland in the Kalik Light Cup April 8-9 at the Bahamas Football Association’s (BFA) Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility at the foot of the Sidney Poitier Bridge in New Providence, Nassau.

INSIGHT: FNM has questions to answer over Save The Bays

Today in Parliament the Free National Movement (FNM) will have to answer some serious questions.

Death on the stage reflecting deaths on the street

“EVERYONE you love will dead.” At least, that’s what the writers of two new Bahamian plays will have you believe. Stephen Hanna and Travis Cartwright-Carroll wrote two different yet oddly connected plays; Death on the Street and The Melancholy of Suzanna Turnquest.

INSIGHT: The FNM’s pied piper is playing the wrong tune

If the Opposition leader was trying to defend the common man at and after the Cabbage Beach protests, he got it wrong again, Stanley Cartwright says.

INSIGHT: Good hair, bad principles

THE Principal’s office isn’t simply for guidance and discipline anymore. In one Nassau school, for one female student, the principal became the beautician and the beast, stirring up much ire after she suggested that the young’s girl’s hair, in its natural state seemed “unkempt”.

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