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Catholic priest dies of massive heart attack

THE Caribbean is in mourning the loss of a great priest, lawyer and civil servant in the person of Fr Henry Charles.

Judge orders govt to bring back Jean Rony Jean-Charles

SUPREME Court Justice Gregory Hilton has ordered the government immediately issue a travel document for Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles and reimburse him for his travel back to the country, declaring that his rights under the Constitution have been breached.

$1,400 fine for man for not charging monitoring device

A MAN on bail for murder was fined $1,400 in court yesterday after he admitted to failing to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD) twice this month.

Body found in GB being treated as a homicide

POLICE are currently investigating the weekend discovery of a man’s body in Grand Bahama as a homicide, Assistant Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler told The Tribune yesterday.

'Disappointing' if Jean Rony deported

PEOPLE who are born in the Bahamas to undocumented foreign parents are “not usually” deported, according to Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, who said he would be “disappointed” if this practice was being carried out.

Broker/dealer holds off Commission’s provisional wind-up

A Bahamian broker/dealer that admitted to misusing almost $4 million in client monies without permission has temporarily held-off the Securities Commission’s bid to place it into provisional liquidation.

Govt fails to halt Jean Rony case

THE Court of Appeal has granted Bahamas-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles leave to appeal its revocation of a Supreme Court judge’s landmark decision concerning his controversial detention and removal from The Bahamas to the Privy Council, despite stern opposition from the Crown.

Parliament defiant in face of court ruling in email row

STRIKING a tone of defiance, parliamentarians reacted with outrage in the House of Assembly yesterday to Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles’ historic ruling that Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald infringed on the constitutional rights of Save The Bays’ members when he tabled private emails and discussed financial information allegedly related to the group in the House of Assembly in June.

‘HE DESERVES MORE’: Kenyan awarded $640k for six years of illegal detention seeks higher compensation

KENYAN native Douglas Ngumi is challenging a Supreme Court ruling that awarded him over $640,000 in damages for his unlawful arrest, detention and inhumane treatment at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, arguing more compensation is needed for the wrongs committed against him.

PRINCE CHARLES CLOSES DOWN AS CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGINS

PRINCE CHARLES CLOSES DOWN AS CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGINS By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net PRINCE Charles Drive will open in sections as the New Providence Road Improvement Project moves further west, according to Ministry of Works officials. Drivers

EVE AND DAVID RE-EMERGE AS WINNERS OF THE BAPTIST FAMILY FUN WALK RACE

EVE Dorsett and David Prabhu picked up where they left off two years ago as they re-emerged as the overall female and male winners of the Bahamas Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention Men’s Department 2021 Family Fun Walk Race on Saturday.

Female passenger killed in Charles Saunders Highway crash

A WOMAN was killed and four men injured in a crash involving two vehicles on Charles Saunders Highway shortly after midnight on Monday.

Jean Rony makes citizenship move

LAWYERS for Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles are hoping his citizenship application can be supported by documents filed with the Immigration Department for his siblings.

Sports in brief

CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club is scheduled to hold its 18th annual Ray Minus Sr End of Year Amateur Boxing Tournament, recognising the legends of the ring - former Bahamian boxing greats.

Change of lawyer in manslaughter appeal

A MAN has privately retained a lawyer to assist him in challenging his conviction and 18-year-sentence for manslaughter after his previous lawyer asked the Court of Appeal for leave to withdraw.

Prince Charles businesses raided

POLICE are investigating two separate armed robberies at businesses on Prince Charles Drive yesterday afternoon.

‘AMBUSHED’: Police shoot three dead in car after they ‘fired at officer’

GRIEF stricken family members reacted furiously after police killed three of their relatives on Saturday after an officer was “ambushed” by gunshots. The deaths marked the country’s deadliest police-involved killing since three men were killed in the Blair Estates community in May 2019.

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