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NACAC: Team Bahamas all set

TRACK and field will again take centre stage this week as another group of the country’s elite athletes will represent the Bahamas at the senior level.

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Man facing charges over online video ‘death threats’

A 32-year-old man is now facing charges in Magistrate’s court after he allegedly brandished a firearm and made indirect death threats in a video posted on social media.

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Chickcharney Chirren fulfil promise of powered wheelchair donation

EDVENNA Major was sitting in her manual wheelchair at her vendor’s table in Pompey Square, as she does most Saturdays, oblivious to the fact that her life was about to get a little bit easier.

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POLITICOLE: The ‘secret’ society of the Bahamas

The nature of who we secretly are is the reason we can’t gainfully advance our country or the people in it.

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Toddler had 19 blunt force injuries, says pathologist

A pathologist told jurors hearing evidence in a trial into the alleged murder of a two-year-old boy yesterday that the toddler died of some 19 blunt force injuries to the head and body.

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Off-duty police officer shot in the hand

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting that left an off-duty officer in hospital.

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Athletes clock personal bests at World Youths

THERE were no medal-winning performances for Team Bahamas at the 9th IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships in Cali, Colombia. However, a number of athletes recorded personal bests in a series of spirited performances against the top junior athletes in the world.

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Chickcharney aid for Edvenna

EDVENNA Major sat comfortably in her manual wheelchair, at her vendor’s table in Pompey Square last Saturday - as she does most Saturdays - oblivious to the fact that her life was about to get a little bit easier.

Our top athletes post personal bests at IAAF World Youth Championships

DAY two for Team Bahamas at the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, featured another round of personal best performances from some of the country’s top athletes.

Former police officer’s burglary conviction quashed

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of a former police officer found guilty of an early morning burglary of a squad mate.

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Serena ends up 11th overall in discus at IAAF World Youth Championships

SEVERAL personal bests and one finalist highlighted the first day of competition for the Bahamas at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia.

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Murder trial to hear from pathologist

A PATHOLOGIST is expected to testify today in the continuation of a murder trial into the beating death of a two-year-old boy.

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Seven-year-old boy tells how brother was beaten with frying pan on day he died

THE seven-year-old brother of a toddler who prosecutors allege was beaten to death testified yesterday that he saw his mother’s boyfriend hit the boy’s hand with a “frying pan” the day he died.

Bahamas’ 12 member team gets set for the IAAF World Youths

THE top juniors in athletics will take centre stage on the IAAF circuit this week in what is expected to be the biggest international athletics event to be held in South America.

Three arrested after ammunition found

GRAND Bahama police arrested three men at the Grand Bahama International Airport after a quantity of ammunition was discovered in a bag at a security checkpoint on Tuesday.

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Man acquitted as daughter withdraws molestation claim

A MAN accused of sexually molesting his teenage daughter was acquitted yesterday after the girl withdrew her complaint against him.

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Legal action considered over oil spills at Clifton

THE environmental advocacy group Save the Bays has left “the door open” to filing legal action against the government for what it is calling “a breach of statutory powers and duties” resulting in a devastating impact on marine life due to ongoing Clifton oil leaks.

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Nolle prosequi filed over sexual assault on minor

PROCEEDINGS have been discontinued against a man on trial for the alleged sexual assault against a minor.

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Chris Brown left out of 400m for World Championships

CHRIS “Fireman” Brown, the former national record holder at 400m and one of the London Olympics "Golden Knights”, has not been selected to run the individual 400m at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing next month by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA).

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Men are charged with housebreaking

FOUR men were charged in the Freeport Magistrates Court yesterday with a number of housebreaking and stealing incidents on Grand Bahama.