# The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) kicked off Freeport’s 70th-anniversary celebrations with the unveiling of an 850lb Hawksbill Turtle sculpture at its headquarters on Mall Drive on Friday.

# A MAN awaiting a murder trial was remanded into custody after he was accused of having a banned assault rifle near his home last week. # Magistrate Lennox Coleby on Friday arraigned Brinton Thompson ...

BOTH the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Wellness are keeping an eye on an outbreak of a flu-like disease at Arthur’s Town Comprehensive School in Cat Island. Education director ...

# Thompson’s bail was denied and he will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until his trial begins on March 31. # Levan Johnson represented the accused. Commenting has been ...

A PRISONER was stabbed to death and two more were injured at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on Saturday ...

ELEUTHERA residents should expect scheduled power outages in the coming days as Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) upgrades the island’s transmission and distribution network. BPL chairperson Christina ...

# A 41-year-old man was remanded into custody yesterday after he was accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl and attempting to rape her in his car near a park in the Yamacraw area last week. # Chief ...

# LEGISLATION allowing people to waive their constitutional right to a jury trial in favour of a trial by judge alone is expected to come into force in March, The Tribune understands. # The Trial by ...

# The lower courts had ruled that the 12-year limitation period for recovering the property had not expired because of deliberate concealment, but the Privy Council disagreed, concluding that any ...

# A WOMAN was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of stealing over $4,000 while working at a Popeye’s Fast Food Restaurant last month. # Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly arraigned Monique Caty, ...

# ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP) Roberto Goodman highlighted an alarming trend of drug traffickers increasingly exploiting courier companies to smuggle illegal substances. # He said while many ...

# THREE American men were charged in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court on Thursday with illegal commercial fishing and possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition. # Florida residents Mathew ...