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CRIME consultant Carlos Reid has called for accountability after a man accused of murdering a key witness in his armed robbery case allegedly breached his bail conditions 81 times before the killing, saying “somebody dropped the ball”.
A 47-YEAR-OLD mother who has spent more than six years confined to her home because of severe lymphedema says she finally has reason to hope after a public appeal for help led to intervention from the National Health Insurance Authority and an upcoming medical evaluation that could mark the beginning of her long-awaited recovery.
A WAVE of gun violence left two men dead less than 10 hours apart yesterday, with surveillance footage capturing the final moments of one victim before he was fatally shot in a hail of bullets.
THE Bahamas could have the capacity to conduct DNA testing locally before the end of the year, Attorney General Wayne Munroe said yesterday, as families of victims killed in the Independence Day plane crash in Andros face waits of up to eight weeks to identify and bury their loved ones.
A MAN awaiting trial over a near-fatal bar shooting in 2022 was remanded to prison yesterday after allegedly breaching his bail conditions for 66 days.
A PILOT awaiting trial for murder and charges stemming from a 15.3m drug seizure in 2024 was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after admitting to possessing an ounce of marijuana in his prison cell.
Police seized more than 75 pounds of suspected marijuana during an operation at a residence under renovation in Eight Mile Rock yesterday.
HOURS after telling his eldest son he loved him, 68-year-old John Walkes was electrocuted while working at a Bimini marina, leaving his wife and five children struggling to comprehend the sudden loss of a devoted father who had travelled from Exuma in search of work.
THE Bahamas Christian Council has called for a “balanced approach” to the Sexual Offenders Register, arguing that while protecting children and vulnerable persons must remain the nation’s highest priority, making the database fully public could create unintended consequences.
GRIEVING parents of five teenagers killed in the Shirley Street crash have been left distressed after a roadside memorial was cleared without warning, depriving them of the chance to retrieve photographs and other items honouring their children.
