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Members of the Official Opposition, led by Progressive Liberal Party Leader, Phillip Davis, are expected to move a resolution for a vote of 'no confidence' on House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, this Wednesday. Moultrie suspended three opposition members for two sittings last week after they members walked out of Parliament when the Speaker launched a verbal attack on retired senior clerk,...

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two men who are wanted for questioning in connection with a shooting incident, which claimed the life of one male and left two others in hospital on Friday. The incident occurred at Hutchinson Street. The first suspect is 24-year-old Christopher Blyden alias “CJ” of Baillou Hill Road also South Beach. Blyden is...

Another arrested for police death threats, firearms seized A man is dead after a fire exchange with police officers yesterday morning. According to reports, police, acting on a tip, went to Golden Circle off Cedar Way where they observed a drug exchange taking place. When spotted, one of the suspects produced a firearm and shot at the officers. The officers,...

The New Providence landfill is one step closer to having a management company at the helm as Minister of the Environment & Housing, the Hon. Romauld S. Ferreira, released the shortlist of seven qualified firms chosen from 18 applicants for the position on Thursday. Companies shortlisted are: - Apapa International (Nassau) Ltd. - Bahamas Waste - Bahamas WPT Ltd. -...

Police are searching for the suspects responsible for a shooting incident that left one person dead and two others hospitalized late Friday evening. The incident occurred at and night club on Hutchinson Street off Poinciana Drive just after 11 p.m. According to police reports, three men entered the club and got into an argument with one of the club's patrons....

A man is dead after being hit by a bus when he was attempting to cross the street in Grand Bahama yesterday. The unidentified victim was struck by a 2001 blue Van Tour Bus traveling along Coral Road and Settlers Way around 8 a.m. yesterday. The male pedestrian died at the scene and police are investigating the matter. This is...

Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) marines discovered a wooden sailing sloop packed with 25 Haitian nationals shortly before 4 a.m. this morning. The marines were acting on a tip from police after the officers apprehended three other undocumented Haitian nationals in the Marshall Road area. Immigration officers also joined the search and investigations are ongoing.  

A man is dead after he was struck by the driver of a truck on the Tonique Darling Williams Highway shortly after 12.a.m Friday. According to police the victim was walking in the northeast bound lane on the highway when he was shit  by a 1998 Ford F150 Truck. Paramedics were called to the scene but were unable to revive him...

Senators representing the Progressive Liberal Party were a complete ‘no show’ yesterday after all four members of the Opposition were suspended in the House of Assembly by Speaker, Halson Moultrie, on Wednesday. Representatives Fred Mitchell, along with JoBeth Davis, Michael Darville and Clay Sweeting, withdrew from this morning’s proceedings. According to a press release from the Office of the Leader...

Today at Buckingham Palace, The Queen received His Excellency, Mr. Ellison Greenslade, on his appointment as High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Mrs. Greenslade was also received by Her Majesty. Greenslade is the former commissioner of police for the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

POLICE are on the hunt for the person responsible for a shooting incident that left one man dead late Wednesday night. The murder, which, occurred shortly before 10 p.m. in West Ridge, took the country’s murder count to 11 for the year, according to Eyewitness News records. Police say the victim was standing in front of his residence off Munnings Drive when he was...

House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, laid out a verbal attack on retired senior clerk, Maurice Tynes in Parliament Wednesday charging that the former civil servant should "rest in peace." Moultrie was responding to a Letter to the Editor authored by Tynes, who publicly voiced his disdain with the Speaker's suspension of Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, and comments made by the...

House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, suspended all opposition members for at least two sittings of Parliament during, what members deemed, an extraordinary session Wednesday morning. This followed a vote to singularly suspend Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, who was named and suspended last week. Cat Island, Rum Cay and Salvador MP, Philip 'Brave' Davis; Exumas and Ragged Island MP, Chester Cooper,...

Boycott to continue until MP returned to parliament Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) members of Parliament and party senators will boycott their respective chambers until Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, is allowed to return to the House of Assembly, PLP Leader, Brave Davis, announced Tuesday. At a press conference at PLP headquarters, Davis said he attempted to speak with Leader of...