“Everyone of us is secretly healing from something” — Victim’s last Facebook post NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A woman, who was being provided housing assistance by social services, is believed to have taken her own life in front of her young son at the Landshark Cocoplum Resort on West Bay Street yesterday evening. Eyewitness News understands the […]
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Motorcyclist dies after collision with car
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The country recorded its latest traffic fatality last night when a car collided with a motorcyclist on Prince Charles Drive. According to police, a man riding a blue and white motorcycle overtook a gray Honda Fit that was traveling west on Prince Charles Drive in the right lane. Based on the investigations […]
$2 MIL. DRUG BUST: Two Bahamian men arrested at Abaco airport
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Two Bahamian men were arrested last night after a joint operation recovered 265lbs of suspected cocaine with a street value of $2 million at an airport in Abaco. Police were tipped off that an aircraft was traveling north from the southern Bahamas with suspected drugs on board sometime around 6pm yesterday. “As […]
EVADED ARREST: COP says police did “what was required” in domestic violence murder-suicide
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle yesterday defended the response of police in the days leading up to the murder-suicide of a young couple over the weekend, insisting that police “did what was required”. On Saturday night, Heavenly Terveus, 21, was found shot to death in front of her one-month-old baby boy while […]
GB police officer found dead in suspected suicide
GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS — Authorities were yesterday investigating the death of a police officer who was found in his vehicle in the Deadman’s Reef area with a single gunshot wound to the head. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Ashton Greenslade, the officer in charge of Grand Bahama, an autopsy will be performed to determine […]
Seven dead in separate incidents over the holidays
Four traffic fatalities on three islands in just over 24 hours Shooting, homicide, alleged suicide on Bimini, Abaco, GB respectively NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police have reported the deaths of at least seven individuals in separate incidents throughout the country that took place within just three days, spanning from Christmas Eve on December 24 to December […]
Environment minister’s teenage son found dead in “apparent suicide”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the teenage son of Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira. According to ASP Audley Peters, officers responded to reports that a juvenile was found unresponsive at Ferreira’s Oxford Drive residence shortly after 2pm today. The teenager was found in his room on the floor with […]
Police report second attempted suicide in GB in less than a week
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police are investigating a suicide attempt in Grand Bahama on Saturday. According to reports, officers were alerted that a woman was found in the sea attempting to take her own life shortly before 9pm on Saturday in the Williams Town area. Family members, bystanders, and officers assisted in the matter and she […]
Police investigate suspected suicide in Grand Bahama
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The lifeless body of a man was found hanging from a tree behind a high school in Grand Bahama this afternoon. According to police, the man was found hanging by a rope at the rear of the playing field at Sir Jack Hayward Senior High School shortly before 3 p.m.