Bullet holes line the exterior walls of an apartment building through Augusta Street where a 27-year-old man, now in critical condition in hospital, was gunned down only a few yards from a busy bar and liquor store yesterday. The man was shot multiple times about the body.
Only a few minutes following that shooting police received information that three men suspected of being involved in the incident were seen in the area of Strachan Corner.
According to police reports, when officers approached the men they fled and officers gave chase.
“Officers followed the suspects into the Fritz Lane area,” said the police report.

“It was at this point that one of the males re ...

A magistrate fined a policeman $150 for traffic infractions he committed a year ago.
De’Ashan Smith, 27, of Yamacraw Beach Estates, admitted to not paying attention to the road while riding a motorcycle on Commonwealth Boulevard, Elizabeth Estates on December 24, 2009. Smith also admitted that he was not wearing a protective helmet and that the motorcycle was uninsured when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez yesterday.

Wednesday December 29th

"Come out to The Hub on Wednesday December 29th, at 7pm for a book release and reading by two fantastic Bahamian authors under Poinciana Paper Press.

Poinciana Paper Press is excited to present Nicolette Bethel's new book, "Mama Lily and the Dead." In a collection of poems reminiscent of the Bahamian storytelling tradition of oral histories, Nicolette pays tribute to the resilient island women from generations past through the resonant story of her own grandmother. Poems are presented in a hand-bound book with a letterpress-printed cover, in an edition of only 200 copies. Readings will begin at 7.30pm, followed by a brief Q&A and discussion. Both bea ...

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

Bahamian investors were yesterday urged to come back to the equities market "sooner rather than later" or risk missing out on the initial upside predicted to occur in 2011, RoyalFidelity Merchant Bank & Trust's president telling Tribune Business that "big changes" were coming to this nation's economy as a result of the Government's privatisation thrust.

Predicting that 2011 would be a "big year" for the Bahamian capital markets as various entities sought to raise capital from local investors, Michael Anderson said "a lot of opportunities" would flow from both government-driven initiatives, such as the li ...