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Man sentenced for housebreaking
Man sentenced for housebreaking
A 31-year-old landscaper was yesterday sentenced to prison after he admitted to a housebreaking that was captured on surveillance footage.
Ricardo Moss, of Sisal Road, pleaded guilty to one count of housebreaking and two counts of stealing at his arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.
Moss and another man, who is wearing an ankle bracelet as a condition of his bail for a murder charge, wer...
This week at the Art Walk at Marina Village
This week at the Art Walk at Marina Village
From visual artists to ceramicists to farmer's market purveyors with everything from jams and jellies to native teas and drink, cheesecake and chocolate, locally grown herbs and greens, cooling popsicles and vegan treats -- the twice per month Art Walk at Atlantis has become a must do Saturday outing. With a constant rotation of artists and artisans, live entertainment, cooling and delicious libat...
"We'll Save Your Place in The Sand" The Bahamas Promises at at Women of Power Summit in Arizona
"We'll Save Your Place in The Sand" The Bahamas Promises at at Women of Power Summit in Arizona
The Islands Of The Bahamas make a splash at Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit...Over a thousand of the most influential African American business women from across the USA gathered at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix...
We are blessed beyond measure
We are blessed beyond measure
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. - John 1:1
A recent headline in a newspaper had in very bold letters --"Bloodbath" and it was because there had been six murders in 48 hours. For some time now, every other day there is a murder and of course there are reasons for the same.
Newly elected President of The United States of America Donald Trump tweeted ...
AG urges responsible citizenship
AG urges responsible citizenship
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday called for responsible citizenship in the fight against crime.
"I want our citizens to realize very importantly, that justice begins and ends with citizens; it is the citizen who sees a crime being committed," Maynard-Gibson told reporters.
"We saw the commissioner of police say yesterday that we know who these people are; they are in our communiti...
ICS boss defends electronic monitoring
ICS boss defends electronic monitoring
Had the government properly utilized the electronic monitoring system, it would have seen better results in the fight against crime, according to the head of the firm formerly in charge of the ankle bracelet system for monitoring accused people on bail.
I.C.S. Security Concepts President Stephen Greenslade was responding to Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade, who at a press conference on Monda...
Teachers 'up in arms' over school safety
Teachers 'up in arms' over school safety
Amid heightened concern over violence in schools, Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) Acting President Joan Knowles-Turnquest said teachers are in fear for their lives and called for a "a comprehensive approach to solving the problem of school violence".
"We are supposed to have an environment that caters to learning," Knowles-Turnquest said yesterday.
"Our teachers ought to feel safe going to and fro...
Education official: Metal detectors not the answer
Education official: Metal detectors not the answer
Signaling the need for change in the public school system, including legislation to remove the "red tape" surrounding principals' discretion to remove problem students from schools, Southwestern District Superintendent Julian Anderson said while he understands the rationale for wanting to increase screening with metal detectors at entrances of every junior and senior high school, he does not belie...
DPM armed robbery case discontinued
DPM armed robbery case discontinued
Two men who allegedly took over $100,000 in jewelry when they robbed then Acting Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis at gunpoint three years ago will not face trial.
Twelve-year-old child electronically monitored
Twelve-year-old child electronically monitored
The youngest person to be electronically monitored through the use of an ankle bracelet was 12-years-old at the time he was granted bail, according to a new report released yesterday by ICS Security Concepts and SecureAlert, the companies that manage the monitoring system of accused offenders out on bail in The Bahamas.
According to ICS CEO and President Stephen Greenslade the boy is still being m...