Search results for : dodge

Showing 91 to 100 of 158 results

News Article
March 25, 2014
Man arraigned for multiple murders

A man wanted in connection with a double murder and three attempted murders made his initial appearance before a magistrate yesterday following his discharge from hospital.
Police issued an all points bulletin for Cornelius Roberts after the May 2013 murders of Amati Knowles and Odrick Telusma outside a home at Bar 20 Corner and Kemp Road. The men were killed during a drive-by shooting by gunmen i...

read more »


News Article
Missing the point
News Article
March 17, 2014
Missing the point

Prime Minister Perry Christie has finally broken his silence on the Ishmael Lightbourne controversy.
In so doing, he has missed entirely the point of the debate surrounding his government's chief value-added tax (VAT) advocate, who has dodged real property taxes for more than 20 years.
Christie's stunning defense of Lightbourne was also a defense of himself.
It does not reflect well on him that he...

read more »


News Article
Missing the point
News Article
March 17, 2014
Missing the point

Prime Minister Perry Christie has finally broken his silence on the Ishmael Lightbourne controversy.
In so doing, he has missed entirely the point of the debate surrounding his government's chief value-added tax (VAT) advocate, who has dodged real property taxes for more than 20 years.
Christie's stunning defense of Lightbourne was also a defense of himself.
It does not reflect well on him that he...

read more »


News Article
March 06, 2014
Man on bail held over latest murder

A 26-year-old man, out on bail for armed robbery, was arrested late Tuesday night in connection with the armed robbery and murder of 25-year-old Darius Adderley...

read more »


News Article
December 24, 2013
Webshop courier shot in face after dropping off money

A WEBSHOP courier became the country's latest homicide when he was shot in the face multiple times after dropping off money to his employer's main office on East Bay Street...

read more »


News Article
Christmas messages
News Article
December 19, 2013
Christmas messages

Allow Him to change you and the world
Let us not grow weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - Galatians 6:9
The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands are wonderful places to live. Many things that we take for granted are the envy of other nations. We have our challenges just like everyone else, and here are some of them:
o The economy.
o The rising cost of living...

read more »


News Article
November 25, 2013
Search on for missing immigration officer and woman

Authorities were yesterday searching for an immigration officer and a woman who were reported missing on Fresh Creek, Andros over the weekend, police said...

read more »


News Article
November 25, 2013
Lower VAT rate would 'satisfy international agencies'

A consultant to the Christie administration and a former minister of state for finance has come out in favor of value-added tax (VAT) being introduced at a rate as little as half of the 15 percent rate that is currently being proposed - and "no more than 10 percent".
While a strong and long-term proponent of implementing VAT as part of a process of tax and fiscal reform, James Smith, chairman of C...

read more »


News Article
November 18, 2013
Man wanted by police becomes crime victim

A man wanted in connection with a double murder and triple shooting that occurred nearly six months ago was shot along with another man on Friday night, police reported.
Police said Cornelius Roberts, 23, is wanted in connection with the murders of Amati Knowles, 40, and Odrick Telusma, 17.
Knowles and Telusma were shot and killed off Kemp Road, north of Bar 20 Corner, on Whit Monday.
Police said ...

read more »


News Article
September 17, 2013
Frustration with roads in Central Abaco

Abaco?s residents continue to be frustrated with the poor condition of the roads in Central Abaco despite the start of long awaited asphalt paving which began at the end of August...

read more »