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February 22, 2017
Record 2200 Turn Out for Holocoaust Survivor Eva Schloss, Anne Frank Stepsister-They Came, They Saw, They Walked Away Filled with Hope and Inspiration
When the doors opened at 6 pm at Melia Nassau Beach on February 9 for an evening with 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, a crowd of 400 was expected. Twenty two hundred showed up...
Fine for man who attacked motorists
December 22, 2016
Fine for man who attacked motorists
A man who attacked a truck driver who accidentally knocked down his girlfriend and child yesterday paid $1,000 in compensation to his victim to avoid spending nine months in prison.
Briton Ward, 38, of Augusta Street, pleaded guilty to causing harm at his arraignment yesterday before Magistrate Samuel McKinney in connection with the December 9 incident.
Ward and his family crossed the street sudde...
December 14, 2016
Court upholds conviction of man who almost decapitated girlfriend
In a majority decision, the Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the murder conviction and 45-year sentence of a man who almost decapitated his girlfriend with a tile cutter during a domestic dispute.
Gibson Raphael was convicted in 2014 of the murder of Kidley St. Brave at his rented room on Charles Vincent Street in July 2012.
The couple had recently rekindled their relationship after a mutually ag...
Relief fund launched to cover hurricane repair costs
November 14, 2016
Relief fund launched to cover hurricane repair costs
THE Anglican Central Education Authority (ACEA) has launched "Together We Make the Difference", a relief fund to help cover the cost of repairs, replacement of lost school supplies and ensuring minimal interruptions during the academic year after the damage from Hurricane Matthew last month. It aims to raise $50,000 by the end of the year.
Staff won't return to Forecast Office, minister says
October 21, 2016
Staff won't return to Forecast Office, minister says
Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday that while forecasters in the Forecast Office at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) should have been relocated to "appropriate accommodations" sooner, those forecasters have been moved out of that building and will not return.
Injury at Forecast Office
October 21, 2016
Injury at Forecast Office
A week and a half after the "terrifying" ordeal of being evacuated from the Forecast Office at the peak of Hurricane Matthew, Velenzo Miller, a meteorological observer, was back in that office early yesterday, because it was the only way he could access critical equipment needed to provide important information to pilots before takeoff from Lynden Pindling International Airport.
'Matthew was angry and The Bahamas was his enemy. From this day on if any hurricane come, I am evacuating.'
October 20, 2016
'Matthew was angry and The Bahamas was his enemy. From this day on if any hurricane come, I am evacuating.'
Residents in southern New Providence are still without power 14 days after Hurricane Matthew hit. But the memories of the storm's brutal force are still vivid, Sancheska Dorsett hears . . .
Mother and son learning a trade together at BTVI
October 19, 2016
Mother and son learning a trade together at BTVI
He is a reporter and his mother is an attorney. Yet, they both are part-time carpentry majors at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).
The poor state of the Forecast Office
October 18, 2016
The poor state of the Forecast Office
The poor state of the Forecast Office of the Department of Meteorology is again an issue of national discussion in a hurricane.
Misguided priorities
October 17, 2016
Misguided priorities
As Hurricane Matthew pummeled New Providence on October 6, several forecasters had to be evacuated via two airport fire trucks as the Forecast Office at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) was unable to withstand the category four storm.
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