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Eating on $4 a day
Eating on $4 a day
Kristina McNeil, news anchor at Our News, learned of Hands For Hunger's (HFH) Dine On The Line challenge through HFH's Facebook page and used her position to raise public awareness on poverty in The Bahamas, encouraging her coworkers to do the same.
Bahamian Delegation Attends 69th World Health Assembly and the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva
Bahamian Delegation Attends 69th World Health Assembly and the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva
The 69th World Health Assembly (WHA) opened at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, 23rd May, 2016 under the theme of ?Transforming our world ? the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?...
Local Professionals Ensuring Zika Virus Does Not Become a Threat
As the Zika virus continues its clear and present threat to South America, and as the U.S. government considers a two billion dollar investment to thwart the virus? effects, A Familiar Walk looks at the steps being taken by government and private entities in the Bahamas to safeguard the population.
Harl Taylor's mother testifies at murder retrial
Harl Taylor's mother testifies at murder retrial
The mother of handbag designer Harl Taylor struggled to maintain her composure yesterday as she took to the stand for the retrial of the man accused of murdering her son.
Jurors heard testimony from several witnesses yesterday, including Mrs Beverly Taylor, the mother of the deceased.
Troyniko McNeil, the son of Mr Taylor's former business partner, is accused of murdering the 37-year-old han...
US DNA expert testifies in Harl Taylor murder retrial
An American DNA expert yesterday testified in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil, who is accused of the 2007 murder of famed handbag designer Harl Taylor.
Kevin Noppinger - lab director at DNA Labs International in Deerfield, Florida - testified that DNA samples from Troyniko's clothing and hair sent to his lab by the Royal Bahamas Police Force in 2008 matched DNA taken from Taylor's home.
Dredging work to restrict Port of Nassau entrance
Dredging work to restrict Port of Nassau entrance
The entrance channel to the Port of Nassau will be restricted to a single-lane passage once dredging work resumes to widen the entrance, said Port Controller, Commander Patrick McNeil.
Widening the western entrance is the final exercise to be completed in the harbor improvement project.
Verdict likely in Harl Taylor murder case Monday
Verdict likely in Harl Taylor murder case Monday
By ARTESIA DAVIS
Guardian Senior Reporter
artesia@nasguard.com
The jury did not deliver a verdict in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil yesterday as expected. Senior Justice Jon Isaacs was supposed to turn the case over to the jury but could not because he was ill.
The jury is now expected to deliberate on Monday.
Prosecutors allege that McNeil, 24, the son of Taylor's former business partner Tro...
Harl Taylor trial: not guilty verdict
Harl Taylor trial: not guilty verdict
Troyniko McNeil was acquitted Monday of the November 2007 murder of well-known handbag designer Harl Taylor.
The 37-year-old handbag designer was found dead in his bedroom at Mountbatten House, on West Hill Street, with multiple stab wounds on November 18, 2007. After some three hours of deliberation, the jury returned shortly before 8 o?clock last night with a not guilty verdict, 9-3, on the c...
Harl Taylor's mother is left distraught
Harl Taylor's mother is left distraught
THE mother of slain handbag designer Harl Taylor last night told how she has been left distraught and without closure.
Beverly Taylor described herself as "mentally" drained but surrounded with friends and family as she coped with the ordeal.
Her comments were made a day after a jury returned a 9-3 not guilty verdict in the retrial of Troyniko McNeil who stood accused of Mr Taylor's murder.
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Who killed Harl Taylor
Who killed Harl Taylor
WITH Troyniko McNeil now free, the question remains: Who killed Harl Taylor, and was there a link between his death and the unsolved murders of Dr Thaddeus McDonald, and AIDS activist Wellington Adderley?
All of the men were brutally slain in their homes located within a short distance of each other, apparently by people who they knew well enough to let inside. Taylor, who was stabbed dozens of ti...