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Caribbean leaders say Haitian prime minister agrees to hold long-awaited elections by mid-2025
Caribbean leaders say Haitian prime minister agrees to hold long-awaited elections by mid-2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders said late Wednesday that embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to hold general elections by mid-2025 as the international community pushes to raise money for a foreign armed force to fight gang violenc there.
Economy Recovers Beyond Pre-Pandemic Levels
Economy Recovers Beyond Pre-Pandemic Levels
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Bahamian economy has recovered beyond its pre-pandemic levels in 2023 and that means more jobs, more money and a lowered deficit.
BOC to assist federations in preparing funding requests
The Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) is prepared to be of assistance.
Auditors fail to verify 280,000 school payment
Auditors fail to verify 280,000 school payment
AUDITOR General Terrance Bastian has said the Bahamas Embassy in Washington DC did not receive any receipts over five years to verify that nearly $280,000 was paid to a school for tuition.
26-year-old remanded over robbery charges
26-year-old remanded over robbery charges
A 26-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday over allegations he robbed four people at gunpoint of over $1,000 worth of money and merchandise on the same day...
British tycoon and Albany developer Joe Lewis fined $5 million and given three years probation for insider trading
British tycoon and Albany developer Joe Lewis fined $5 million and given three years probation for insider trading
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — British billionaire and Albany developer Joe Lewis has avoided prison time after a US judge on Thursday ordered him to pay a $5 million fine and serve three years of probation for pleading guilty to what federal prosecutors described as a yearslong brazen insider trading scheme. Lewis, 87, pleaded guilty in January [...]
Former Crypto-Giant Jailed
Former Crypto-Giant Jailed
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Former crypto-giant Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan court hearing after he rejected Bankman-Fried's claim that FTX customers [...]
Grant 'invited to CID' but no complaint after video
Grant 'invited to CID' but no complaint after video
POLICE said Bishop Ricardo Grant, the Free National Movement member who lost the race to be the MP for West Grand Bahama and Bimini, declined to file a complaint yesterday against a Bimini resident who alleged that he distributed money on his behalf before Wednesday's by-election.
Man fined $40k after police found drugs, ammo at his home
A 40-year-old New Providence man has been fined $40,000 after police found 15 pounds of marijuana and 50 rounds of ammunition at his home.
SageEden donates to the Bahamas AIDS Foundation
SageEden donates to the Bahamas AIDS Foundation
Nassau, Bahamas - SageEden Media Group recently presented computer equipment to the AIDS Foundation which included two desks, two chairs and an all-in-one printer, scanner and copier.
The equipment will be used by students at the foundation, and was purchased using money raised by a silent auction at "Constellations", a SageEden networking and re-branding event.