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The Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the gun and ammunition possession convictions of a man who fled before police searched his home and found the contraband. Justice of Appeal Indra Charles said the decision of Magistrate Samuel McKinney to convict Anwar Strachan was “not an unreasonable one”. On July 19, 2017, a team of

The Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC) has recommended to the governor general the appointment of five new Supreme Court judges: Gregory Moss; Simone Fitzcharles; Carla Card-Stubbs; Franklyn Williams, KC; and Cynthia Vera Hope Strachan. Sir Ian Winder, who chairs the commission, said in a statement that in October of 2022, the JLSC conducted an

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved its decision in an appeal brought by Ricardo Burrows against his conviction for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in 2018 when he was 31. Burrows filed his appeal outside of the 21-day period following his conviction in 2021 and is seeking leave to appeal out of

The Court of Appeal on Monday reserved its decision in the case of a 41-year-old man sentenced to two and a half years for breaking into a church and stealing a $6 pack of hotdog buns. Elkeno Wallace, of Spence Street, who pleaded guilty to shop breaking and sacrilege at his arraignment in September, is

Scores of aspiring legal minds are one step closer to joining the esteemed fraternity of lawyers. Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) hosted its 2022 graduation ceremony recently, during which 34 students from The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados, the United Kingdom and the United States of America received their legal education certificates. The ceremony,

By Dana Malcolm Staff Writer   July 15, 2022 – Monkeypox cases have increased high double percentage points over the past ten days with 2614 new cases and 2 new deaths recorded. Nine new countries have reported cases including four Caribbean countries namely St Lucia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, The Bahamas and now Turks and Caicos […]

#TheBahamas, July 15, 2022 – Some 2.283 million viewers watched the View from Baha Mar resort in Nassau, The Bahamas and gave the show its most bombastic audience ever.  Not only did the week in The Bahamas give the Barbara Walters created talk show its biggest viewership, but it helped to solidify a number one […]

By: Eric Rose Bahamas Information Services   #TheBahamas, July 15, 2022 – During his remarks at the Handing-Over Ceremony of the Office of Commissioner of Police of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), on July 5, 2022, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis noted that formal policing in The Bahamas went […]

#TheBahamas, July 11, 2022 – In accordance with the provisions of the National Honours Act, His Excellency, the Governor-General, The Most Honourable Sir Cornelius Smith, O.N., G.C.M.G., Chancellor of the Societies of Honour, is pleased to announce the 2022 conferral of awards under the National Honours Act to Citizens of The Bahamas. In making the […]

By: Lindsay Thompson Bahamas Information Services    #TheBahamas, July 12, 2022 – A State Reception was held celebrating the 49th Independence Anniversary of Commonwealth of The Bahamas, under the theme “Proud to be Bahamian”. The event was staged at Baha Mar Convention Centre on Monday, July 11, 2022, which was observed as the holiday. Scores […]