PM: Stiffer penalties for employers of illegal immigrants (The Nassau Guardian)
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:24:46 GMT
Employers hiring illegal immigrants could soon face more public penalties as the government works to reign in the number of illegal immigrants that flock to Bahamian shores every year.
Teamwork paying off against illegal fishing (The Nassau Guardian)
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:51:47 GMT
A top fisheries official has insisted joint operations between law enforcement agencies is helping with the nation-wide crack down on illegal fishing.
Wanted teen in Wilson's murder turns himself in (The Nassau Guardian)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:54:37 GMT
A teenager wanted by police for questioning in connection with the high profile murder of Senor Frogs waiter Marvin Wilson last month, was in police custody yesterday.
ELO pair charged in Bahamas (Lisbon Morning Journal)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:03:09 GMT
NASSAU, Bahamas - An East Liverpool father and son were charged with false pretenses Monday after running up debt while vacationing at the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas. Richard Bissell Jr., 48, pleaded guilty to the charge of incurring debt and was fined $10,000 or 18 months in prison. He also was ordered to pay the casino $16,000 in restitution or serve an additional six weeks in prison. R
Nearly 16,000 illegal Haitians caught in 8 years (The Nassau Guardian)
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:24:46 GMT
Nearly 16,000 illegal Haitian immigrants have been captured in Bahamian waters over the past eight years, it has been revealed.
Many Bahamian deportees are criminals (The Nassau Guardian)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:38:02 GMT
A top government official said many Bahamian deportees are hardened criminals in the countries they are kicked out of.
Robbery, then rape at gunpoint: a couple’s ordeal in Caribbean villa (Times Online)
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:04:05 GMT
A British woman has described how she was raped at gunpoint after her husband was kicked senseless by an intruder at their villa in the Caribbean.
29% of '08 murder suspects were out on bail (The Nassau Guardian)
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:09:08 GMT
Nearly one out of every three people charged with committing one of the 41 murders that have occurred so far for 2008 was already out on bail for other crimes at the time those murders were committed, Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest has revealed.
Turnquest has zero tolerance for corruption (The Nassau Guardian)
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:08:27 GMT
As police authorities continue their investigations into how a prisoner escaped police custody, National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest told The Nassau Guardian that no form of corruption by law enforcement officers will be tolerated.
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