Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force
RBPF Nassau: Alert mobile division officers nab males with an illegal gun -
Sep 24, 2017 - 7:07:31 PM
Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017, alert
officers from the Mobile Division took two adult males into custody
after they seized another illegal handgun off the streets of New
Providence on Sunday 24th September 2017.
Shortly after 9.30am,
alert officers from the Mobile Division were on routine patrol in the
area of Anthol Road, Ridgeland Park, when they intercepted a Nissan Cube
vehicle with two male occupants. The two men were accosted and they
along with the vehicle were searched...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force :
Grand Bahama District
RBPF: Grand Bahama: Firearm and ammunition arrest -
Sep 24, 2017 - 12:01:15 PM
Officers of the Mobile Division in Grand Bahama arrest three males for possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Reports
are that on Saturday 23rd September 2017 shortly after 1:00pm, Officers
of the Mobile Division while on routine patrol in the area of Seahorse
Plaza, observed a silver Honda Accord vehicle with three occupants
acting suspicious. The vehicle then speed off, officers gave chase and
with the assistance of another police unit...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force
RBPF Nassau: Man arrested for drug possession - Illegal handgun seized - 27 arrested, 88 drivers ticketed -
Sep 24, 2017 - 11:42:14 AM
Man arrested for drug possession: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017,
officers from the Central Division took an adult male into custody
following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs on Saturday 23rd
September 2017...
Illegal handgun seized:Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017,
officers from a police special operations team seized another handgun
off the streets of New Providence on Friday 22nd September 2017...
27 arrested, 88 drivers ticketed: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017, Mobile
Division targeted patrols intended to reduce crime, and to minimize the
ability for criminals to commit criminal activities...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force :
WANTED PERSONS
RBPF Nassau: 2 men wanted for murder captured -
Sep 23, 2017 - 11:36:12 AM
POLICE is pleased to announce that two men wanted murder were taken into
custody in separate incidents on Friday 22nd September 2017.
The
first suspect is Shaquille Austin of Williams Lane off Kemp Road.
Austin was taken into custody without incident shortly after 2:30am, when Selective Enforcement Team officers...
The
second suspect Kyle Farrington of Sequoia Street, Pinewood Gardens, surrendered to police in Georgetown, Exuma...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force
RBPF Nassau: Police searching for armed robbery suspects -
Sep 23, 2017 - 11:17:32 AM
Police are searching for two males responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Thursday 21st September 2017.
Reports
are that shortly after 10:00pm, a woman was parked in her Chevy Aveo
car on a beach at Eastern New Providence, when two males armed with
handguns approached and robbed her of her vehicle before speeding off.
A report was made to the police and all points bulletin (APB) was
issued...
Community
Sigma Gamma Rho back to school giveaway -
Sep 22, 2017 - 10:50:47 AM
On Thursday, September 21, 2017 members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Inc., Zeta Rho Chapter, donated over 100 school book bags filled with
notebooks, folders, pencil cases, crayons, pencils, pens, rulers,
sharpeners, glue sticks, highlighters and erasers to students of Martin
Town Primary and Hugh Campbell Primary. Basileus of the Chapter Ms.
Philcher Grant said “Operation Big Book Bag is an International Project
in which we focus on assisting with educational supplies and needs
within the community...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force
RBPF Nassau: Another illegal handgun seized - 156 drivers cited - 13 arrested, 73 drivers ticketed -
Sep 22, 2017 - 9:46:04 AM
Another illegal handgun seized: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017,
officers from the Southern Division seized another handgun off the
streets of New Providence on Thursday 21st September 2017...
156 drivers cited: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017,
officers from the Police Traffic Department conducted two targeted
enforcement operations to enhance public safety in the Munnings Drive
area during the past 48 hours...
13 arrested, 73 drivers ticketed: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2017, Mobile
Division targeted patrols intended to reduce crime, and to minimize the
ability for criminals to commit criminal activities, has resulted in the
arrest of twelve (12) persons during the past 48 hours...
Community
Bahamasair weekend flight adjustments & cancellations -
Sep 22, 2017 - 9:25:16 AM
Bahamasair wishes to advise the traveling public that due to the
movement of Hurricane Maria, our flight scheduled has been adjusted.
Regularly scheduled flights into San Salvador & Long Island for Saturday 23rd September 2017 have been cancelled.
Furthermore
the scheduled Saturday morning flights to ACKLINS & CROOKED ISLAND
have been adjusted and will now depart Nassau on Sunday 24th September
2017 at 10:30AM...
Community :
Grand Bahama
‘Taste of Port Lucaya’ to PM Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis as special guest -
Sep 21, 2017 - 5:41:27 PM
Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis is expected
to be the special guest at ‘A Taste of Port Lucaya’ on Friday,
September 22, announced Minister of State in the Office of the Prime
Minister for Grand Bahama, Senator the Hon. Kwasi Thompson, during a
press briefing on Thursday.
While on island for his monthly visit, the Prime Minister will attend the cultural event.
‘A
Taste of Port Lucaya’ is an initiative of the Office of the Prime
Minister, the Ministry of Tourism, the Grand Bahama Island Tourism
Board, BTC and the Grand Bahama Port Authority, and was created to boost
economic activity in the Port Lucaya area. It was “borne out of the
need for the community to come together and to support those businesses
in the Port Lucaya...
Community :
Grand Bahama
Freeport Bible Church celebrates 41 years in ministry -
Sep 21, 2017 - 2:32:03 PM
Under the theme, “His faithfulness continues to all generations,”
Pastor Karol Roache, leaders, members and followers of Freeport Bible
Church (FBC), will be celebrating the church’s 41st anniversary, this
coming Sunday, September 24, 2017, at 9:30A.M. at the church on Norma
Headley Drive. Guest speaker for this grand occasion will be Bishop
Kermit Saunders of Kingdom Worship Centre.
Coming from humble
beginnings, the church was birthed by Rev. Edward Godet from Nassau, New
Providence, who was at the time the Pastor of Carmichael Bible Church.
It was at the home of James (Jimmy) Gardiner, now deceased, and his wife Carrie,
Community
Volunteers make big impact in Irma’s wake at 32nd Annual International Coastal Cleanup -
Sep 21, 2017 - 12:08:28 PM
Hurricane Irma could not deter volunteers from participating in the 32nd
Annual International Coastal Cleanup which took place recently at South
Beach. This global initiative has helped remove over 228 million pounds
of marine litter from more than 312,000 miles of coastlines and
waterways since it began in 1985.
International Coastal Cleanup
is the world’s largest one-day volunteer event created to prevent and
eliminate pollution of the marine environment. This year, volunteers in
New Providence turned out to clean-up beaches and wetlands. The event,
which began as a local program in Texas, has gradually expanded to
include every major body of water in the world in over 91 countries,
including The Bahamas...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force :
Family Islands
RBPF: Significant drug seizure and arrest in Bimini -
Sep 21, 2017 - 9:16:59 AM
Officers of the Bimini Division along with DEU Officers made a
significant drug arrest on North Bimini on Wednesday 20th September
2017.
Reports are that around 11:00pm, officers while on routine
patrol in the area of Kings Highway, North Bimini, observed a suspicious
vehicle. Officers stopped and searched the vehicle where they
discovered (9) nylon bags, each containing suspected marijuana. The male
occupants who are both residents of Bimini were arrested and taken into
custody...
Community
BTVI embraces online learning -
Sep 20, 2017 - 8:59:48 PM
Information Technology students at The Bahamas Technical and Vocational
Institute (BTVI) now have the opportunity to enroll in online courses.
The
institution now offers several online courses including, but not
limited to Project Management, Information Technology Fundamentals and
Professional Performance. Also, the entire Information Technology Entry
Level certificate program can be completed online within 40-weeks.
Presently, there are 133 students enrolled in online courses at BTVI...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force :
Grand Bahama District
RBPF Grand Bahama: Suspect arraigned -
Sep 19, 2017 - 3:43:28 PM
Donnalee Musgrove age 50 years of Blue Marina, South Bahamia was
arraigned on Tuesday 19th September 2017, before Magistrate Renkin
Johnson in Magistrate Court #3 on (10) counts of Stealing by Reason of
Service. She pleaded not guilty to all charges and the matter was
adjourned to Wednesday 29th November 2017 for trial. She was remanded to
the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services in New Providence...
Community
Lucaya International School and EARTHCARE, Gold Rock Beach, International Coastal Cleanup 2017, excellent results -
Sep 19, 2017 - 2:29:39 PM
Early on Saturday morning, September 16th, 2017 twenty-eight 28 students
from Lucaya International School on Grand Bahama Island and 6 EARTHCARE
volunteers arrived at Gold Rock Beach International Coastal Cleanup Day
(ICC) 2017, at Lucayan National Park, in east Grand Bahama Island. Gail
Woon, Zone Captain for Gold Rock Beach was very happy to have worked,
once again, with the students from Lucaya International School (LIS) and
EARTHCARE volunteers.
A grand total of 822 pounds of marine
debris was collected, recorded and bagged for collection for the Gold
Rock Beach zone. All students took great satisfaction in seeing the
beach cleaned up, collecting some unusual items. Litter is a major
environmental problem. Most of the marine debris collected was as
expected; fast food containers, beverage bottles and plastic bags...
Community
APS, Sustainable Energy Consortium donates State of the Art Solar System to BTVI, Structures Curriculum for Bahamian Solar Certification -
Sep 19, 2017 - 1:27:19 PM
A consortium of solar industry experts today reached agreement with
Bahamas Technical and Vocational Training Institute (BTVI) to donate a
state of the art solar system and to develop a curriculum for students
leading to certification in solar energy, a field projected to grow at
breakneck speed without local available technical expertise to meet
demand.
“We are really pleased to have someone of the background
and expertise of Philip Holdom to come into BTVI and do this,” said
Robert W. Robertson, Ph.D., President of the training institute with
some 2,000 students on the Nassau campus...
Community
Environment Ministry on Board with BTVI Solar Training Program -
Sep 19, 2017 - 1:21:57 PM
In light of plans by the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute
(BTVI) to re-launch its solar training program in 2018, a few members of
its team recently paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment and
Housing, the Honourable Romauld Ferreira. Minister Ferreira expressed
the ministry’s mandate to increase renewable energy in The Bahamas with
solar power systems fitting this objective.
BTVI President, Dr.
Robert W. Robertson suggested that the Ministry of Environment and
Housing collaborate with the Ministry of Labor to ensure that local
inspectors receive proper solar panel training from BTVI to prevent the
need to hire qualified foreign inspectors...
Community :
Royal Bahamas Police Force :
Grand Bahama District
RBPF Grand Bahama: Shooting incident -
Sep 19, 2017 - 8:56:38 AM
Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting incident that has
left a 42 year old male hospitalized with serious injuries.
Reports
are that on Monday 18th September 2017 shortly before 11:00pm, police
were called to a business establishment on Coral Road where reports of
gunshots were heard. Further investigation revealed that a group of
males were gathered on the outside when a mask male brandishing a
handgun opened fire, hitting the male about the body. He was transported
to the Rand Memorial Hospital via private vehicle and is listed in
serious condition...
