Denise Maycock

TWO Grand Bahama lawyers have accused the Department of Public Prosecutions’ Grand Bahama office of allowing criminal cases to stall, saying staff shortages are fuelling repeated adjournments, delaying trials and forcing some matters to be set as far away as 2032.

A MAN was killed in an apparent hit-and-run in Grand Bahama on Tuesday night, the country’s 29th traffic fatality for the year and the second pedestrian death in the same poorly lit area in just over a month.

A 26-year-old mother died early Sunday after her car overturned and slammed into a concrete utility pole on East Sunrise Highway in Grand Bahama.

NATIONAL Security Minister Myles Laroda said he has seen numerous reports of women being sexually assaulted since taking office one month ago, calling the cases a troubling theme in the daily crime reports he receives from the Commissioner of Police.

UNLICENSED private security firms will be shut down as the Ministry of National Security tightens enforcement in an industry officials say includes operators working without licences, particularly in the Family Islands.

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis pledged to attack the cost of living in his second term with competition legislation targeting price-fixing and a plan to standardise electricity rates across The Bahamas, saying households are struggling to afford groceries and keep their lights on.

LONG Island MP Andre Rollins accused Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell of hypocrisy in Parliament on Monday, pointing to a past protest in which Mr Mitchell destroyed a copy of the Constitution, as a bitter clash over the country’s reputation unfolded.

CENTRAL Grand Bahama MP Frazette Gibson has accused the Davis administration of allowing public dental care in Grand Bahama to collapse, warning that only one dentist now serves the island through the public healthcare system.

GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey urged 11 newly certified National Training Agency graduates to prepare for jobs and business opportunities she said will flow from $3.5bn in investment on Grand Bahama, arguing the island’s economic future depends on building a skilled workforce.

A young Grand Bahama mechanic was killed in a two-car collision in the Lucaya area late Tuesday evening, pushing the island’s traffic fatality count to eight for the year.