Archive for November 14th, 2023
Panton fails to explain PACT’s numbers problem
(CNS): The opposition’s no-confidence motion in the government narrowly failed to pass Tuesday night after two members of the PACT front bench and an opposition member abstained. But Premier Wayne Panton also missed the opportunity to explain how he will deal with the hung parliament he still faces, which is increasingly untenable.
Woman gang raped at gunpoint
(CNS): Police have said that a woman was raped by several men at gunpoint on Monday morning. The woman was offered a ride by a group of three men, one of whom she knew, while she waited at a bus stop in Savannah. But when she got into the small car, the men drove her […]
Gun pulled in nightclub during fight
(CNS): Police are investigating a report of a gun being pulled out during a fight at a nightclub over the holiday weekend. According to an RCIPS press release, officers were called to the Strand Entertainment Complex at about 1:30am on Monday about the altercation and the sighting of a firearm.
OfReg shuts down sales at North Side gas station
(CNS): The utility regulator has shut down the sales of fuel at Jack’s Esso II in North Side over its failure to comply with an environmental data request. The suspension of fuel operations came into effect Monday, OfReg officials said, because of the absence of essential data to allow the regulator to assess conditions at […]
No confidence debate gets off to slow start
(CNS): The opposition leader called on members of the PACT bench to start the process of forming a new government by voting theirs down Tuesday in parliament. Roy McTaggart said there were two ways that could happen, one was for some PACT members to cross the floor and join a Progressives led coalition and the […]
11-year-old runaway found, teens still missing
(CNS): Kiara Watson (11) who was missing for almost two weeks has been found safe and well. The RCIPS said Kiara was located and found to be in good health with the assistance of the public on 12 November and has since been returned home. Meanwhile, police said Jahsmine Ebanks (16) and Joshua Whittaker (15) […]
BT man charged with catalog of crimes
(CNS): A 33-year-old-man from Bodden Town has been charged with eight offences after he was arrested last week following the abduction of a woman from her George Town home. According to the RCIPS the crimes all relate to an incident with a woman he knew in October.
Civil servants learning to detect fraud
(CNS): Civil servants from four government ministries — the Ministry of Border Control and Labour; Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure; the Ministry of Home Affairs; and the Ministry of Investment, Innovation and Social Development — are currently in intense training workshops focused on detecting and preventing fraud, corruption and bribery.
