Murderer Gets 50 Years

BY KARISSMA ROBINSON

A man convicted of a near decade old murder was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by Supreme Court Justice Vera Watkins yesterday.

Mark Anthony Capron’s sentence is to take effect as of January 27, 2010 the date of his conviction.

According to evidence at the trial, Capron had shot Ferguson on the morning of March 6, 2001 in John’s Alley off Wulff Road in broad daylight.

Capron was initially convicted on October 17, 2002 of murdering Andrew Simms Ferguson and was given what was at the time a mandatory death sentence.

In 2006, Capron appeared before the

Christmas Should be More Commercial

1920's Coca-Cola advertisement

Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously.

In fact, Christmas as we celebrate it today is a 19th-century American invention. The freedom and prosperity of post-Civil War America created the happiest nation in history. The result was the desire to celebrate, to revel in the goods and pleasures of life on earth. Christmas (which was not a federal holiday until 1870) became the leading American outlet for this feeling.

Historically, people have always celebrated the winter solstice as the time when the days begin to lengthen, indicating the earth's return to life. Ancient Romans feasted and reveled during the festival of Saturnalia. Early Christians condemned these Roman celebrations -- they

Christmas Should be More Commercial

1920's Coca-Cola advertisement

Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously.

In fact, Christmas as we celebrate it today is a 19th-century American invention. The freedom and prosperity of post-Civil War America created the happiest nation in history. The result was the desire to celebrate, to revel in the goods and pleasures of life on earth. Christmas (which was not a federal holiday until 1870) became the leading American outlet for this feeling.

Historically, people have always celebrated the winter solstice as the time when the days begin to lengthen, indicating the earth's return to life. Ancient Romans feasted and reveled during the festival of Saturnalia. Early Christians condemned these Roman celebrations -- they

Christmas Should be More Commercial

1920's Coca-Cola advertisement

Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously.

In fact, Christmas as we celebrate it today is a 19th-century American invention. The freedom and prosperity of post-Civil War America created the happiest nation in history. The result was the desire to celebrate, to revel in the goods and pleasures of life on earth. Christmas (which was not a federal holiday until 1870) became the leading American outlet for this feeling.

Historically, people have always celebrated the winter solstice as the time when the days begin to lengthen, indicating the earth's return to life. Ancient Romans feasted and reveled during the festival of Saturnalia. Early Christians condemned these Roman celebrations -- they

Teacher Jailed For 35 Years

BY KARISSMA ROBINSON

A judge has sentenced former Eight Mile Rock High School teacher Andre Birbal 35 years in prison for sexually molesting his former male students. (Journal file photo)

Former Eight Mile Rock (EMR) High School art teacher André Birbal, who was last week convicted of sexually molesting two school-aged boys, will have to serve the next 35 years in prison for his crimes.

On Tuesday, Grand Bahama Supreme Court Justice Hartman Longley sentenced Birbal to 20 years in prison on one count and 15 years on the remaining counts to run consecutively.

But just before handing down

BTC Injunction Lifted

By Scieska Adderley

The Bahamas Communications Public Officer's Union (BCPOU) and Bahamas Public Manager's Union (BCPMU) received some good news yesterday after a two week injunction was placed against them by the management of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was lifted.

Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner handed down the verbal ruling.

One of the union’s attorneys, Anthony McKinney explained Wednesday’s ruling to the Bahama Journal.

"In the matter of BTC vs. BCPOU and BCPMU, he discharged the injunction against the unions. This means that the injunction has been lifted and the parties are back to the conditions that they were

BTC Injunction Lifted

By Scieska Adderley

The Bahamas Communications Public Officer's Union (BCPOU) and Bahamas Public Manager's Union (BCPMU) received some good news yesterday after a two week injunction was placed against them by the management of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) was lifted.

Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner handed down the verbal ruling.

One of the union’s attorneys, Anthony McKinney explained Wednesday’s ruling to the Bahama Journal.

"In the matter of BTC vs. BCPOU and BCPMU, he discharged the injunction against the unions. This means that the injunction has been lifted and the parties are back to the conditions that they were