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PREVENTION OR PROSECUTION?: PM says priority must be tackling causes of crime not just catching criminals
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has described as “alarming” this year’s current rise in cases of murder.
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FNM deputy calls for govt strategy on bail issue
FREE National Movement deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright has urged the government to come up with a strategy to address the issue of bail as the number of murders in the country continues to climb.
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We need a relief plan
With the economy still in limbo, gas and produce increase, thousands of Bahamians are suffering and barely making ends meet for survival.
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Shaunae advances to 400m final
Shaunae Miller-Uibo raced a season’s best time to advance to the final as the fastest qualifier in the women’s 400m field at the World Athletics Championships.
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The pandemic is still with us
I was going to visit an ill friend this past Saturday, but St Michael’s Hospitals’ 9th Floor was isolated with a COVID-19 outbreak. This also has happened on the first floor of La Verendrye Hospital (Riverside) in Fort Francis and also the West Wing of Rainy Crest was added to a large list of COVID-19 outbreaks throughout the nation.
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EDITORIAL: After airport strike, here come the teachers
WE’VE seen round one of industrial action this week, involving workers at the airport. Are you ready for round two?
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INSIGHT: The world expects major countries such as China and the US to work together
The visit by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to China’s Taiwan region on August 2 has triggered outrage across China. For one thing, by allowing such a visit to go ahead, the US has openly broken its own commitment under the three China-US joint communiqués not to develop official relations with Taiwan.
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Bahamas nets 3-0 win over Bermuda
Make it their second straight spectacular showing for the Bahamas women’s national tennis team at the prestigious Billie Jean King Cup at the Centro Nacional de Tenis Parque del Este in the Dominican Republic.
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Super Value chief ‘thrilled’ at Ukraine supply restart
Super Value’s principal says he is “very thrilled” that Ukraine has begun to ship grain and related products again although it will be some months before Bahamian consumers see any food price benefits.
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As murder toll hits 85, police aim to stop year’s total exceeding 100
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander is of the view that there is room to “finish the year strong” in the country not surpassing 100 murders this year, while the murder count stands at 85 with four more months in 2022.
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Sharks that don’t bite
THE SBDC/Access Accelerator’s Summer Entrepreneurial Training & Mentorship (SET) series kicked off its first of three pitch nights in grand style awarding $25,000 in cash prizes to local small business owners.
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‘WE CAN’T DENY RIGHT TO BAIL’: AG insists law must be upheld despite murder of released suspects
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says he does not believe it will be appropriate for the country to pass legislation that outright denies bail to people charged with murder given a recent Privy Council ruling that declared the matter “unconstitutional”.
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‘Declare crime a public health emergency’
A LOCAL youth activist has called on the government to formally declare crime as a “public health emergency” due to the overwhelming spate of homicides and shootings in the country.
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Commissioner ‘frustrated’ by court system problems
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander says he’s frustrated by the court system, as he recounted how a man was out on bail within days after his arrest for possession of a weapon on two separate occasions.
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Fringe group calls for executions
FRINGE activists Citizens For Justice Bahamas yesterday expressed outrage at the level of violence in the country and called for criminals to be “removed” through state executions where convictions are successful.
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JUST FEET FROM RUSHDIE ATTACK: Bahamian tells how she was witness of bid to assassinate author
DR VICTORIA Allen, wife of a noted Bahamian psychiatrist, has recounted the horrific stabbing of internationally renowned author Sir Salman Rushdie just after he took the stage at an event in upstate New York on Friday.
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Jazz: I can’t run at full speed right now but I can swing
A LINGERING back issue that originally sent Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr to the 10-day injured list will sideline the Miami Marlins’ infielder for an extended period of time.
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Pintard criticises ‘disconnected’ govt
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard was critical yesterday of the government’s response to several social and economic issues plaguing the country.
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INSIGHT: NIB’s woes sat on Brave’s desk in 2001 - what’s he going to do now the crisis is actually here?
“WE’VE clearly run out of time.” When Matt Aubry, the executive director of the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), gave his assessment of the state of the National Insurance Board’s funds, he was right – but he was only reflecting what everyone else knows.
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The worst pandemic facing the Bahamas is obesity
According to the World Obesity Federation, the Bahamas had an adult obesity rate of 27.9 percent in 2021. The Bahamas was ranked the sixth most obese country in the world according to 2014 statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
