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FAMILIES’ AGONY AS THREE SHOT DEAD: Yet another bloody toll on our streets as gunmen strike again
THE mothers of two men who were shot and killed during a triple homicide in Fort Fincastle on Friday night both said they are struggling to come to terms with their sons’ brutal deaths.
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COVID delays Island Luck co-founder’s US sentencing
A co-founder of the Island Luck web shop chain has persuaded a US federal court to delay his sentencing by 30 days because he has become ill with COVID-19.
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‘I grew marijuana by accident’
A 32-year-old man who was found with several marijuana plants claimed they accidentally sprouted when he threw the seeds out after smoking.
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Island Luck co-founder strikes US plea bargain
A co-founder of the Island Luck web shop chain has agreed a plea deal with US authorities that omits all mention of the human smuggling offences he was initially charged with.
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FRONT PORCH: America the Violent
A concatenation of recent brutal events in America are knottily stitched together in a star-spangled and blood-soaked banner of racial and gun violence that stretches from the inception of America to the present day.
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Former DNA leader says arrests a travesty
FORMER Democratic National Alliance leader Branville McCartney has questioned whether members of the party acted according to police’s recollection, adding if it were so, the group would have been arrested on the spot.
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EDITORIAL: Casting a shadow of political victimisation
THE allegation that members of the Democratic National Alliance were carried out on the instruction of “someone higher” than the police are very disturbing.
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Commissioner denies political victimisation
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle yesterday pushed back against assertions that the Royal Bahamas Police Force is being used to carry out acts of political victimisation, insisting “I do not take instructions from politicians”.
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STATESIDE: The gloves are off for an embittered ex-president and those who turned against him
It’s just hard to resist the continuing saga of Donald Trump. A couple of things have happened in the past week that many foresaw but whose dramatic impact is nonetheless notable.
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Senators speak out over impact of curfew on criminal records
SENATORS JoBeth Coleby-Davis and Lisa Bostwick-Dean both expressed concern yesterday regarding Bahamians having permanent stains on their criminal records for curfew infractions.
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INSIGHT: Putting the lives of broken children back together
WHILE children who have suffered from abuse and trauma are more likely to become violent adults, studies prove that early intervention can decrease the likelihood of them spiralling into a life of crime and violence.
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INSIGHT: Uncovering the early childhood traumas that lead to violence
MANY of the adolescents who are brought before the courts for minor infractions suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a pilot study conducted by leading psychiatrist David F Allen and local colleagues.
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STATESIDE: Does Trump magic still work for the ‘lost’ Democrats?
Like many American states, Pennsylvania is bifurcated. There are the cities. And then there is the rest of the state.
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STATESIDE: Wrongly accused of racism, one family fought to clear its name
Oberlin College is one of the most liberal institutions of higher learning in the United States.
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EDITORIAL: US holds its breath for Trump's first electoral test
Tomorrow’s American mid-term elections will serve as a referendum on the tenure so far of US President Donald Trump. For months, political pundits and observers have reminded us the first mid-term elections under a new president can serve as a stinging rebuke. The opposition party often racks up big gains at the expense of the president’s party. The most recent example is most often cited. In 2010, the Republicans wiped out the legislative gains Barack Obama had helped to achieve for the Democrats two years earlier.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Come on - it’s simply not cricket
Officially, cricket is the national sport of The Bahamas. Officially, oatmeal without sugar and cream is really good for you.
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Palacious: Make marijuana possession a misdemeanour
ANGLICAN Archdeacon James Palacious wants marijuana possession reduced to a misdemeanour so it would not show up on a person’s police record, but he opposes the complete decriminalisation of the plant, saying Bahamians have more than enough vices alr
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Traffic safety system aims too reduce casualties
MINISTER of Transport and Local Government Frankie Campbell was recently given a proposal on a proposed traffic public safety system for the Bahamas which company representatives say aims to reduce vehicular accidents, injuries, death and property da
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THE PRESSBOX: Cowboys have bright future on both sides of the ball
WELL the NFL Draft has come and gone and, it’s safe to say that Cowboys fans here in the Bahamas can be happy and relieved, with the haul of talented players drafted by the Cowboys rounds 1-7, especially on defence, the ‘Boys future is definitely bright on both sides of the ball.
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Law would give power of secret entry to homes and businesses
THE Interception of Communications Bill gives police officers the power to obtain warrants to “secretly” enter into homes and businesses in order to seize communications and install interception devices within them, attorney Fred Smith, QC, said yesterday as he continued to campaign for parliamentarians to indefinitely postpone debate on the bill until public consultation takes place.
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