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WORLD VIEW: Being homosexual is not a crime - Pope Francis
“BEING homosexual is not a crime. We are all children of God, and God loves us as we are and for the strength that each of us fights for our dignity.” Those words were spoken by Pope Francis, easily the most radical pontiff that the Roman Catholic Church has ever had.
Man in hospital after West Street shooting
Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left a 28-year-old man of West Street in hospital.
American man granted bail on gun charges
AN American man was granted $12,500 bail in court yesterday after he was accused of bringing a firearm and ammunition into the county last month.
Man fined $2000 for possession of marijuana with intent to supply
A MAN was fined $2,000 in court yesterday after admitting to having more than 10 ounces of marijuana.
Police investigating after copper theft in Freeport
GRAND Bahama police are investigating the theft of copper cable wires worth $24,000 at a business in Freeport.
Mother claims son innocent of murder accusation
A MAN was sent to prison yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of a former gang member last month.
‘Stop the strays by spaying and neutering your pets’
WITH an influx of stray dogs roaming the streets of New Providence, Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness (BAARK) is urging people to consider spaying and neutering their pets.
Clinics should not go cashless
Kindly permit me to offer my comments in respect to remarks made by the Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville that the Public Health Clinics will be going cashless.
Pat Strachan backs call for Elisha Obed to be honoured
PAT “the Centreville Assassin” Strachan, president of the Bahamas’ Retired Boxers Association Hall of Fame, concurred with Wellington Miller that it’s high time that former World Boxing Council Everette ‘Elisha Obed’ Ferguson get the proper recognition that he deserves posthumously.
Mental illness or possession
The print media published some months ago a tragic incident involving a mentally ill individual who was put down by law enforcement officers in New Providence. I believe that it was in December that the Senate rubber stamped the Progressive Liberal Party’s Mental Health Bill (2022), which repealed the Mental Health Act of 1969.
Coroner’s Courts inquests will soon resume
AFTER a near three-year absence of inquiries into police-involved shootings, Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he’s been advised that Coroner’s Courts inquests into these matters will soon resume.
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