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Police are human
I am honored that you have given me this opportunity to say thank you to the Commissioner and the officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force for all that they do.
Men accused of drug offences
SEVERAL men appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with a number of drug-related offences.
$1m drug defendant ‘just trying to make money’
A POLICE officer yesterday testified how one of the men accused of being involved in a near $1m drug operation in Exuma last year told the police on the day of his arrest that he “was just trying to make some money”.
Bailed suspect shot dead outside home
A MAN, released on bail on Christmas Eve, was fatally shot on Monday night.
‘He said he was coming inside - then gunshots’
A MAN is dead after he was shot outside his home on Friday night.
‘Pay $400 fine over drugs’
A 45-year-old man who was found with more than two ounces of marijuana last week was yesterday ordered to pay $400 to avoid spending two months behind bars.
Man charged with murder of Leon Griffin and other killings
A 21-year-old was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of four people last year, including well-known businessman and former Bahamas Taxicab Union president Leon Griffin.
CDC raises alert back to level 4
THE United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised this country’s travel warning from level three to level four due to the “very high” level of COVID-19 infections, advising people to avoid travel to The Bahamas.
FNM convention to be virtual
THE Free National Movement’s three-day convention next month will be a fully virtual event in response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country.
Concerns over food aid programme ‘ludicrous’
PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government’s feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brent Spence was a ‘first class’ umpire
Brent Spence was considered a “first class” internationally certified umpire, who cared just as much about the sport as he did for his family, according to the Bahamas Softball Federation (BSF) in mourning the loss of the official who was based in Grand Bahama.
600 new COVID cases reported over weekend
MORE than 600 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country over the weekend prompting Free National Movement chairman Carl Culmer to say more must be done to control the spread of the virus.
PM to party in Dubai
The pandemic is not over. Currently, the Omicron wave is in magnitude nearly our second worst wave of pandemic. More than 120 people are in hospital. Some are fighting for their lives.
Jibrilu on pre-retirement leave
TOURISM Director General Joy Jibrilu is officially on pre-retirement leave, Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper has announced.
Lead by example on masks
So many Ministers - MPs - spouses of Ministers - Beauty Queens - MPs getting married all should be fined for every breach of the still in existence protocol and requirement of wearing a mask.
Man jailed for stealing TV
A 40-year-old man who admitted stealing a television set from a local restaurant on Christmas Day was sentenced to 14 months in prison yesterday.
Parties united against GBPC rate rise
DESPITE regulatory approval for a rate increase in the cost of electricity in Grand Bahama, the government and the official opposition do not believe it is a good time as the island’s economy is still struggling to recover.
In-person classes to resume on Monday
STUDENTS across the country will return to school campuses for in-person learning on Monday, the Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training announced yesterday.
Coach Lance Brauman brings week-long training camp to New Providence
ALTHOUGH they train in the warm weather conditions in Clermont, Florida, coach Lance Brauman didn’t mind bringing part of his Pure Athletics Track Club, led by two-time Olympic gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo, to the sunny Bahamas for a week-long training camp.
50 Cuban nurses join healthcare system
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville officially welcomed 50 Cuban nurses into the public healthcare system.
