Gun and ammunition trafficker is jailed for 54 months
A MAN was jailed for 54 months after pleading guilty to firearm and ammunition trafficking charges.
Police release identities of victims of recent murders
POLICE have released identities for several of the country’s latest homicide victims.
Winners scoop prizes in new essay contest
CALTRANIQUE Gardiner, of Westminster College, is the winner of a new essay-writing competition which organisers hope will become an annual event.
Fresh protest by residents over industrial plant pollution
THE Pinder’s Point/Lewis Yard Environmental Committee staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the Harold DeGregory Government Complex in Grand Bahama, where they continued calls for the relocation of residents from the five settlements near the industrial plants.
Sandals packs children off to school with a treat
THE children at Gambier Primary School are in for a treat during the course of the school year.
Breef accepting applications for scholar programme
THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation is accepting applications for The Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholars programme.
UPDATED: Boy, 3, dies after being found unresponsive in car
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a three-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in a car in front of his daycare yesterday afternoon.
Attorney general: Interception Bill will enhance privacy, not harm it
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday defended the Interception of Communications Bill as an important anti-crime tool that would enhance the privacy of law-abiding citizens rather than encroach upon it, as detractors claim.
One dead, three hurt in latest attacks
AS the country and police continue to grapple with the latest spate of violent crimes, law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s assistance in the three most recent incidents, which have left one man dead and three others in hospital in serious condition.
Search for missing cruise ship passenger near Abaco
A SEARCH is under way in the northern Bahamas for a 24-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship.
Greenslade: Bahamas is not in crisis
DESPITE the country recording 13 homicides in 13 days, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said the Bahamas is not in a state of “crisis” and the average Bahamian can continue to “go about their day as normal day” without the fear of being attacked.
Christie: It's like the Wild West
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday likened the Bahamas’ crime situation to the “Wild West,” as he said the recent wave of murders in the capital must solicit a “major” and “continuous” effort by his administration to “flood the streets” with officers in a bid to do “all that is necessary to bring this madness to a halt”.
Homicides up 69 per cent on same period last year
HOMICIDES have increased by 69 per cent compared to this period last year, according to The Tribune’s records.
Five face court over recent murders in the capital
FIVE men were brought to Magistrate’s Court yesterday to be arraigned in connection with a number of recent fatal shootings that occurred in the capital.
Teens accused of attempted robbery and abduction
TWO teens were remanded to prison yesterday after they were accused of a foiled abduction and gunpoint robbery.
