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Human rights activist calls for Wayne Munroe to be stripped of QC status

A VETERAN human rights activist has called for lawyer Wayne Munroe to be stripped of his Queen’s Council status and face the possibility of disbarment over his call for undocumented migrants to be flogged in an effort to deter others from coming to The Bahamas.

Haitian ambassador joins those condemning Munroe’s flogging call

THE Haitian ambassador to The Bahamas, Jean Victor Geneus, has decried “despicable” statements made by attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, who recently called for illegal immigrants to be flogged.

Governor General: Someone has fallen down on the job over crime

GOVERNOR General Dame Marguerite Pindling yesterday lamented the nation’s worsening crime crisis and said “somebody has fallen down on the job” following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Doris Johnson Senior High School student on Wednesday afternoon.

UPDATED: Man shot dead in 140th murder of the year

A MAN died in hospital hours after he was shot on Homestead Street yesterday, police said.

UPDATED: Three teens arrested in connection with student stabbing death

POLICE arrested three teenage boys yesterday in connection with the stabbing death of a 12th grade male student of Doris Johnson Senior High School on Wednesday.

PM ‘stunned’ by murder of boy: Extra police may be placed in the schools

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he was “stunned” to learn of the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Doris Johnson Senior High School student as he suggested the country’s crime situation now requires not only a stronger police presence in schools but for the government to invest in ensuring campuses are outfitted with security equipment.

Children in tears as they mourn dead schoolboy

CONFUSED and shaken Doris Johnson Senior High School teachers and students tried to come to grips with the murder of 16-year-old Adonai Wilson, who was yesterday remembered as a boy with “good prospects”.

PM under fire for not condemning Munroe over flogging comments

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for not publicly condemning prominent attorney Wayne Munroe for suggesting that the country should start “flogging” illegal immigrants.

PLP controversy is ‘modus operandi’

REVEREND C B Moss, executive director of Bahamas Against Crime, criticised the PLP this week and questioned if recent controversial comments from party members Wayne Munroe and Leslie Miller are becoming the “modus operandi” of the organisation.

Two arrested after drugs discovery

GRAND Bahama Police arrested an Indonesian national and a Bahamian man who were allegedly found in possession of dangerous drugs and a large sum of cash.

15 Chinese nationals arrested in Bimini

FIFTEEN illegal Chinese nationals were taken into custody by Bahamian authorities after they were discovered in South Bimini this week.

Two customs officers face court

TWO Customs officers have appeared before court on a series of charges.

Accused was ‘watching Scandal’ on night of murder

A JURY was told yesterday that the woman who allegedly rolled over businessman Kurt McCartney in Gambier Village after he was shot was actually at home watching the television shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” the night of the murder.

45 years in prison for convicted killer

SUPREME Court Justice Estelle Gray-Evans yesterday sentenced convicted murderer Rasheed Farrington to 45 years in prison.

Haitian man accused of beating woman

A HAITIAN man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court in Abaco in connection with the brutal beating of a Haitian woman a week ago on the island.

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