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Government presses ahead with creation of National Intelligence Agency

AS PROMISED, the government is moving ahead with the formation of a National Intelligence Agency comprised of representatives from all branches of law enforcement.

$10b lawsuit by Mexico to hold gun makers accountable for weapon trafficking revived

A US appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the US-Mexico border, according to Reuters.

Dr Allen warns that fentanyl is more dangerous and deadly

DR David Allen, a renowned Bahamian psychiatrist who witnessed the horrors of the crack cocaine epidemic in the Bahamas, warned that illicit fentanyl is more dangerous and deadly after officials noted that two people have died in Grand Bahama this year with the substance in their system.

Committee to be set up in weeks on cannabis issue

WITHIN the next “week or two,” representatives of a cannabis committee that Cabinet has established will receive their terms of references and begin exploring public opinion on the issue, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said Saturday. The committee

Bishop Hanchell denounces marijuana decriminalisation

BISHOP Walter Hanchell has denounced marijuana decriminalisation, saying it will cause moral destruction, a spike in criminal activity and greater social ills.

PM: Time to wipe the slate clean

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis supports expunging criminal records of people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana, he said yesterday.

Four taken to hospital with gunshot wounds

A MAN shot his girlfriend and three other people at a home on Cowpen Road yesterday leaving them in hospital, police said.

Man accused of killing mother and daughter denied bail for own safety

A SUPREME Court judge cited concern for an alleged murderer‘s safety as she denied bail to the 24-year-old man accused of killing Allison Thompson, 37, and her 14-year-old daughter, Trevonika Thompson, last year.

PLP carpunkled up gambling issue

What were the words of Pontius Pilate when he washed his hands of making the decision whether Christ should die or not?

Murder rate down 13% from 2011

DESPITE overall crime statistics being down by 5 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, police say serious crimes or crimes against persons increased by 2 per cent during the same time period.

Marijuana plants confiscated

Drug Enforcement Officers confiscated more than 400 marijuana plants at a Jubilee Gardens home.

I was a victim of police harassment

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Accused flown to Freeport for questioning

THE WOMAN who was gang raped in Bimini over the weekend was “drugged by her attackers” after going with them to a night club, The Tribune understands.

'Legalising marijuana in the Bahamas should not be up for discussion'

THE estimated multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry should not be up for discussion in The Bahamas, according to Rev Dr Randford Patterson.

The truth about disclosures

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Report on crime

IN today's Insight, we present the official report on crime prepared by noted psychiatrist Dr David Allen. Some findings from this report were first published in The Tribune on March 30, 2012.