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Gov’t gains $96m in tax cheat crackdown

The Government netted almost $96 million in the first six months of its crackdown on corporate and high net worth tax cheats, it has been revealed.

INSIGHT: A nation hit by crime

A damning new report paints The Bahamas as one off the most violent crime-ridden nations in the Caribbean. The report – coming on the weekend another man was shot dead in Nassau –shows the country is second only to Jamaica in some instances of crime

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Call to decriminalise marijuana

A HANDFUL of young Bahamians are hoping to turn their social media traction into a political movement for the decriminalisation of marijuana.

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Body of man found in car

GRAND Bahama recorded its eighth murder for the year late Wednesday evening when a man was discovered shot dead in a vehicle in the South Bahamia area.

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Two held by police after armed robbery and drug find

POLICE took two men into custody shortly after an armed robbery and the seizure of a large number of dangerous drugs on Tuesday.

EDITORIAL: Dames not playing games

ON Monday, August 21, shaken by the third murder in two days, Minister of National Security Marvin Dames convened a meeting of senior police officers, including the current but reportedly soon to be erstwhile Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade. He asked them to reveal their strategy for fighting violent crime and the criminal activity that ends in murder or attempted murder. We have no doubt that the senior police officers in that room gave the National Security Minister the best briefing they had to offer.

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Four years in jail over guns and drugs

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to four years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday in connection with the seizure of a high-powered weapon and a quantity of dangerous drugs over the weekend. Franklyn Stubbs, of Moncur Alley,

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Roberts says FNM has failed to keep promises

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has lambasted the Minnis administration for its first 100 days in office, saying the new government has not kept its key election promises. The Progressive Liberal Party member’s comments came hours after Prime Minister

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Triple murder triggers new crackdown

IN the face of rising homicides, National Security Minister Marvin Dames over the weekend presented a number of crime fighting initiatives, highlighting plans to clamp down on persons out on bail, firearm traffickers, drug houses and enhancing senior command at the divisional level of the force on a 24-hour basis.

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Two held after AK-47, drugs seized

Two men are being held by police after the seizure of a high-powered weapon and dangerous drugs on Saturday.

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Drug mules jailed after leniency plea

A Surinamese woman yesterday told a judge that she only attempted to smuggle cocaine into the country as a way to secure funding to house her displaced grandmother after their South American home burned down.

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$1,000 fine for Swiss woman caught with cocaine

A SWISS woman tourist was ordered to make a near $1,000 donation to two local institutions after being caught with a small amount of cocaine yesterday morning.

EDITORIAL: NEW APPROACH TO TOURISM PROMOTION

IN JUNE, we called in these columns for a major reassessment of the government’s tourism policy and promotion in the face of growing competition from our Caribbean rivals, including Cuba.

EDITORIAL: Bahamians – understand the past to find the future

PHILIP “Brave” Davis, who now heads an Opposition of three members in an FNM parliament, although admitting that his party made mistakes during its five years in office, saw no reason to apologise to anyone for those “mistakes”. Not only was he not going to apologise, but he wanted Bahamians to note that after only three months in office the FNM have shown that they have no plans to eradicate crime.

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Natural remedies vs prescribed drugs

Exploring the benefits of natural medicine versus pharmaceutical drugs will be the theme of Solomon’s Fresh Market’s latest health seminar scheduled in-store for this Saturday.Dr Monique Thompson, the founder of Cornerstone Healing Institute, will fa

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Teen held after marijuana find

A TEENAGER from Grand Bahama was arrested on Monday for drug possession. The 18-year-old youth of Gold Rock Creek was arrested after he was found with a quantity of marijuana shortly after 8am. Police were on routine patrol at the McClean’s Town go

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INSIGHT: Behind the violence - how one family lost three young men

THE death of a loved one is an experience everyone fears no matter what their age. Whether it is illness or old age the loss can be devastating, turning the lives of those left behind upside down. For too many families in our society today death comes through violence, a loved one shot dead in the street, a life wiped out in seconds. To most of us just a headline, a few pictures or brief video on social media, just another number to add to the ever-growing murder tally.

All-Star paricipants praise 30 years of basketball camp

A milestone 30th edition of the Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp concluded with its traditional “Fun Night” Saturday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

EDITORIAL: Who should take the ‘Bank Lane shuffle’ in handcuffs?

ABOUT 30 years ago a confused young man asked to see us.

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Four held over marijuana seizure

FOUR men are in police custody in connection with the seizure of a quantity of marijuana early Thursday morning.