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US wins $13.9m ‘Ninety’ assets confiscate appeal
The Privy Council yesterday paved the way for a battle over assets allegedly belonging to convicted drug trafficker, Samuel ‘Ninety’ Knowles, after it ruled that the US government’s $13.9 million confiscation order against him can be registered in the Bahamas.
The Disenfranchised: Fatherless, on the streets and drifting into gang life
IN the ghetto/inner city, the stories are similar but yet each has such distinct details which makes them so interesting.
Medicinal marijuana's $500m economic 'blow'
A MARIJUANA advocate yesterday estimated the sector could be worth “more than half a billion dollars” to The Bahamas by 2025, its chairman urging: “Either run to it or be dragged kicking and screaming”.Terry Miller, chairman of the Bahamas Cannabis R
Dominican and US poachers held
FORTY-SIX people on board a Dominican fishing vessel were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Sunday for poaching. This came two days after six Americans aboard a 63-foot pleasure craft were arrested by RBDF officers on Friday for viol
US urges ‘full safeguards’ on gaming sector
THE US government has identified “gaming” as a popular money laundering mechanism in the Bahamas, urging this nation to “emphasise enforcement” in its fight against financial crime.
Man convicted of aiding killer tells court he is innocent
A MAN sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for aiding the person responsible for killing the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major yesterday said he feels like “giving up” for being imprisoned for a crime he insist he had no involvement in.
Man convicted of aiding killer tells court he is innocent
A MAN sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for aiding the person responsible for killing the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major yesterday said he feels like “giving up” for being imprisoned for a crime he insist he had
THE PRESS BOX: Randy Gregory and his second chance
I’ve seen substance abuse derail many a superstar athlete, even savagely cutting some down in their prime. So when I see an athlete rebound from their addictions, and return to the playing field, focused and prepared to make the most of a second cha
Draft bill on marijuana expected 'in short order'
A DRAFT bill on marijuana legislation is expected to be presented to Cabinet “in very short order,” Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday. However, Mr Bethel told The Tribune he could not give a definite timeline on the matter as he is still w
It's time we were more honest about marijuana
Nowadays, almost daily, the marijuana debate is in the news, and quite often it makes headline news.
Recidivism rates still far too high, says BDCS acting commissioner
OVER the past few years, the recidivism rate at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services has been at an “unacceptable” high, BDCS acting Commissioner Charles Murphy said yesterday.However, Commissioner Murphy could not give an exact figure on
EDITORIAL: A servant of the nation who deserves respect
IT was late at night on April 10, 2013, when a call came into The Tribune newsroom to report not one, but two police officers shot in separate incidents. One was senior officer Clayton Fernander.
‘Living or dead, give me my son’ – Desperate missing Marvin’s family hire private detectives
NEARLY a year after Marvin Pratt went missing, his mother Barbara Saunders is more restless than ever. “Some nights I still can’t sleep, so I just try to keep going,” the 61-year-old said yesterday.
NYGARD ACCUSED OF SEX ATTACKS: Police probing SIX formal complaints by alleged victims
BAHAMAS police are investigating six allegations of rape made against Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard.
EDITORIAL: Is corruption really so shocking to discover?
There is a scene in the classic movie Casablanca, when the local police chief declares himself “shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here”. A moment later, he is handed his winnings.
ARRESTS SOAR AS SMUGGLERS ADAPT: Huge jump in migrants caught despite effort to slip through our waters
COMMODORE Raymond King says migrant apprehensions in The Bahamas increased by 456 percent in 2021 when compared with the previous year, while revealing that the Royal Bahamas Defence Force is faced with “people smugglers” who have resorted to more advanced tactics to evade authorities.
Still no answers on butler plane
STILL not confirming that his plane, reported stolen, was in fact the one that crashed in Venezuela, Captain Randy Butler has alluded to someone at the Department of Civil Aviation signing a letter of approval for the missing plane to leave the airport.
Full approval for Pfizer vaccine
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said he was hopeful more Bahamians will now get vaccinated against COVID-19, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine.
'It's time to relax the rules on cannabis'
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper yesterday called on the government to immediately expunge the records of people convicted of possession of small amounts of marijuana.
DIANE PHILLIPS: If only road traffic deaths were a little sexier
Car accidents aren’t sexy news. They don’t compete for headline space with juicy scandal or murder for hire.