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Three men arrested over weekend drug seizures in Bimini

AUTHORITIES arrested three men over the weekend after drugs valued at more than $420,000 were seized in two separate incidents.

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.

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PM: We must unite to stop madness gripping our country

HOURS after the bodies of two young teens were found with gunshot wounds to the head, Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday reflected on the efficacy of his government’s anti-crime efforts as he restated his administration’s commitment to stopping the “madness that has seemed to grip our country”.

13 kilos of cocaine seized at airport

POLICE seized 13 kilograms of cocaine in an unclaimed suitcase at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Saturday evening.

EDITORIAL: Persons are not ‘unpatriotic’ for telling the truth

GOVERNMENT’S recent statement accusing Sarkis Izmirlian of being “unpatriotic” in his attempt to inform Bahamians of what was really behind the failure of Baha Mar, brought back many memories of another disgraceful period of this young, independent nation’s history.

Two in hospital after latest shootings

TWO men are recovering in hospital after they were shot in separate incidents on Tuesday night.

POLITICOLE: Questions, questions about the dump fire

Instead of beginning the conversation myself about the news of the past week, I asked a few colleagues to send me their own questions about the week’s news so I could answer specifically what they wanted to talk about.

Sergeant linda Sullivan a pioneer in the rbpf

A VETERAN Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) officer has been recognised for her pioneering role in leading the way for women in a male-dominated profession by the United States Embassy in Nassau.

Money laundering report highlights black market for smugglers

A UNITED States report on money laundering and financial crimes has pinpointed an alleged black market for “smuggled cigarettes and guns” coupled with money laundering trends, including the purchase of real estate among other things in The Bahamas.

Taxi driver jailed and fined over drug bust

A 40-year-old taxi driver was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty in a Magistrate’s Court to four drug related charges stemming from a drug bust in the Carmichael Road area late last month.

Govt urged: ‘Push back’ on public owner registry

A former finance minister yesterday called for the Government to “push back more” on repeated US demands that the Bahamas implement a ‘public registry’ disclosing the owners of every corporate entity registered in this nation.

EDITORIAL: Is Justice Bain to be punished for non-recusal?

A REQUEST for Justice Rhonda Bain to recuse herself from certain cases – one of which involves the Prime Minister - coupled with her application to have her nearing retirement date extended for another two years, comes within the same time frame as government’s attempt to pass the Interception of Communications Bill, 2017. These clashing interests have now started a conversation — a conversation questioning the extent of the judiciary’s independence from that of the executive.

Making sense of PM Perry Christie’s obscene gesture

IT took Sir Lynden O Pindling a quarter of a century to be dubbed the worst leader in modern Bahamian history - surpassing the infamous United Bahamian Party government under Sir Roland Symonette and Sir Stafford Sands, the so-called white oligarchy.

TOUGH CALL: Public protection is dangerously lacking in the ‘Spying Bill’

‘Kill the Bill’ has become a rallying cry for privacy advocates in the Bahamas ever since the government - without prior notice - tabled a draconian new surveillance law called the Interception of Communications Bill.

Three charged in connection with drugs, firearms seizure in Abaco

THREE men were remanded to prison yesterday after they were arraigned in connection with a recent seizure of drugs and firearms by law enforcement officers in Abaco.

New household survey to determine extent of national drug use

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with other government agencies, is currently dispatching a team of persons into various communities throughout the Bahamas to conduct a national household drug survey during the months of February and March 2017.

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