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Police hunting for man on suspicion of drug possession

GRAND Bahama police are searching for man who they believe can help in an ongoing investigation into possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

MICHELLE MILLER MOTIVATIONALS: What are you marching for?

One thing that I know for sure is that life moves according to the focus of our emotional attention.

PAUL THOMPSON: Modern policing must be flexible and effective

While total protection is never possible, the police are doing a fine job in many areas of crime prevention and the public can help, Paul Thompson says . . .

‘We are safe’ insists senior police officer

DESPITE a recent spate of murders and shootings in New Providence and Grand Bahama, officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit, Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander said the country is still a “safe” place.

Bishop Hall calls for stricter enforcement to stop crime

BISHOP Simeon Hall yesterday said the country is in a crime “crisis,” as he called for a stricter enforcement of the country’s crime laws and for the removal of “some people from civilised society” if the death penalty cannot be enforced in the country.

Man denied bail over charges of drug possession

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

$4m suspected cocaine seized in Grand Bahama

BAHAMIAN and US authorities made a $4m drug seizure and arrested one of four suspects yesterday in East Grand Bahama.

Michelle Miller Motivationals: Grow with good intentions

ARE YOU are still engaging in unproductive habits and behaviours? Are you still unwilling to cut ties with the lies you are living in?

Mother's tears as mentally-ill son is shot dead by police

THE fatal shooting of her 23-year-old mentally ill son, Lorenzo “Renzo” Bain, by police on Friday has left Starretta Bain and her family “emotionally wrecked”.

Bell denies convicted drug dealer Lamm is campaigning with him

DESMOND Bannister, FREE National Movement candidate for Carmichael, yesterday accused State Minister of National Security Keith Bell of campaigning alongside convicted drug dealer and former Progressive Liberal Party campaign general Carlos Lamm.

INSIGHT: Paul Thompson - Vehicle dumps are driving crime and health hazards

A plan drawn up in the 1970s to address the issues of roadside garages and never enacated remains as relevant today as ever, Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson says . . .

PM: I will meet protest leaders

AMIDST a defence of his government’s performance this term, Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday told organisers of today’s “We March Bahamas” protest that he was “painfully aware” that the country has suffered tremendous setbacks.

Man detained over discovery of handgun and marijuana

OFFICERS from the Mobile Division took a man into custody yesterday following the seizure of a handgun and a quantity of dangerous drugs.

EDITORIAL: Protest and the spread of populism

IN AN increasingly interconnected world in which information can be instantaneously and continuously transmitted across time zones at the click of a computer mouse, it comes as no surprise that globalisation continues to grow at a bewildering pace.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Radical reforms required to improved public trust in our political system

The Bahamas’ electoral process and the parliamentary registration procedures are seriously flawed and are in desperate need of a complete overhaul.

Police find drugs and ammunition

GRAND Bahama Police discovered a quantity of suspected marijuana and ammunition in the Garden Villas area on Tuesday, police reported.

Four are charged over drug discovery

FOUR Grand Bahama men were charged with possession of dangerous drugs in New Providence this week.

INSIGHT: Treating white-collar crime lightly means criminals have no fear

The words discipline, supervision, enforcement, accountability and transparency appear to be absent from the minds of our present-day public servants.

Govt buying drugs is a step back

I have read a number of articles recently in the newspaper regarding concerns of local pharmaceutical wholesalers that the government (Public Hospital Authority) may be planning to bypass them and go directly to manufacturers to purchase drugs.

Lawyer says firearms charge for pair is close to 'persecution'

A LAWYER yesterday denounced the intended prosecution of a 52-year-old man and a minor on firearm related charges notwithstanding that the admitted offender took responsibility for the crimes during an arraignment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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