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Appeal against extradition dismissed by judge

A JUDGE yesterday dismissed the constitutional applications of the final three of 11 men against whom Court of Appeal judges upheld an extradition order demanding their surrender to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Two men caught with cocaine in Bimini

TWO men found with a quantity of cocaine in Bimini on Wednesday night have been arrested by police.

Training to help tackle drug use

THE US Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Section and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre marked the end of a joint 15 month, $500,000 project to provide train-the-trainer training for substance use treatment professionals on January 29 at the Public Hospital Authority.

Overcoming bad habits and addictions – Preparation for your new seasons

A HABIT is a routine or behaviour that is repeated regularly. If continued over a period of time it becomes a subconscious, involuntary action.

Man charged with murder

A SEVENTH Street resident was remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned on a murder charge.

Ministry ‘did everything’ for bahamian who died in Haiti

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell said yesterday while he “loathes” getting into a “he say, she say” situation with a grieving mother, his ministry did “everything it was supposed to do” for Christopher Adderley who died while he was incarcerated in Haiti.

Lawyer claims extradition after a decade ‘unjust’

THE extradition of five men to the United States to face drug trafficking charges on an invalid indictment after a decade-long delay “would be unjust and oppressive”, a lawyer argued in the Supreme Court yesterday.

INSIGHT: Over-the-Hill tax talks

I UNDERSTAND that some listeners to the programme may have been offended by the acerbic tones in which I dismissed Dr Minnis’ stated programme on tax initiatives over the Hill as a “joke“ and “nonsense.”

Mother of Bahamian who died in Haiti slams ministry

THE mother of Christopher Adderley, a Bahamian man who died in custody in Haiti last September, believes her son would still be alive if Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials had “listened to her and done their job” instead of ignoring her pleas for help.

19 arrests in island-wide anti-crime operation

POLICE made 19 arrests, seized a firearm and recovered dangerous drugs in an island-wide anti-crime operation on Friday.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Pilot’s death in Haiti jail raises questions for Mitchell’s ministry

The tale of the death of Christopher Prescott Adderley, affectionately known as Scottie, in a prison in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, is a harrowing tale of negligence, a callous disregard for the pleas of a distraught mother by the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and has, in the aftermath, left a family grieving and in pursuit of answers.

Violate bail and you could get five years in prison

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday introduced legislation in the House of Assembly that would make violating bail an offence punishable with up to a $50,000 fine and/or up to five years in prison.

NASSAU LIFE: Time to face up to mortality

The aged and infirm are shockingly neglected in The Bahamas - and any NHI scheme must address the provision of hospice care, Richard Coulson says.

Warrant issued for man missing for appeal

A WARRANT of apprehension was issued by the Court of Appeal yesterday for a man who received 19 months for possession of marijuana in a re-sentencing hearing that was unlawfully done by a magistrate.

Minnis ‘lacks support of white Bahamians’

ATTORNEY Michael Scott yesterday said Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has been unsuccessful in gaining the financial support of white Bahamians because that demographic has little confidence in his ability to lead the organisation or the country.

Drugs found in diaper in Freeport bushes

GRAND Bahama police found a quantity of illegal drugs hidden in the most unlikely place - a discarded diaper in bushes in the Freeport area on Tuesday.

Bran’s family firm: ‘Enormous loss’ in Drug Plan switch

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday revealed that his family’s pharmacy business had “lost all kinds of money” over the past two months because the National Prescription Drug Programme’s (NPDP) terms had been changed without warning.

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