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Call for technology to protect our borders

THE Democratic National Alliance has renewed its calls for the government to invest more in technology, adding that the Bahamas should adopt the advanced “border patrol technologies” of first world countries in order to protect its borders from illegal activities.

US Embassy helps to create links in family court system

CONTINUING co-operation under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, the US Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Section organised a consultative opportunity on family court systems and digital transcription for Bahamian justice sector professionals March 19-22.

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Another suspect arrested over Fox Hill shootings

POLICE arrested another suspect Tuesday night in connection with the fatal Freedom Park, Fox Hill, drive-by shootings that claimed four lives and injured seven others.

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Sex crime suspect arrested in Exuma

A 70-year-old man wanted for more than a dozen sexual offences in Florida was arrested in Exuma Saturday night, after being on the run for almost a year.

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Man gunned down while walking in the street

AUTHORITIES are trying to determine a motive behind the fatal shooting of a man who was taking a leisurely walk with a woman friend on Wednesday night.

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Gomez proposes committee for national health insurance

HEALTH Minister Dr Perry Gomez yesterday proposed a steering committee to oversee the full implementation of a National Health Insurance scheme.

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Hunt for two men after teenage boy is shot

POLICE are on the hunt for two men who shot a 17-year-old boy over the weekend.

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FNM deputy leader demands explanation for new NIB audit

LORETTA Butler-Turner, FNM Deputy leader has demanded a full explanation of the grounds on which the government has approved another forensic audit of the National Insurance Board.

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Counselling to be offered to family of murder victims

FAMILY of homicide victims often suffer trauma that could spur them to retaliate, noted psychiatrist Dr David Allen said yesterday.

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Porter: I have been denied treatment

BAHAMAS Cancer Centre director Dr Arthur Porter is claiming that he has been denied medical treatment for his stage-four lung cancer while in a Panamanian prison.

Family plan for funeral rather than graduation

TERECITA MAJOR said she had looked forward to seeing her grandson graduate from high school in a few days. However, instead of graduation plans, the family is making funeral arrangements.

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GEORGE SMITH: My right to fairness

ON December 24, 2015, I was given an unexpected gift in the pages of The Tribune. Adrian Gibson in his column, “A Young Man’s View”, regurgitated portions of the 1984 Commission of Inquiry Report as it related to me.

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TOUGH CALL: Journalism that shook the leaders of the world

IT’S been 42 years since the Watergate break-in that eventually forced US President Richard Nixon from office, after an investigation that has been described as one of the greatest achievements of modern journalism.

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Police squadron leader recounts the events that led to death of three men

THE leader of the police squadron that conducted a fatal raid at a Blair Estates mansion in 2019 testified that officers were executing a search warrant for Tony Smith as the Coroner’s Court inquest continued yesterday.

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Biden selects Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

First Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.

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The war against criminals - PART 1

WE ARE presently engaged in a war against criminals, who are getting bolder.

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Nygard hit with new US sex lawsuit

PETER Nygard has been accused of raping ten women, including nine Bahamians, in a wide-ranging criminal enterprise that involved intimidating victims and offering them hush money for over more than a decade.

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Investigator tells of questioning of murder suspect

THE lead investigator into the fatal stabbing of the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major testified yesterday about his questioning of a man arrested in connection with the incident.

Prime Minister admits mistake - but is he about to make another one?

AT LAST Prime Minister Christie has admitted that it might have been “unwise” of his party to have blamed the Free National Movement for the nation’s crime problem, the seeds of which, if Bahamians are honest with themselves, were sown and flourished during the drug years of the PLP’s first administration.

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Dames sets background to reality of murders

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said murders are down 21 percent while overall crime is down seven percent compared with this time last year, two of many figures he announced during a data-heavy budget speech in the House of Assembly yesterday.