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Two held in car theft ring probe

POLICE are questioning two persons, a man and a woman, who they suspect to be a part of a major car theft ring.

Pintard: Convenient for AG that crime isn’t a political issue now

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard said it is “convenient” that Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson would now admit that crime is not a political issue, now that the country has recorded the “highest number of murders” in history under her watch.

Drugs haul found

A quantity of suspected cocaine and marijuana were discovered in the Eight Mile Rock area on Wednesday; however, no one was arrested in connection with the find.

Marine arrested after marijuana find

A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force marine is in police custody after he was allegedly found with marijuana early Tuesday morning.

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TOUGH CALL: Time to face reality over death penalty

Last November, a regional conference in Guyana focused on abolishing the death penalty, which many Caribbean territories - including The Bahamas - want to keep on the books.

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Eight in court over $341,000 drug seizure

SEVEN men and a woman, some of whom police believe to be members of a major organised drug trafficking ring, were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in connection with a $341,000 drug seizure on Eastern Road last week.

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Minnis feels insulted by Gibson’s greed claim

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday said he is personally “insulted” by the “greedy” label put on members of the Consultant Physician Staff Association by Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson earlier this week.

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‘Wait times will go up under NHI’

LEADING surgeon Dr Duane Sands last night made a startling revelation that once the machinery of National Health Insurance is fully in motion, patients will likely face significant wait times as they seek medical attention in respective facilities, while he predicted “chaotic times” should the government move forward with its proposed healthcare scheme.

Natural solution to osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is caused by breakdown of cartilage in one or more joints. When cartilage loss occurs, the joint can deteriorate to the point of having bone rubbing against bone, causing severe chronic pain, loss of mobility and sometimes disability.

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Gibson says Minnis comments on NHI most hypo critical in history

NATIONAL Insurance and Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday slammed Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis for recently suggesting that the government’s National Health Insurance scheme may be ineffective without a catastrophic care package.

Fred Mitchell chides US Chargé d’Affaires for rape statement

THE opinion of Foreign Affairs/Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell gets more worrying every day. No wonder government is dragging its feet on the Freedom of Information Act.

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Five arrested in drug trafficking swoop

POLICE arrested five people early on Thursday morning who they believe to be members of a “major drug trafficking ring”.

Two arrested over drugs find

TWO men are in police custody following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs on Saturday.

What is the solution to escalating crime?

THIS COUNTRY is being suffocated by crime. When you open your Tribune today, you will be confronted by a front page that will make your blood run cold – “Pastor beaten and family terrorised”; “Missing policeman’s body found in Grand Bahama”; “Police officer accused of sex attacks on minors” and “Jet ski rape alert came after repeated complaint by US Embassy ignored”.

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Five arrests in connection with 'major drug trafficking ring'

POLICE arrested five people early on Thursday morning who they believe to be members of a “major drug trafficking ring”.

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Jet ski alert came after repeated complaints by Embassy ignored

DESPITE persistent complaints from American officials over the past few years the watersports industry in The Bahamas has not been properly regulated, US Chargé d’Affaires Lisa Johnson told the press yesterday.

Difference of views in battle against extradition

TWO lawyers on record for five men fighting extradition were at odds in the Supreme Court yesterday about a new application filed by one of the five wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges.

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SANCHESKA Vs RENALDO: WILL SANNIE PREVAIL?

SANNIE: I have to keep riding with Tom Brady, he brought me luck this far, so why would I stop now?

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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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Wilchcombe: We need to stop gun smugglers

MINISTER of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe has said the country needs to tighten its borders in an effort to clamp down on the proliferation of gun smuggling from the United States.