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Four face court on firearms charges

THREE men and a woman, two of whom are customs officers, were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday in connection with a major weapons bust near the Arawak Cay Port last week.

Minnis accuses govt of budget error

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday accused the government of decreasing the money allocated for National Health Insurance to “cover up the fact that they forgot” to include the Department of Public Health in 2015/2016 budget.

Local businesswoman promotes beauty and health with medical travel agency

AFTER studying anthropology and working with a Hollywood makeup pioneer in the United States, Leslie Simone Gibson has returned to the Bahamas to launch a medical travel agency.

Lawyers claim abuse of process in firearms case

A CANCELLED arraignment for three men and a woman accused of being firearms traffickers drew the ire of their lawyers yesterday who called the move by Crown prosecutors an abuse of process.

Campaign finance reform key to anti-corruption, says expert

CAMPAIGN finance reform was yesterday singled out as one of the most important elements for transparent governance by a global anti-corruption network seeking to establish a local chapter in the country.

Dry mouth and oral health

SALIVA is very important to us and impacts the mouth’s health greatly. It is made in salivary glands; some large (major) and some small (minor). Some salivary glands make thick saliva and others watery saliva, and all the saliva comes together to make an ideal consistency.

A stronger Bahamas – A Father’s Day message

THE strength of our country must not and cannot be measured in the erection of buildings, advances in technology or in political manoeuvres. Its very foundation must be the hard core strength in relationship. This relationship must have its genesis in the family.

Armed robbery ring cracked, says police commissioner

POLICE made two major ammunition and weapons busts this month as the result of a new operation and cracked a major armed robbery ring this week, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday.

Does the Bahamas have special laws for those in authority?

RELIEVED that his political colleagues had let him off the hook, MICAL MP V Alfred Gray declared in his defence that he would never break the law knowingly.

POLITICOLE: The Bahamas was never for Bahamians

MORE than 700 years ago, a “peaceful” people inhabited these islands we now call home.

Don’t worry about the differences

The public need not be concerned about the reported differences, that may exist between our law enforcement agencies. It is nothing new to law enforcement.

LIFE OF CRIME: Serial killers - Is a new breed of assassins lurking on the streets of the Bahamas?

A SERIAL killer holds a worldwide fascination, nicknames like “The Ripper” have entered cultural folklore and they have made many fictional writers famous.

Police name man shot dead on Grand Bahama

GRAND Bahama police officially released the identity of the man shot and killed last week on the island as Antonio Williams, aka “Babes”, of No 7 Bass Lane.

18 years in jail for abetment to murder

A MAN was sentenced to 18 years in prison yesterday for abetment to murder in the fatal stabbing of the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major.

Rastafarian accused in $1m drug case told he should have known better

A RASTAFARIAN who dreads the three-year prison sentence he faces for possession of $1m worth of marijuana was told by a magistrate yesterday that he ought to have known better than to participate in illegal activities.

The costs of NHI

Retired Archbishop Drexel Gomez I suggest should speak to a few, note few, of his inner circle and associates and canvass them to see how many owe thousands in back real property taxes and utility bills before advocating further tax burdens.

DNA chiefs’ firms suffer ‘double digit’ VAT slump

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader and party chairman both said yesterday that their businesses had suffered “low double digit” sales decreases post-Value Added Tax’s (VAT) introduction, and warned that a retail shake-out is imminent.

Gomez denies favouritism in V Alfred Gray probe

STATE Legal Affairs Minister Damian Gomez yesterday denied that political favoritism played a role in Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s decision not to bring charges against anyone in the judicial interference case involving MICAL MP V Alfred Gray and Mayagunana Administrator Zephaniah Newbold.

Greenslade: Don’t point fingers in crime fight

DAYS after Prime Minister Perry Christie said he was walking on “eggshells” over crime due to a “division” between the country’s law enforcement agencies, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said more emphasis needs to be placed on what “contributions” Bahamians are making to fight against crime instead of “pointing fingers.”

Alpha Men

SOCIETIES create ideals of what men and women should be, how they should behave, what they should wear, and these ideals become almost like laws.

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