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Web shops and gambling

I am sure the 47+ per cent who participated in the Gambling referendum are shocked to hear the Minister responsible for Licensing Gaming, Obie Wilchcombe, to be talking as he did over the past days.

Mitchell: We are waging a war against human smuggling

AS details continue to emerge over an alleged human smuggling ring in Grand Bahama, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the government is waging a war on the illegal activity.

Minnis: Murders headed higher than under FNM

THE PLP is on course to surpass the rate of deadly violence seen under the former government, Opposition Leader Hubert Minnis claimed.

Urban Renewal revamp 'an error'

REVAMPING the original Urban Renewal was a “fatal error” in the fight against crime, Social Anthropologist and College of the Bahamas professor Dr Nicolette Bethel told The Tribune.

Lyford Cay International Schools sends delegates to Model UN Symposium

LYFORD Cay International School sent a team of 11 delegates and two chaperones to the Model United Nations Symposium in Montreal, Canada.

Lawyers are uneasy over judge restrictions

THE Prime Minister’s announcement that if necessary, the government will pass laws to bind the hands of judges and prevent them from granting bail to persons accused of serious crimes is not sitting well with some attorneys.

Drug bust nets $1m of cocaine

FREEPORT - A major drug bust was made at the Freeport Container Port where nearly $1 million worth of cocaine was discovered. This is the first major drug seizure on Grand Bahama for 2014.

At last, the Christie government is talking tough

A YEAR and a half ago — a month after the PLP were elected to govern the Bahamas — we wrote the following in this column.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Bahamas is a powder keg

AS this year draws to a close and the celebration of Christmas in a few days takes hold of our national consciousness, it is clear that a tsunami of death and mayhem has surged over Bahamian society.

$100,000 bail is granted for drugs suspect

DISMISSED constable Toni Sweeting was granted $100,000 bail yesterday morning in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that she be released on bond if her drug trial was not completed by December 18.

Man jailed for $1m road damage

UNDER no circumstances could causing more than $1 million damage to the new airport road be considered “reasonable”, Thomas Rigby was told moments before being sentenced yesterday to 16 months at Her Majesty’s Prison.

Jury hears of cry: 'The police got me'

“The police got me! The man them got me!” a policewoman shouted into her cellphone as she resisted arrest, moments after a package of cocaine dropped from under her skirt, a jury was told yesterday.

17 poachers captured - but 33 escape RBDF

THIRTY-THREE Dominicans, suspected of poaching, evaded capture by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force over the weekend after they were spotted fishing illegally in waters near Cay Lobos.

Delay in $380,000 cocaine smuggling trail

A MAN was expected to stand trial yesterday in Magistrates Court accused of smuggling $380,000 worth of cocaine into the country in ceiling fans, a digital drum set and a remote-controlled toy car.

Peddling false hope

How last week’s attack on the Acting Prime Minister Philip Davis has highlighted the failure of the PLP’s pre-election promises on crime.

US Embassy's duty is to their citizens, not the Bahamas

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe seemed peeved that the United States does not appreciate the efforts of the Bahamas to get crime under control. It’s as though Big Brother has let him — and the Bahamas — down.

Five guns seized by police

FIVE fewer guns are on the streets of the capital after they were confiscated by police over the weekend.

Man gets 17 years for attempted murder

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Violence in Bahamas at levels close to armed conflict zones

THE current level of deadly violence means the Bahamas almost qualifies as an armed conflict zone, a new report reveals.

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