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The latest ‘armed robber’ generation

READINESS, response and recovery cannot be left to chance. The delivery of a comprehensive security protection programme demands planning, co-ordinated implementation and consistent oversight.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The Punch and the power of one

IF you read the final issue of The Punch yesterday, published three days after the death of its editor, publisher, creator and defender Ivan Johnson, you had this sinking feeling in your gut that an important chapter in the history of The Bahamas had closed.

Immigration ‘draft’ should not have been published

AFTER roughly two weeks of discussion and public feedback related to what many thought was the consultative process connected to the proposed Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2018, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette yesterday revealed the Office of the Attorney General was “premature” in its release of the legislation.

Morality by consensus is not my way

According to Gallup polls, 4.5% of Americans ‘identify’ as a member of the LGBT community.

Lyford Cay International School students inspiring excellence

LYFORD Cay International School’s (LCIS) mission is Inspiring Excellence and every day its students embody that.

It was much safer in 2018 than it was in 2017, says Ferguson

OVERALL crime across the country decreased by eight percent last year when compared to 2017, with murders dropping 25 percent, Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said yesterday.

‘Beaten’ suspect: Seven cops took part

A LAWYER whose client was taken from the Central Detective Unit by emergency medical services this week say pictures capture the bruises the man allegedly sustained in custody.

Offices close in NIB row

SIGNIFICANT line and managerial staff absences forced the National Insurance Board to activate its emergency contingency plan, which featured the closure of both its Wulff Road and Fox Hill offices.

Protest calls for action against sex abuse

ADVOCATES and survivors marched to Rawson Square on Thursday morning to protest against child molestation, incest and sexual abuse in The Bahamas.

This time we should boycott Buju Banton

Buju Banton was three years old when the late Bob Marley lived in Nassau and spent hours on end, enthralled with chasing a soccer ball around Fort Charlotte in blissful solitude. He was recuperating from being shot at his home in Jamaica.

Handing control of our port to the cruise lines would be like surrendering to privateers

When the time comes, I will make myself known as the writer of this piece, but for now, know that I am not in any way vested in either of the parties vying for management of the cruise port in our downtown.

EDITORIAL: PLP should regroup for sake of democracy

IN these columns earlier this week, we condemned the refusal of leading figures in the Progressive Liberal Party, in particular the former Member of Parliament for Fox Hill, to accept the reality of a failing economy as a result of mismanagement and alleged malfeasance during the past five years of the Christie government. We also drew attention to the requirement for stern action to restore the nation’s economic fortunes.

What it takes to make society safer

TODAY more than 1,500 cities around the world are illuminating symbolic public buildings in commemoration of the first abolition of the death penalty, which took place in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, in contemporary Italy, on November 30, 1786.

Legacy of Sir Lynden's 'millionaire' error

AT SOME time or other one has heard the proverb — “necessity is the mother of invention”.

Billionaire hit by smear stories

MEDIA boss Wendell Jones has admitted in court he hired a columnist who went on to write defamatory articles about Lyford Cay billionaire Louis Bacon as part of a “smear campaign”, despite having heard the writer may be working for Mr Bacon’s adversary in a bitter dispute – fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

Call to clamp down on poachers

FEARS have been raised over the future of the fishing industry by local fishermen who are calling on the government to ramp up its fight against poachers.

BRENT STUBBS: No medals but Bahamas did well for small nation

MOSCOW, Russia — The 14th IAAF World Championships didn’t end the way Team Bahamas expected.

Time for action - the country is in peril

AS WE have said in this column before, at least Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe has had the guts to face the facts that crime is not only destroying our people, but it is also destroying our economy. We have always found that the best way to solve a problem is to face it.

Has the public tender been abandoned at NIB?

NATIONAL Insurance’s first forensic report is yet to be completed, but what is now happening at NIB, observed a concerned Bahamian yesterday, is paving the way for another forensic review at the end of this government’s five-year term.

Global impact for study of Bahamas

A GROUNDBREAKING approach to tackling the social ills that plague the Bahamas has achieved impressive results and now is attracting international notice for its potential value to other societies.

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