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Eight shot in 24 hours
EIGHT people were shot, two of them dying, in the space of 24 hours in what The Tribune understands was an attack and retaliation scenario.
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.
Senator brands National Health plan 'pie in sky'
AN FNM Senator yesterday branded the Government’s comprehensive National Health Insurance (NHI) plan as “pie in the sky” given fiscal realities, and said his previous $750 million annual cost estimate for the scheme was “conservatively low”.
Almost two years and no US ambassador?
FRED Mitchell probably feels quite a hero having secured the support of the Caribbean community in his argument with the Miami-based Cuban exile group fighting for the rights of their countrymen to be treated humanely while in the Bahamas’ detention centre.
Recording calls 'clearly illegal'
THE allegations of possible surveillance of cellphone calls in the Bahamas are “startling” and, if proven, then the behaviour would be “clearly illegal”, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday.
Modernisation
By Rev Canon S Sebastian Campbell
Violent crime and its grip
In this paper, published in Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, which was chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013, Dr Nikolaos Karagiannis and his colleague from Winston-Salem State University’s School of Business and Economics, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, analyse the economic impact of crime on tourism in the Bahamas and wider Caribbean.
Replaying the same old tune
HOW many young boys are locked away because they had what may have looked like a piece of a joint on them?
GAMBLING IN THE BAHAMAS
THE gambling debate in the Bahamas has always been surreal – part of a weird fantasy world that is difficult to navigate with logic.
Ingraham speaks on anniversary of historic FNM election win
TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the election of the first government led by the Free National Movement.
Jury directed to find wife not guilty
MOMENTS before the man accused of Stephen Sherman’s “execution” testified that he did not kill the banker, his alleged accomplices walked free of the charges they faced concerning the incident on the judge’s direction to the jury.
Does government plan to go into health insurance business?
ACCORDING to PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts the Bahamas’ private insurance companies want to form their own “monopolistic cartel with unfettered powers to raise premiums to ensure profits.” Mr Roberts claims that the private companies want no government involvement in universal health insurance, the implementation of which is only a month away.
Support the police
Advice has been forthcoming from Police Officers and their former colleagues on crime for decades. The politicians from the Pindling era never really considered our suggestions. In the following paragraphs I will provide some advice on measures that should be considered and implemented. I will be brief and I will be open to the public for questions and discussions.
Man accused of masterminding plot testifies at murder trial
A MAN alleged to be the mastermind behind a plot to take gambling winnings from an immigration officer and his girlfriend told a Supreme Court jury that his initial release on bail concerning the double murder was indication of his innocence.
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Key elements of NHI still unknown, says Minnis
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday questioned whether the implementation of National Health Insurance will end up to be another one of the Christie administration’s failed promises, saying the government has yet to inform Bahamians of key elements of the healthcare plan.
Men need to learn, but society is not responsible
I keep hearing well-meaning people say that boys and young men need to learn how to be better people. They need to learn how not to be angry, how not to kill, how not to steal and rape.
Does Mitchell want his Immigration Department to be above the law?
“THEY respect neither tradition nor the law and should be exposed for the dictatorial tendencies they secretly harbour.” These were the prophetic words of the late Sir Lynden Pindling in 1990 as he roundly condemned his once admiring protégé Fred Mitchell, who had by then left the PLP and formed his own political party. Sir Lynden, dismissing the young lawyer as a “flag burner”, predicted that those “who burn the constitution one day, would bury the people another day”.
Mother of Bahamian who died in Haiti slams ministry
THE mother of Christopher Adderley, a Bahamian man who died in custody in Haiti last September, believes her son would still be alive if Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials had “listened to her and done their job” instead of ignoring her pleas for help.