All results / Stories
Sort By
Date
Authors
- Everyone
- Eloise Poitier (29)
- Samora St Rose (29)
- Paco Nunez (22)
- Sancheska Brown (20)
- Eileen Carron (19)
- Paul Turnquest (17)
- Ava Turnquest (15)
- Neil Hartnell (10)
- Jeffarah Gibson (8)
- Karin Herig (8)
Briefly
Not for publication!
Is popular culture fueling gun violence?
Rhianna’s video of ‘We Found Our Love in a Hopeless Place’ illustrates rough sex, drugs and abuse.
Accused faces wait for verdict in marijuana case
A MAN on trial in connection with a 130lb marijuana seizure must wait two weeks before hearing the magistrate’s verdict.
Man denies drug charges
A JAMAICAN man pleaded not guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, discarding his initial plea two days ago when he said he owned the marijuana found in his luggage.
ACCORDING TO ME - Crime: we love it, so we're letting it kill us
I BEGIN with this truth – we as Bahamians say we want crime to decrease, but what we really mean is we only want certain crimes to decrease, while at the same wanting to be otherwise free to ignore the rule of law whenever doing so provides us personal benefit or pleasure.
Cash questions Lamm 'reward' for PLP service
FNM chairman Darron Cash is questioning whether convicted drug offender Carlos Lamm was “wonderfully rewarded” for his campaign services to the PLP with “lucrative contracts” allegedly granted to him by the government.
Reaching out to promote Carifta Games
The Local Organizers of Carifta 2013 are committed to reaching out to every circle of the community to promote this prestigious event, which is scheduled for March this year in the new Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
Woman in hospital after being stabbed in head
An 18-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the head Tuesday evening by a “man known to her”. It happened around 8pm.
Man changed plea four times over drug charges
A JAMAICAN man returns to Magistrates Court today to say whether or not he owned the marijuana found in his luggage five days ago, when he and six others were pulled over in a van following a failed attempted to be smuggled into the United States.
Drug dealer, son and police officer guilty of aiding escape
NEARLY five years after escaping detention at a police station by swapping places with his son, being helped by a policeman, and avoiding arrest for four months, convicted drug dealer Melvin Maycock Sr was found guilty of the crime yesterday in Magistrate’s Court.
'Die' Stubbs cleared of two drug charges
STEPHEN ‘Die’ Stubbs was acquitted in Magistrate’s Court yesterday of two drug charges brought against him last year, in which he faced a minimum of four years imprisonment if convicted.
Art and poetry collide in 'Saltwater Healing'
STORIES THAT are difficult to talk about and digest are retold through art and poetry in a new book by Bahamian author Angelique Nixon.
Mismanagement at NIB should be investigated
LAST MONTH, after The Tribune reported a two-day sick-out in the NIB’s National Prescription Drug Plan department, Public Relations Minister Pandora Butler denied that such an event had ever taken place. In fact, she claimed that despite our reports, morale at NIB was not at a low, rather it was “on a sharp incline”.
PLP campaign general gets a year in jail
CONTRACTOR and Progressive Liberal Party campaign general Carlos Lamm, after a trial lasting four years, was convicted in Magistrate’s Court Monday for possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Mismanagement at NIB should be investigated
LAST MONTH, after The Tribune reported a two-day sick-out in the NIB’s National Prescription Drug Plan department, Public Relations Minister Pandora Butler denied that such an event had ever taken place. In fact, she claimed that despite our reports, morale at NIB was not at a low, rather it was “on a sharp incline”.
Where did we go wrong?
I love Rihanna. Her music is upbeat, tempting and full of cool, funky grooves.
JUST IN: Carlos Lamm found guilty in drug case
CARLOS Lamm was found guilty of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply today.
Trio held after $300,000 find
THREE Central American men are in police custody after they were found in possession of more than $300,000 cash at a local hotel on Friday evening.
Fresh delay in drugs trial
AN outstanding trial transcript has again delayed a magistrate’s ruling in the possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply case of a contractor and his former girlfriend.
Man held over large cash find
POLICE arrested a 32-year-old man yesterday after finding large amount a cash which they suspected to be the proceeds of crime.