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PM hails drugs finds as he meets US representatives
AROUND 700 pounds of cocaine, 4,000 pounds of marijuana and 26,000 marijuana plants were recovered by law enforcement officers since September 2011, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced yesterday.
Freeport tale inspires thriller
A local author, and a Bahamian graphic artist, have pooled their talents to launch a novel inspired by true events that happened in Freeport.
Healing the goal of Sycamore Tree scheme
AN initiative at Her Majesty’s Prison that fosters reconciliation between offenders and victims is taking root.
What is the true murder count?
THE Nassau Guardian reported that the murder of Dario ‘‘China’’ Knowles marked the 100th murder for 2012.
Four-year sentence for drug possession cut for being too harsh
A MAN convicted of drug possession and sentenced under last year’s amended law had his four year mandatory minimum sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.
Alcoholism and oral health
Alcohol is the most common drug of abuse and is a depressant of the central nervous system.
THINK UP: A psychological perspective on gambling
Much is abuzz about gambling and its legalisation in the Bahamas.
Bahamian firms' fears over PHA supply 'travesty'
A senior Chamber executive last night said it would be “a travesty” if Bahamian medical and pharmaceutical equipment suppliers were excluded from bidding on contracts associated with the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) expansion, with the sector seeking a “level playing field” and “transparent, open” process.
Family anger at detention death
A distraught family from Atlanta, Georgia is threatening to sue the government for the death of a beloved relative, who was denied his prescription drugs at the detention centre.
Rupert Dean Lane man will have to wait to have his bail application heard
A MAN who, with two others, was convicted in Magistrate’s Court in connection with a $6 million drug smuggling operation appeared in the Court of Appeal yesterday hoping to be granted bail pending his appeal.
18 years for killing with screwdriver
A MAN who fatally stabbed another man in the head with a screwdriver during a fight at a tyre shop in Nassau Village was sentenced to 18 years in prison yesterday.
Mother accuses own son in drugs case
A MOTHER told a Magistrate in court that it was her son’s marijuana that police officers found in her Market Street home over the weekend.
Abusing the bible
THE writer of “Fight in the church” uses Revelation 12:17 to justify the appalling actions of a group of sacreligious nutcases , fighting over the possession of a church.
Voices of women must be heard
DURING the most recent general election in the United States of America, I came across an interesting online flyer captioned “The Republican Party Rape Advisory Chart”. It listed a set of talking points on the seven types of rape in the minds of a “Republican rape apologists.”
Masked man in shotgun raid on grocery store
A WEEKEND filled with crime saw a masked man armed with a shotgun robbing a grocery store, a mother and son arrested for drug possession, and a police chase ending with a stolen car crashing into a home.
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.
Father and daughter jailed
A FATHER was sentenced to two years in prison, and his daughter to a year, after the pair were convicted in Magistrate’s Court of having $16,000 worth of cocaine.
Killer says sorry to victim's mom
A MAN, whose sentencing on a murder conviction has been delayed until December 3, apologised yesterday to the mother of the victim who was fatally stabbed during a fight at a tyre shop in Nassau Village two years ago.
Visit to embassy for rap and poetry contestants
ON Monday, the winners of the “Youth Expression Against Drugs” essay, rap and poetry competition and representatives from the Bahamas National Drug Council visited the US Embassy for a special tour and discussions with US Charg� d’Affaires John Dinkelman.
PLP carpunkled up gambling issue
What were the words of Pontius Pilate when he washed his hands of making the decision whether Christ should die or not?