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Mother and son vicitms in double killing

A MOTHER and son were brutally murdered Tuesday night bringing the country's homicide count for the year to 65. The incident occurred shortly after 10pm inside an apartment at Buttonwood Avenue off Pinewood Garden

FNM fires back over slush fund claims

THE FNM hit back at State Minister of National Security Keith Bell's allegation that confiscated drug money was used as a "slush fund" under the former government - claiming the minister's comments reveal he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Minnis: Paranoia has led to extra security around PLP officials

CONCERN about the fall-out from promises made to shady campaign donors has led to increased security around top PLP officials, opposition leader Dr Hubert Minnis suggested yesterday.

What Urban Renewal 2.0 will mean for the Bahamas

The commissioner of police's statement on Urban Renewal: Background THE flagship Urban Renewal 2.0 Programme is a direct response to past and current problems facing a number of inner city communities in

Time for PLP to talk tough to law breakers

UNLIKE PLP leaders, we are not so unreasonable as to blame the continuing rise in crime on either political party. We have always maintained that if one follows the trail, today's crime is a natural progression

Arguments over women blamed for climbing murder rate

ARGUMENTS over women are a significant factor in the country's steadily-climbing murder rate, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said. In announcing the laun

Mother's plea for 'innocent' son

Mother's plea for innocent son THE emotional mother of Stephen "Die" Stubbs yesterday made a double-sided appeal to law enforcement officials to release her "innocent son and allow him to live his life in peace". Stubbs was arrested at the Ridgeland Park

Gambling is a sure-fire bet

EVERY day, a considerable number of Bahamians commit a crime.

Analysing the election

Having observed the performance of two governments over the last ten years and the result of the recent general election I feel compelled to comment as follows: It is difficult to understand how a government

'Public must stop hiding criminals'

POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday, crime and murders would be significantly lower if "members of the public would stop cloaking criminals".

New mix-tape to become movie

THE story behind Bahamian rapper Sasha Dunn's new mix-tape will become the plot of a movie, scheduled to hit the big screen towards the end of the year.

Killed because he had no cash

A 39-year-old Joe Farrington Road man became the country’s latest murder victim, dying in the hospital Saturday morning having been shot on Friday because he had no money to give his attacker.

Ingraham bids farewell as FNM leader

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham bid farewell as the Free National Movement’s longest serving leader at the party’s convention this weekend.

Mouth care during chemotherapy

When a person is diagnosed with cancer, it is very common for the person to become apprehensive about the diagnosis. It often strikes fear in many persons and such a diagnosis is received with the worst expectations.

Provisions of crime act 'to be repealed'

THE GOVERNMENT yesterday announced they will repeal all of the "unconstitutional" provisions of the Police Act in an attempt to separate politics and national security. In the Speech from the Throne, which was rea

Gold standard reads for our policymakers

Every Bahamian who thinks about our public policies should read these two recent books - short, punchy, and written in non-academic style that anyone can appreciate. The first one is In Gold We

No update on ten Jamaican men missing at sea

POLICE yesterday said they have no information on the ten Jamaican men who went missing out to sea after leaving Grand Bahama for Miami.

Code of ethics must be enforced

IN VIEW of the PLP's past record and the public's criticisms of its various scandals over the years, Archbishop Drexel Gomez urged the Christie administration to quickly establish a Code of Ethics to which the new governme

The threat of dengue fever

"A widespread outbreak of dengue fever (has) occurred...The disease made its appearance in New Providence in October and spread rapidly. Unless the most stringent measures are taken to control the breeding of (the Aedes aegypti) mosquito, outbreaks of the d

'Jamaican crooks were smuggled from Freeport'

THE SEARCH for a group of missing Jamaican men has reportedly uncovered an illegal trafficking scheme using Bahamian waters to access the United States.

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