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PM accuses PLP of being copycats

FREEPORT - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is accusing the PLP of "copycatting" and taking ideas from the FNM's manifesto, particularly as it relate

Living with lupus: 'It takes courage'

THE CHRONIC autoimmune disease lupus is a little known disorder in the Bahamas, but there are those like Shanelle Brennen who have fought the disease with the utmost courage for more than 20 years.

Men in court over PI drug charges

TEN men appeared in Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with committing drug offences on Paradise Island last week.

Emergency crews fear being overlooked by new government

EMERGENCY Medical Services personnel at the Princess Margaret Hospital are afraid the new government will overlook their needs after the May 7 general elections.

Hit-and-run killer jailed for 15 years

Hit-and-run killer jailed for 15 years By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Hit-and-run killer Glinton Louis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter. Louis, 32, was convicted in March of

Paradise Island arrests as police launch drugs crackdown

POLICE arrested 11 men during a three-day crackdown on Paradise Island last week.

Former death row inmate 'waited too long' to challenge court ruling

THE Court of Appeal told a former death row inmate he waited too long to challenge a 2008 ruling.

Party by party: where the candidates stand on crime

THE Bahamas put the world on alert in early 2010 after a country which is noted for its sun, sand and sea racked up 87 murders the year before.

Plan for new RBDF base revealed

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham last night revealed his government's plans to effect the largest upgrade to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force with the construction of a new base, expanded ports and 11 new vessels.

Confrontation on the election trail

POLITICAL candidates engaged in a war of words yesterday as Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham conducted a walkabout of an opposition stronghold yesterday.

Minister stating obvious

SUCH a profound and insightful statement from our Minister from the dwarf planet Pluto - something like saying "flames are due to fires". Als

Freed from prison to be gunned down

THE COUNTRY'S latest murder victim was recently released from Her Majesty's Prison and has been "in an out of the system" for many years, police confirmed yesterday.

Drug lord must pay $250,000

ACCUSED drug lord Melvin Maycock Sr had his three year sentence upheld, but was fined an additional $250,000 by the appellate court after it dismissed his appeal to overrule a drug possession conviction for $1.2 million worth of marijuana.

DNA blames 'red splash of murder' on FNM

DNA CANDIDATE for Bain and Grants Town Rodney Moncur is blaming Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest for the record levels of violent crime.

FNM hits back at 10-point list

THE governing FNM has responded to the 10-point list of complaints about the economy issued by the PLP, calling them "false, hypocritical attacks that distort and even ignore the FNM's record"

'Smuggle drugs or be executed'

A BAHAMIAN found wandering on a South Florida beach told police he was forced to smuggle drugs into the US by a man who threatened to kill him if he refused. According to a report in

$1m to help young and beat crime

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday released $1 million to select social outreach programmes across the country making good on last year's anti-cri

PM pledges to introduce health insurance scheme

FREEPORT - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham promises to introduce National Catastrophic Health Insurance if the FNM is re-elected to office.

13 face court over drug charges

13 face court over drug charges THIRTEEN men appeared in court yesterday to face drug charges. All pleaded not guilty except for one man, who claimed the others had nothing to do with the incident. They all appeared before Magistrate Carolita Bethell on

Candidate sets out philosophy

Thank you for your kind complimentary letter published in The Tribune Wednesday, April 11 under the heading: "Ben Albury should be commended."

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