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FACE TO FACE: It was all so different when police and communities worked together - to everyone’s benefit

I called up an old friend to say happy birthday yesterday, and I realised that sometimes, we miss opportunities to show gratitude and give merit to those who work selflessly for the betterment of their country. Retired Chief Superintendent of Police Derek Burrows is no exception.

INSIGHT: The presumption of innocence

Former Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell’s (PLP) November 2014 immigration policy explicitly targets people who are already here legally; not people who have violated the Immigration Act. The focus was on people being “documented”, “regularised” and having “papers”; not on whether they broke any laws. Having just come to office, Brent Symonette (FNM) seems intent on blithely continuing this heresy.

INSIGHT: More than a case number - the families fighting to save their homes

In the ongoing battle between the government and human rights activists over the threatened demolition of shanty towns too often the individual stories of the families involved are forgotten.

FACE TO FACE: My Bahamian queen in the year of Independence

This special Independence edition is dedicated to the very first person I ever saw face to face in this entire world – my mother. As I reflect on my country, its achievements, and where it needs to go in the future, I continue to honour those who have paved the way. My mother Agatha Watson is among them.

FRONT PORCH: Archbishop Tutu’s rainbow vision and ethic

A RELATIVE recalls a solemn service at Westminster Abbey in London, one of the United Kingdom’s and the Church of England’s most prestigious religious edifices. A Royal Particular, the Abbey is directly responsible to the British Sovereign, the head of the Church. It is the site of coronations since William the Conqueror in 1066.

FACE TO FACE: And the award goes to . . me!

DECEMBER got off to an amazing start for me. I had an unexpected surprise that has really inspired me to press on with my personal mission of “Getting Good News in the News”. I was chosen as the “Media Advocate of the Year” and received an Icon Award during celebrations for Disability Awareness Week.

Knights hold seven point lead

THE defending champions CR Walker Knights hold a slim seven-point lead over the CV Bethel Stingrays going into the final day of competition in the senior segment of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Track and Field Championships.

Receiver 'perplexed' by court's verdict

A well-known accountant has described a Supreme Court judge’s decision to remove him as the receiver for a multi-million dollar Abaco resort/marina development as “baffling and perplexing”, adding that the verdict was “detached from reality”.

Sports in brief

BOWLING

Judge dismisses bail plea by men facing extradition

FIVE of 11 men whose extradition requests to the United States on drug trafficking charges have been approved by the Court of Appeal must now ask that same court to consider reinstating their bail after a Supreme Court judge yesterday dismissed their bail applications.

Sports Notes

JACOBI Bain, playing in the prestigious 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships, advanced to the quarter-finals with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 win over Tomas Moretto of Argentina. He will go on to play No. 13 seed Maximo Lucentini Sanchez of Argentina 8am today.

Christie the modern Caesar

The decision of Prime Minister Perry Christie to announce his intentions of running again for the leadership position of the PLP at the party’s imminent convention while at a recent event in North Andros, the site of the highly touted Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute or BAMSI, was a stroke of genius.

52-year-old mother admits that she agreed to take drugs into prison

A MAGISTRATE yesterday said he was “lost for words” in the case of a 52-year-old woman who admitted that she agreed to traffic drugs into the Department of Correctional Services.

Cybots and defending champions Stingers stay alive

THE defending champions PJ Stingers and former champions Mail Boat Cybots both staved off elimination Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its best-of-five divisional championship series.

‘Reno’ rocks New York

IN dominant fashion, Bahamian boxing icon Tureano “Reno” Johnson staked his claim as a major contender for the International Boxing Federation’s middleweight title.

Jury in US sailor’s murder case hears witness statement

THE statement of a man who claimed to have witnessed the murder of an American sailor was read into evidence yesterday after unsuccessful attempts by prosecutors to locate him to give sworn testimony.

Landfill fires must end for Baha Mar’s opening

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday suggested it would be impossible to open Baha Mar without stopping the New Providence landfill’s frequent fires, describing the resulting air pollution as “equivalent to raw sewage on the beach”.

Sweeting elected president of Baseball Federation

TEDDY Sweeting, the long-time secretary general, was elevated to the top post, becoming just the third president of the Bahamas Baseball Federation after incumbent Craig ‘Salty’ Kemp declined to seek another two-year term in office.

CC Sweeting Cobras senior boys win D-Squad Pre-Season basketball tourney

THE annual D-Squad Pre-Season Basketball Tournament wrapped up this weekend with reigning tournament champion CC Sweeting Senior High School walking away victorious once again.

Protest over plan to move Potter’s Cay stalls

MEMBERS of the Potter’s Cay Fish, Fruit and Vegetable Vendors Association yesterday staged an angry protest, hoping to thwart attempts by the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resource to move a number of stalls from the site as a part of the multi-million dollar Potter’s Cay Dock redevelopment project.

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