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Politics on the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - At a dinner party on Seven Mile Beach here, I asked a long-time resident (who serves on two public boards) for a briefing on the island's political parties. Curiously, he could not even recall their names. So the next day

Despite army takeover, fear strong in Mexican town

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press CIUDAD MIER, Mexico (AP) -- Schoolchildren once again chatter and scamper across the town plaza where drug gang gunmen last year torched the police station and left the remains of a dismembered man. By night, towns

Noriega returns to Panama a largely forgotten man

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) -- More than two decades after the US forced him from power, Manuel Noriega returned to Panama on Sunday as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man. Some Pa

$600,000 cash seized in raid

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Drug Enforcement Unit officers discovered and seized nearly $600,000 in cash at an apartment complex in Lucaya which has resulted in the arrest of a Bahamian man and a Jamai

BAIL HEARING DELAYED

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE bail hearing of convicted drug dealer Melvin Maycock Sr in the Court of Appeal has been delayed to Friday morning due to the absence of a judge. The 47-year-old appeared in appellate court yesterday morning

SIX MEN QUESTIONED OVER KILLING

By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net A NUMBER of people are being questioned by police in connection with the most recent Family Island murder. Superintendent Noel Curry, stationed on Abaco, confirmed yesterday evening that six

Mexico: Captured cartel leader had an arsenal

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities said Tuesday that an alleged founder of the Zetas drug cartel had an arsenal of 169 guns when he was captured Monday, and may have been linked to the abduction of nine Mexican marines. Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergar

ZERO TOLERANCE PROVES A SUCCESS

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net POLICE hailed the New Year's day Junkanoo parade as a "success", underscoring their zero tolerance mandate yesterday. Supt Stephen Dean, National Crime Prevention Office, said there were a few minor incidents w

DELAY IN EXTORTION RULING

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE ruling on the discharge or arraignment of three men suspected in a $500,000 extortion attempt was delayed in Magistrate's Court. Shakatoure Thompson, 23, Robert Smith Jr, 24, and Robert Smith Sr, 61, appea

BURGLARY AND DRUG CHARGES FOR ACCUSED

A PINEWOOD Gardens man was arraigned before two Magistrates yesterday morning on various charges, including housebreaking and possession of drugs with intent to supply. Damal Campbell, 27, first appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell in

ILLEGAL DRUGS WARNING

By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net THE Pharmacy Council has warned Bahamians of the dangers of the illegal sale of pharmaceuticals and use of black-market drugs. During a press conference at the Ministry of Health yesterday

Anything to declare?

EDITOR, The Tribune. Who do we declare to when we go through us Pre-clearance at LPIA? On the form, printed in blue there is the seal of the United States of America and everywhere through the form you are reminded that you are declaring to the Treasury

44 KILLED ON ROADS IN 2011

By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas recorded 10,563 traffic accidents in 2011, with 44 of them being fatal, according to statistics from the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Of those accidents, 8,653 were in New Provi

WOMAN ON DRUGS CHARGE

A teenage girl is behind bars at Her Majesty's Prison after being charged in connection with a $45,000 cocaine seizure. Atika McPhee, 18, of Misty Gardens was arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell on a charge of possessing three kilos

Autism and Oral Healthcare

By Dr Andre Clarke THE conference entitled, "Combating Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in The Bahamas" was presented by the Autism Speaks' Global Autism Public Health Initiative; the Caribbean Centre for Child Development; the Res

  • February 23, 2009

Autism and Oral Healthcare

By Dr Andre Clarke THE conference entitled, "Combating Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in The Bahamas" was presented by the Autism Speaks' Global Autism Public Health Initiative; the Caribbean Centre for Child Development; the Res

  • February 23, 2009

INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w

INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w

Mexico drug war refugees escape to more bloodshed

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Rafael Echeverria had a steady factory job, a modest home of his own, and enough cash to ocassionally take his family to McDonald's. It was a good life until the drug war hit Ciudad Juarez,

INSURERS FEAR PREMIUMS 'DOUBLING, QUADRUPLING'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian general insurance underwriters yesterday warned that newly-passed amendments to the Road Traffic Act could result in motor vehicle premiums "doubling, tripling, quadrupling", with some types of coverage w