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INSIGHT: After 50 years, what next for the FNM?

AFTER having just experienced one of the worst defeats in Bahamian political history, the Free National Movement is celebrating 50 years of existence and its membership is optimistic of a return to being a viable political force under new leadership.

Warning issued about onions over salmonella risk

A LOCAL food safety official is urging restaurant owners and food service providers to discard any red, yellow or white onions that were sourced from ProSource Inc in Chihuahua, Mexico and distributed through the United States due to a Salmonella outbreak.

Still no answers on butler plane

STILL not confirming that his plane, reported stolen, was in fact the one that crashed in Venezuela, Captain Randy Butler has alluded to someone at the Department of Civil Aviation signing a letter of approval for the missing plane to leave the airport.

Two more are charged over $250k drugs

TWO more men were charged yesterday with conspiring to possess dangerous drugs in connection with the seizure of $250,000 worth of marijuana from a Stapledon Gardens home last month.

Tourists with drugs must pay $450 or be locked up

TWO American tourists who were caught with $320 worth of marijuana must pay $450 to avoid spending a month locked up abroad.

FACE TO FACE: A family living up to the legacy of a legend

WHEN a giant of a man leaves the imprint of his footstep on this Earth, it can be seen for generations to come.

What are you going to do, PM?

It’s recorded both medically and socially that marijuana is a hallucinogenic, psychosis, and addictive substance. One need only go on the internet visit Webmd.com.type in marijuana and its effect.

Nine people have police records expunged for minor offences

THE police records of nine people in Grand Bahama have been expunged for minor offences and Emergency Order violations.

Drug police find hidden marijuana

GRAND Bahama police discovered marijuana hidden in bushes yesterday.

Officers sent on special assignment return in restructure

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force is in the process of restructuring with the return of three high-ranking officers who were controversially sent on special assignments in late 2019 and early 2020 after returning from forced vacation leave.

‘Stay out of trouble after $10 cocaine find’

TWO men found with a gram of cocaine were discharged on the agreement that they would stay out of trouble in the future.

Now you can apply to get your records expunged

THE Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has been directed to begin expunging the records of people convicted of breaking Emergency Orders, committee chairman Paul Farquharson said yesterday.

$800 fine for marijuana

A MAN caught with more than $200 worth of marijuana must pay $800 to avoid spending three months on remand.

Man who assaulted his girlfriend jailed for two months

A MAN who claimed he assaulted his girlfriend after she “put something in his drink” was sentenced to two months in prison on Friday.

Vagrant jailed for breaking into liquor store, stealing alcohol

A VAGRANT who admitted to breaking into a liquor store where he stole an assortment of alcoholic beverages was on Friday sentenced to two years behind bars.

DIANE PHILLIPS: The Punch and the power of one

IF you read the final issue of The Punch yesterday, published three days after the death of its editor, publisher, creator and defender Ivan Johnson, you had this sinking feeling in your gut that an important chapter in the history of The Bahamas had closed.

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