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Wells: Only W.H.O.-approved tests allowed

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells says his ministry will not make a move on approving any form of additional COVID-19 testing unless first receiving the nod from the World Health Organisation to which it is aligned.

Two shot as they sat in parked car

A MAN and a woman are in hospital after a shooting in New Providence on Monday.

Cryotherapy: A curative treatment option for prostate cancer

CRYOTHERAPY is also referred to as cryoablation or cryosurgery. It uses freezing gas to destroy prostate cancer cells, while leaving the prostate gland intact. The term cryotherapy is misleading as it is not a form of surgery. Cryotherapy was US Food and Drug Administration approved for prostate cancer treatment in the year 2000. It has been used in the past 20 years as an effective, minimally invasive management option for prostate cancer.

NO QUICK FIX TO END THE KILLING: Dames concedes efforts to rein back gun violence will need time to succeed

WITH six people already dead just days into the new year, National Security Minister Marvin Dames conceded there will be “occasions like this when you have a spike” in killings.

Police crackdown in Grand Bahama

A POLICE operation targeting illegal drugs, firearms and ammunition was launched in Grand Bahama on Tuesday.

Rastafarian to appeal over marijuana charge

A RASTAFARIAN man is set to appeal a drug charge he received after police found him with $150 worth of marijuana over the Christmas holiday.

‘Why is COVID treatment proposal being ignored?’

LOCAL physicians are disappointed with the Public Hospitals Authority for allegedly ignoring a COVID-19 treatment proposal they sent months ago that they say would convert the infection from being a potentially debilitating and deadly disease, to a mild illness of short duration.

Acquitted after false report

A MAGISTRATE yesterday acquitted a man who was accused of assaulting a woman last month after it was revealed she gave false information to police.

$8,000 the price of marijuana brownies

A COOK, caught with marijuana brownies that the prosecution said he intended to sell, was fined $8,000 yesterday.

In court over $5 of hemp

AN ABACO man who was found with a marijuana joint during the Christmas holidays has been placed on probation for three months.

Miller-Uibo is The Tribune’s Senior Female Athlete of Year

WHILE there was virtually no competition for our senior female athletes on the local scene, there were a series of events that took place on the international scene despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Man jailed for unlicensed firearm

A 32-year-old man who was found with an unlicensed firearm was sentenced to 15 months behind bars on Thursday.

Man shot dead hours after double homicide

A MAN was shot dead on Wednesday night just hours after a double homicide in the Pitt Road area.

Murder accused one of two men gunned down

TWO men, including one who was charged with murder, were found shot dead in the Pitt Road area yesterday.

Man jailed over gun

A 21-year-old man who was found with an unlicensed gun that he claimed he planned to sell was yesterday sentenced to 13 months in prison.

Stash kept in man’s socks

A MAN who stashed marijuana in his socks was yesterday ordered to attend drug counseling classes for a year.

‘Everyone deserves a second chance’ says Dames

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames wants more ex-offenders to apply to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee to get their criminal records expunged, saying “everyone deserves a second chance.”

Two men found shot dead on Pitt Road

POLICE discovered the bodies of two men on Wednesday morning who were shot dead on Pitt Road.

‘I sold drugs to support family’

A 37-year-old man who claimed he sold drugs to support his family was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.

$700 fine for marijuana possession

A 62-year-old man who was found with several packages filled with marijuana was fined $700 in the Magistrate’s Court.

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