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$500 fine for Eleuthera drugs sellers

TWO Eleuthera men who were caught last week selling drugs in Governor’s Harbour were each fined $500.

It’s time to legalise cannabis

Fire can be one of the most destructive forces on the planet, but it also is one that has been a valuable asset to humanity when harnessed and wielded correctly. Many other natural things in life follow the same template – they can be fabulous tools for good or they can be misused when in the wrong hands.

Marijuana not priority

I am constrained to compliment The Bahamas Christian Council on two of its most recent decisions.

FRONT PORCH: Religious leaders would do well to remember what their real role is in our society

At the time of his death in 2013 at the age of 99, the American evangelist and Southern Baptist Minister Rev Billy Graham was a revered figure globally.

Man fined $1,200 for joints

A 24-year-old man found with three pounds of marijuana was fined $1,200 yesterday.

The role of religion

The first thing to understand is a lot of religious leaders whilst being competent in theological matters are not necessarily well educated in other fields. Good orators, yes, and like magicians able to hold an audience’s attention but not intellectual powerhouses. There have been two issues in the last few days which highlight this.

13 months in jail for firearm guilt

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 13 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to an illegal firearm and ammunition possession in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

$250 fine for marijuana

A 31-year-old man who was found last week with over an ounce of marijuana was fined $250 yesterday.

Viagra for Women

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 21, 2019, approved the new "female Viagra", a sexual libido enhancing medication called Vyleesi. Vyleesi is not a pill; it is a self or partner-administered injectable that should be given 45 minutes before sexual intercourse. It has been recommended that Vyleesi should not be administered more than once in a 24-hour period and it should not be used more than eight times in a given month.

‘Sermons can’t be censored’

THE head of the Bahamas Christian Council Bishop Delton Fernander said Bahamians must be careful of forming a “sermon censoring” society.

EDITORIAL: Ellis offers criticism, but no solutions

BISHOP Neil Ellis was the talk of social media yesterday, after he took a break from rendering unto God to loudly condemn Caesar.

Bahamas misses over marine genetics share

The Bahamian people are earning nothing from foreign exploitation of this nation's marine genetic resources that has produced over 100 "new natural products", a report has revealed.

Churches hold firm against marijuana

THE Bahamas Christian Council does not support plans for a marijuana or a hemp industry, saying this is not the solution for the country’s woes.

Commissioner: Marijuana still illegal - and you'll be locked up if caught with it

COMMISSIONER of Police Paul Rolle made it clear on Friday those found with “dope” will get locked up until the law changes as possession of the substance is still illegal today.

$2,000 fine for four ounces of marijuana

A man found with over four ounces of marijuana was yesterday fined $2,000.

Legalising marijuana urged - and expunging records

THE Economic Recovery Committee has recommended that up to two ounces of marijuana be made legal for personal use in The Bahamas – this as Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday that criminal records for those convicted of having small amounts of the substance will be expunged starting next year.

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