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INSIGHT: If black lives really matter, why are we killing each other, abusing our women and selling each other drugs?

In a period of severe racial unrest in the United States, Philadelphia-based pastor Gino Jennings, tells black people to stop giving bigots a reason to stereotype them.

Two fined for drug possession

An ex-convict who claimed he was selling marijuana because he could not find a job was fined $500 in the Magistrate's Court on Friday.

15 month sentence for carrying unlicensed firearm

A 27-year-old man who claimed he carried an unlicensed firearm because he had to get food for his family was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Friday.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Welcome back, Tellis - now you have the toughest job of your life

Standards Inspector of Security Forces. It’s an impressive title and to the best of my knowledge had not been bestowed on anyone before July 1 when it was handed with all the layers it entails to the former Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Tellis A Bethel.

Two charged with drug possession

A MAN who was caught with over two ounces of marijuana was fined $500 in court yesterday.Alfred McKinney appeared in Magistrates Court before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with possession of Indian hemp with the intent to supply, afte

Fined $1,500 for growing marijuana plants

A 40-year-old man who said he cultivated marijuana plants because he wanted to see how they grew was fined $1,500 in court yesterday. Devaughn Culmer was charged with cultivating marijuana and being in possession of a quantity of Indian hemp with th

Police increasing efforts to enforce emergency orders

AFTER three tourists were filmed jumping a fence to get to Cabbage Beach, National Security Minister Marvin Dames maintained yesterday that anyone found in breach of the COVID-19 emergency orders will suffer the consequences. This also applies to tourists, he said.

You won't see me again, man promises court

A man was yesterday fined $300 after officers found a quantity of marijuana in his bathroom earlier this month. Peter McBride, 59, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with simple drug possession after officers found 2.18 ou

Draft bill on marijuana expected 'in short order'

A DRAFT bill on marijuana legislation is expected to be presented to Cabinet “in very short order,” Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday. However, Mr Bethel told The Tribune he could not give a definite timeline on the matter as he is still w

Gunman robs woman of cash

POLICE are looking for a man who robbed a woman on Sunday. Shortly after noon, a woman was at Spikenard Road when she was accosted by a gunman who robbed her of cash. The suspect escaped in an unknown direction, police said. Police also made severa

Juvenile remanded over allegations he supplied cocaine

A JUVENILE was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys over allegations he supplied cocaine to another person and was found with a quantity of marijuana he intended to sell. The 17-year-old appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes

John Watling's rebrands COVID-19 hand sanitiser

John Watling’s Distillery has relaunched the hand sanitiser created to combat COVID-19 under the Buena Vista Estate name. Just three months after its initial launch, the company said it has has partnered with Blanco Chemicals to locally source spray

Stuart Cove: 'I'm no quitter'

A leading Bahamian excursion provider expects to resume business today with less than 10 percent of pre-COVID volumes, as he pledged: “I’m no quitter.” Stuart Cove, principal of Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, told Tribune Business “we should probably n

RBDF officer among those arrested for possession of drugs

A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force officer was among several people arrested on Friday and accused of drug possession. Shortly after 1pm on Friday, officers from the Operations Unit while patrolling Lewis Street, observed the occupants of a silver Honda

Chisholm makes his debut in camp for Marlins

AS the Major League Baseball season nears the start to its 2020 season, Jazz Chisholm made his debut in camp for the Miami Marlins.

Fine after admitting marijuana possession

A 20-year-old man was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine after he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession with the intent to supply in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Jacobee Black appeared before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis after officers seiz

Jamaican man charged with possession of drugs

A JAMAICAN man was charged in Freeport last week with possession of dangerous drugs. George Anthony Ellis, 30, of St Andrew’s, Jamaica, pleaded guilty in Magistrate’s Court to the drug possession charge and was ordered to pay a fine of $400. After p

'New boater obstacle' in Customs check-out

New Customs “check-out” processes have created “another obstacle to encourage boaters not to visit”, the Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) chief blasted yesterday. Peter Maury told Tribune Business he had already received complaints from visiting

Cannabis reform - ‘get on with it’

MEMBERS of the Rastafarian community say they want the government to stop “dragging their feet” on marijuana law reform, noting the drug, if legalised, could help aid the country’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

Witness heard shots and says he saw the accused with a gun

A JURY yesterday listened to the closing arguments from Crown and defence counsel on whether an accused man shot and killed another man who was found in a shallow grave on an undeveloped plot of land in 2018. The panel is expected to decide the fate

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