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PM: Time to wipe the slate clean
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis supports expunging criminal records of people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana, he said yesterday.
Man stabbed in nightclub
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a stabbing incident that left one New Providence man in hospital early yesterday morning.
Dr Sands condemns death threats to Bishop Simeon Hall
Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands condemned death threats made towards Bishop Simeon Hall, co-chair of the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana, for his involvement with the group in conducting research on the drug.
Swiss man charged with possession of dangerous drugs
A SWISS man was charged in the Magistrate’s court on Friday with possession of 7.4 pounds of dangerous drugs.
Govt sells PHA short by millions
The government’s failure to fund Cabinet-approved spending increases has consistently left the public healthcare system facing “significant budget shortfalls” amounting to annual eight-figure sums. Documents obtained by Tribune Business reveal how t
‘Living or dead, give me my son’ – Desperate missing Marvin’s family hire private detectives
NEARLY a year after Marvin Pratt went missing, his mother Barbara Saunders is more restless than ever. “Some nights I still can’t sleep, so I just try to keep going,” the 61-year-old said yesterday.
Meditation: A heart of thanksgiving
While our neighbours to the north celebrate Thanksgiving, we continue to have harvest thoughts as well, so that it all speaks to us of being grateful.
EDITORIAL: We can’t rely on the wheel of fortune to build our future
IN the flood of overseas assistance which poured into The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian we expect few of us will have noticed one of the biggest individual contributions made towards disaster relief.
Data deal critical to $88m PMH deficit
The “crashed” healthcare data contract was critical to cutting Princess Margaret Hospital’s $88m income deficit, which exists despite patient days being five times’ higher than in other Caribbean nations.
Marijuana Commission 'will not be influenced by PM's comments'
THE prime minister’s recent comments supporting decriminalising possession of small amounts of marijuana and making the substance legal for medicinal and/or scientific purposes will not influence the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana’s report
Don't talk about crime – you will never win
If I held either the position of Minister for National Security or Commissioner of Police I would be exceptionally careful when and if I made public comments on crime…you never win.
Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
Tourists arrested after drugs found in separate incidents
SEVEN male tourists — six Canadians and one American — were arrested in two separate incidents after they were found in possession of drugs.
Millions lost in computer fiasco: PLP’s failed deal to digitise vital patient records
A FURIOUS legal battle is brewing over an $18m Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) contract that a Cabinet minister admitted has “crashed” and delivered zero value for taxpayers and patients alike.
PM gives backing for legal marijuana
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says he favours decriminalising possession of small amounts of marijuana and making the substance legal for medicinal and/or scientific purposes.
Testing the drug waters
Expunging past criminal records for the possession of drugs as put into the public media by ex-Commissioner of Police Farquharson simply is a pre-empted approach to indicate the way the Minnis Government intends to go…Testing the waters.
Mom at the end of her rope needs to raise $70,000 for son's hospital bill
THE parents of 10-year-old Tarique Miller, who suffers from a rare skin condition, are asking for the public’s assistance in satisfying a $70,000 medical bill from a US hospital that treated the youngster during the Summer after a severe swelling att
The link between prostate and breast cancer
What does prostate cancer have in common with breast cancer?The answer is the BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations. The BRCA 1 and 2 genes were first discovered in 1994.BRCA stands for Breast Cancer associated gene. Women with the inherited BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 g
40 detained as police swoop across New Providence
Two men are in custody after a series of attempted robberies - including an attempted raid which left a security guard injured on Friday. They were two in a series of arrests, with up to 40 people detained over the weekend as officers executed search
Five held after drugs found
FIVE men were taken into police custody in two separate incidents in connection with drug discoveries Thursday, the largest of these a more than $70,000 drug find.