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A COMIC'S VIEW: If it's good enough for Her Majesty, it's good enough for us
A FEW weeks back in this column, I wrote about the state of Illinois innovative Bill 1483 regarding legalising and decriminalising recreational marijuana use, for adults over 21 years of age.
PMH owed $700m in historic unpaid bills
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital is owed over $700m in unpaid bills accumulated over the last 30 years, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.
Rastafarians plan to sue for religious use of marijuana
LEGAL action from the Rastafarian community may speed up the government’s track on cannabis reform as one group has announced plans to sue for religious use.
Get things under control, Minister
THERE are Ministers who can’t go a day without being on the news. So often they appear, usually they talk absolute rubbish as one did last week. Upstaging more senior ministers is a no-no.
Turin 2: No trace of drugs
NO drugs were found in the bodies of Alrae Ramsey and Blair John, Italian news media reported yesterday.
Austin Knowles to walk free in six years
CONVICTED Bahamian drug smuggler Austin Knowles will spend just over six years in prison and forfeit $1m for his role in an international conspiracy and drug trafficking scheme in 2002.
'Helping Our Youth Through Education And Sports'
FREEPORT - For more than three decades, Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee has helped to impact the lives of more student athletes than he can count through HOYTES.
Dames sets background to reality of murders
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said murders are down 21 percent while overall crime is down seven percent compared with this time last year, two of many figures he announced during a data-heavy budget speech in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Break up the boys club
WHEN you look at Parliament, you’d be forgiven for thinking it looks like a men’s club.
Do Bahamains have a pornography addiction?
GROWING concerns over pornography addiction globally are making local health professionals take a closer look at the often taboo issue that can impact mental health.
Autopsies reveal friends drowned
INITIAL reports from the autopsies of Alrae Ramsey and Blair John have added another layer of questions to the mystery of the men’s deaths.
Marijuana: We can't be left behind
MARIJUANA is an “industry that we should not turn our back on”, Caribbean Development Bank president Dr William Warren Smith has warned, adding it would be “foolhardy” for countries in the region not to capitalise on the opportunities the plant brings for the medical, agriculture and trade industries.
Protest calls for action against sex abuse
ADVOCATES and survivors marched to Rawson Square on Thursday morning to protest against child molestation, incest and sexual abuse in The Bahamas.
Case against legalising marijuana
Today in The Bahamas and in countries throughout the Caribbean and around the world, the marijuana debate rages on!
Death which sparked Bain Town riot ruled lawful
A TEENAGER’S death at the hands of a police officer that sparked the 2010 Bain Town riot was justified, a Coroner’s Court jury ruled yesterday.
Sound wave therapy for erectile dysfunction
Low intensity shockwave lithotripsy (Li-ESWT) has the great potential to offer a curative treatment for poor blood supply/vasculogenic erectile dysfunction, which is a common cause of poor erections for many men.
POLICE ADVICE: Don't be a target – if you are a senior, keep safe
SENIOR citizens continue to be the fastest growing segment of our population and that makes them a prime target for con artists and thieves.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Don't let the opportunities given to us by marijuana go up in smoke
I’VE noticed over the past few weeks, especially on the talk show circuit, that the narrative of those against the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana in the Bahamas is starting to change, with talking points becoming far more objective.
37-year-old jailed for two years after he admits carrying cocaine
A 37-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to drug related offences.
Gunpoint robbery
A business was robbed at gunpoint and two men were arrested in connection with possession of dangerous drugs in Freeport, police reported.