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48-year-old denies he was planning to sell marijuana
A 48-year-old man yesterday denied allegations he was caught with over $100,000 worth of drugs he planned to sell.
Couple’s killer appeals verdict
A MAN convicted of executing a married couple in Grand Bahama four years ago after he tried to rob the husband of $2m has launched an appeal.
'We can’t have a country where children can’t walk home safely'
IN the wake of a ninth-grade student being fatally stabbed, the National Crime Council is drawing up plans for ways to help end gang violence.
Grounds for refusal of citizenship expanded
THE Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2018 features expanded grounds for the refusal of citizenship under the constitution, and registration and naturalisation under the law to include terrorism, human and drug trafficking, as well as gang-related activities.
US report names Bahamas as money laundering jurisdiction
THE Bahamas was listed among major international money laundering jurisdictions in 2018, a newly released United States Department of State report said, highlighting sources of laundered proceeds included firearms trafficking, human smuggling and tax fraud.
US ‘jumping to conclusions’ on suspect deals reporting
The US was yesterday accused by a former finance minister of “jumping to conclusions” over its assertion that too few suspicious transaction reports (STRs) are filed by Bahamian banks.
INSIGHT: More than just a uniform
“NO, it wasn’t just the uniform for me. It was the attitude and professionalism of the first officers I came into contact with. It was my admiration for them and how they treated my family during a very serious time, that’s what drove me to the Royal Bahamas Police Force,” was how outgoing Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean summed up his initial interest in the organisation he would help develop over a 38-year period.
INSIGHT: When we have children killing children we are all at fault
Everyone becomes the expert in times of tragedy. There is no shortage of judgment and criticism when empathy would do just fine. When a child’s life is taken - as in the case of the young boy stabbed last week - we fear that in our violent society this could have happened to any one of our children. Emotions run high and people seek to point out who is at fault. However, that is one of the most harmful things we can do in times like these.
Police Advice: Children are watching what we do
Parents, get involved in your children’s lives before it is to late
Man found shot at business
A MAN is in hospital after he was shot in Grand Bahama on Saturday, police said.
Four face court over marijuana charges
FOUR men were charged with possession of dangerous drugs in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Two in court accused of electricity theft, causing damage to GB Power Company
TWO men accused of electricity theft and causing damage to Grand Bahama Power Company property of over $650,000 were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Man in custody after firearm found
ONE man is in custody after police recovered an illegal firearm in a search of a home on Cumberbatch Alley Thursday.
‘We won’t give up on missing Marvin’
A SUPREME Court judge has dismissed a human rights group’s application to have police produce a Gambier Village resident they deny ever taking into custody.
EDITORIAL: A man cannot be allowed to just disappear
Where is Marvin Pratt?
Two expected to face charges over electricity diversion claims
Two people are expected to be formally arraigned and charged this morning in connection with a complaint filed by Grand Bahama Power Company into alleged electricity theft.
Cop fired ‘like at target practice’
THE lifelong friend of a teenager whose death at the hands of police sparked the 2010 Bain Town riot yesterday claimed the officer who killed him got down on one knee and shot him as if it was target practice.
2,442 cases of child abuse reported from 2015-2018
THERE were roughly 2,442 cases of reported child abuse from 2015 to 2018, according to Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell.
We would need an officer on board
As a result of the meeting with President Trump are we to understand that the US was offered to up their presence in the southern Bahamas presumably the Inagua RBDF base, to police the waters south of Inagua for contraband — migrant smuggling and especially drugs which head to the US?
Port Authority willing to ‘broker’ fake device deals
Activists yesterday said the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) had expressed a willingness “to step in and broker” settlements to the island’s “fake energy saving devices” controversy.