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EDITORIAL: How can today’s growing crime be controlled?

CRIME! Is there a solution? Will there ever be a solution?

'Test Your Drug' app hits the Anti-Doping Commission website

THE Bahamas Anti-Doping Commission (BADC) seeks to repurpose its profile in order for athletes and the general public to get a greater understanding and appreciation of what the organisation does.Newly appointed executive director of the BADC, Petra

200 OFFICERS IN FOX HILL CELLBLOCK SHAKEDOWN

MORE than 200 officers across three law enforcement agencies conducted an overnight prison raid and recovered more than a dozen cell phones, deadly shanks and suspected marijuana.

Next stage of re-opening being considered

GIVEN recent decline in new COVID-19 cases, government officials are considering moving to the next stage for re-opening the country, one that would see a relaxation of exercise restrictions.

Jailed for stealing $40 of tools

A 48-year-old man was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday after admitting to stealing over $40 worth of tools from a local department store.

Cannabis products are ‘still illegal’

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday suggested there will be an official crackdown on the sale and use of CBD as he sent a strong warning to businesses and consumers that cannabis-derived products are still illegal.

Prison contraband – we have to stop it

AFTER correctional officers complained about being subjected to strip searches at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday contended that all efforts must be made to “stop the flow of illegal contraband” into the facility.

OWN Bahamas unveils third speaker seminar

The OWN Bahamas Foundation is preparing to host its third free speaker seminar to give Bahamian entrepreneurs insights into how to grow their own businesses.

Cut in US funds for HIV relief to have ‘no impact’

THE termination of American HIV/AIDS relief funding for the country this year will have no impact on local efforts to combat the disease, Minister of Health Dr Perry Gomez insisted yesterday.

Minister: Health insurance remains a top priority

MINSTER OF Health Dr Perry Gomez said the implementation of National Health Insurance remains a top priority for this government – especially now that the poor cannot afford basic health care services.

Cash questions Lamm 'reward' for PLP service

FNM chairman Darron Cash is questioning whether convicted drug offender Carlos Lamm was “wonderfully rewarded” for his campaign services to the PLP with “lucrative contracts” allegedly granted to him by the government.

PHA 'victim' of price gouging

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) yesterday reiterated that it had no policy to exclude Bahamian medical equipment and pharmaceutical suppliers from its Critical Care Block expansion tenders, stating it had spent almost $124 million with local distributors over the past five years.

Freeport plant in buy back and $60m expansion

The Italian founder of Freeport’s PharmaChem Technologies plant is attempting to buy it back from its French owner, a move that if successful could result in its $60 million expansion.

Sir Lynden knew the problem; Bell wants a scapegoat

KEITH Bell, State Minister for National Security, wasted much time in the Senate on Tuesday trying to blame escalating crime on the FNM government. What he should have been doing was explaining why his government’s solution to the crime problem was not working. He should also have been outlining his government’s proposals to get the guns out of the hands of criminals, and any other ideas his government might have devised to keep its election promise to reduce crime. Instead, he was finding excuses to wiggle out of his government’s election promise.

Flexing our muscles

WOMEN are being killed in the Bahamas by men who claim to love them. Obviously something is not working. The government, in its glorious wisdom, fights with the international press about its own poor record on detaining people illegally, but cannot dial back the crime they encourage to proliferate.

PharmaChem close sparks GB population shrink fears

The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) is “deeply saddened” by PharmaChem Technologies imminent closure amid fears it will further depopulate an already-shrinking Freeport.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Hemp, Hemp, Hooray!

AS we continue to linger as a nation, waiting for a final decision to be made on the decriminalisation and legalisation of medicinal and recreational marijuana, our neighbours to the north who we love to emulate so, recently made some monumental decisions in regards to decriminalising and legalising marijuana, medicinally and recreationally.

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