March 21, 2024
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe. Photo: Dante Carrer
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Two RBDF ships to deploy to Haiti before End of year
THE Bahamas’ substantial involvement in a multinational security support mission to Haiti may beagin by the end of this month, according to National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, who said two boats will be deployed by December 22 to patrol offshore areas, intercept illegal firearms entering Haiti, and prevent migrants from leaving the country.
Voluntary withdrawal ‘does not apply’ to RBDF
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said a voluntary withdrawal order for Bahamians in Haiti does not apply to defence force officers.
Munroe dismisses Cartwright’s call for Parliamentary Select Committee on crime
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe dismissed St Barnabas MP Shanendon Cartwright’s renewed calls for a Parliamentary Select Committee on crime following the country’s recent murders.
Munroe: Eight percent rise in arrests over last year and 48 percent increase in charges
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe reported a 48 percent increase in charges against people this year compared to the same period last year.
Munroe says he can’t confirm if police probe findings would be made public
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said he could not confirm whether the findings of a police corruption probe linked to voice notes would be publicised.
Munroe’s claim on Roles of DPP and COP rejected
TWO prominent defence lawyers rejected National Security Minister Wayne Munroe’s assertion that neither the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) nor the Commissioner of Police has a role in deciding the fate of officers who get adverse findings in police-involved killings.
Munroe: No reason to fear police probe
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said he doesn’t believe people who may be questioned as part of a Royal Bahamas Police Force corruption probe should fear for their lives despite several coincidences that have unsettled the public.
Munroe says he always had faith in police force
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe rebuffed assertions that he shifted his tone on the ability of police to investigate themselves when he became a Cabinet minister.
‘Gibson owes judges apology for comment’
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said Long Island MP Adrian Gibson should apologise to judges for saying their biases could affect the outcome of trials where they must render a verdict in the absence of a jury.
Munroe: No agenda against prison chief
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe denied pursuing a personal agenda when he sent former prison commissioner Charles Murphy on administrative leave shortly after the 2021 general election.
‘Folly’ to release PwC’s $357m GBPA research
A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted it would be “folly” for the Government to disclose evidence showing how the $357m payment demand issued to the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) was calculated.
Police ‘have technology to catch assassins’
POLICE have the technology to determine who is receiving assassination orders from inmates at the Bahamas Department of Corrections and the resources to prove someone is a gang member, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday.
‘Well being of The Bahamas does not permit us to accede to Amnesty International’s request’
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe rebuffed Amnesty International’s call for countries to suspend repatriations to Haiti and revealed that two Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessels departed for Haiti with 263 Haitian nationals on Tuesday.
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