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Alarm after false report of school shooting

FALSE reports of a shooting at a private primary school caused mass panic among parents yesterday.

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Bahamas Billfish Championships underway

THE Bahamas Billfish Championships (BBC), one of the oldest and most prestigious annual tournaments in the country, got underway in Abaco at the weekend with 18 boats fishing the three-day Guana Cay Championship.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS: Barracuda/Leno Corporate Services Invitational

• RESULTS of the Barracuda Swim Club’s Leno Corporate Services Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex over the weekend:

Wilchcombe admits government doesn’t have the answers

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe, admitting that the PLP made crime a political issue, says his government now realises that they didn’t have the answers to the problem, but needed the whole community — not just PLP politicians with their secret potions— working together to combat what is now destroying the country.

We are all we have got

In 2014, there were, allegedly, some 112 homicides. The majority of these were perpetuated by relatively younger men on other younger men/women known to them or with whom they would have had a personal altercation or relationship. At the rate we have started off 2015 it is highly likely that the homicide level will exceed that of last year. The carnage, seemingly, goes on unabated.

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BUSINESS BITES: Unlike other half-baked oil projects, I hope this one succeeds - for all our sakes

The phrase “pouring oil on troubled waters” arose when seafarers saw the beneficial effect of pouring a barrel of oil on storm-tossed seas and found the waves were flattened and subdued.

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A LIFE OF CRIME: Securing a conviction

THERE were not many suspects when the apple was picked in the Garden of Eden - it was evident who took it - but, over time, crime solving has become anything but simple.

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LIFE OF CRIME: Dispensing justice

IMAGINE if it were you sitting in the witness box, under oath and asked this question: is the criminal justice system working in The Bahamas?

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LIFE OF CRIME: Making the punishment fit the crime

THE concept of punishment is part of our very selves. It presents a perverse persuasiveness, fooling us that it is the solution to all of society’s ills.

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LIFE OF CRIME: Paedophilia and the need to protect children

Paedophilia. The dark, dark secret. A terrible taboo. Surely this does not exist in the Bahamas?

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LIFE OF CRIME: Serial killers - Is a new breed of assassins lurking on the streets of the Bahamas?

A SERIAL killer holds a worldwide fascination, nicknames like “The Ripper” have entered cultural folklore and they have made many fictional writers famous.

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POLITICOLE: What will become of the PLP and The Bahamas?

I’ve never seen or heard anything like this.

Quotes from the day

Quotes from the day Paul Moss, Independent Garden Hills It's going pretty well, I think though that since we've been doing elections we should have had a better coordination with respect to buildings that we use this building while it can accomodate the

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A new entertainment network for the ‘new normal’

EWURABENA Appiah has been a freelance writer and media professional for more than a decade.

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THE PRESS BOX: SUPER BOWL OR BUST

I MUST say that I’m stoked as I prepare to head off to Super Bowl 52 (Roman numerals are overrated) in freezing Minneapolis, Minnesota as a Bud Light and Bud Light Caribbean brand ambassador. I will be broadcasting live from the Super Bowl, back to

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Butler-Turner: Baha Mar bungling risking economy

THE Bahamas’ economic future is now in “dire jeopardy” due to the “drastic miscalculations, belligerence and widespread incompetence” displayed by the current Christie administration in its handling of the Baha Mar ordeal, according to Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner.

You must stop this travesty

It has come to our attention that permits and approvals are pending, if not already issued, for a horse excursion business on Harbour Island.

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Pinder urges BPSU members not to take part in strike

JOHN Pinder, the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) president, said yesterday his organisation will not take part in the Trade Union Congress (TUC) action and urged his 13,000 members not to get involved in a “nonsensical strike” planned by a few “greedy people” that could cost them their jobs.

Will nation be found wanting?

A look at the national budget and debt over the decades reveals that spending and borrowing have grown exponentially. The country is in this mess because of both political parties, not just one or the other, so there is no point in casting blame. The country needs solutions.