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Munroe: Public have responsibility to make criminals known to police

Speaking about the recent spike in violent crime in the country, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said on Friday that members of the public have a personal responsibility to make criminals known to police.

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US Embassy presents four vessels to Royal Bahamas Police Force

FOUR vessels have been presented to the Royal Bahamas Police Force by the US Embassy to help to protect The Bahamas, with the boats to be assigned to New Providence, Abaco, Bimini and Grand Bahama.

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Third Justice to be assigned to Supreme Court in Freeport

Chief Justice Sir Ian Winder will permanently assign a third Justice to the Supreme Court in Freeport in another three months to reduce the growing backlog of criminal matters.

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Mother of murdered teen charged with harbouring criminal

The mother of Davinique Gray, the 16-year-old who was killed in a shooting incident last weekend, appeared emotionless before the court on Friday as she was charged with harbouring a man wanted by police.

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Man accused of attempting to kill three people in a car

A 22-year-old man was sent to prison on Friday accused of attempting to kill three people in a car earlier this month.

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Bail for man accused of shop breaking

A MAN was granted $5,000 bail after he was accused of breaking into the same shop twice in Cat Island earlier this month

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Man charged with unlawful sexual intercourse

A 20-year-old is behind bars after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl twice in the last four months.

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Clubs & Societies January 12th, 2024

On Thursday, December 21, 2023, president Dominique Gaitor and the Kiwanis Club of Over-The-Hill under our theme “Service with Passion & Strength” made our annual visit to the Good Samaritan Home for the Aged, Yellow Elder Gardens.

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Tourist dies after Eleuthera car crash

A 49-year-old tourist succumbed to his injuries at a clinic in Eleuthera after traffic accident that required authorities to use the Jaws of Life.

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ERIC WIBERG: Shipwrecks of The Bahamas – Highbourne Cay Shipwreck, Exumas, 1513 Iberian, Diego Miruelo, Ponce de Leon

THE night of Tuesday, September 23, 1513, was another boisterous one for a fleet of four heavily armed Spanish vessels returning from a mission to find Florida.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Just how friendly are the skies of The Bahamas?

THEY are the lifeline to the Family Islands – those smaller planes that operate as scheduled charters, criss-crossing the skies day after day. Western Air, Pineapple Air, Southern Air, Titan, Flamingo, LeAir and more, as essential to local economies from Bimini in the north to Ragged and Crooked in the south, as air and water are to life itself.

EDITORIAL: What is the plan to tackle crime?

ANOTHER day, another murder. And then prayers, for a little boy who was doing nothing wrong in the world but who was shot in the head by a coward of a man who opened fire on three women and a child.

Four patients with COVID-19 in intensive care in Grand Bahama

FOUR Grand Bahama residents with COVID-19 require intensive care, three of them are under intubation.

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Bar president says a Judicial Complaints Committee to be formed for accountability

BAR Association president Khalil Parker said Chief Justice Ian Winder has collaborated with the Bar Council to form a committee to draft a Judicial Complaints Procedure.

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Pinder says lawyers practice of adjournments to delay court cases for clients ‘unacceptable’

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said some defence lawyers use adjournments as a litigation strategy for their clients, an “unacceptable” practice contributing to trial delays.

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Auto dealers optimistic 2023's 40% surge keeps momentum

A Bahamian new auto dealer yesterday voiced optimism that price stability and better availability will further boost sales in 2024 following a 40 percent year-over-year surge for the first 11 months last year.

Drug lure: 50% of school leavers lacking diploma

"A significant" number of young Bahamians are being lured into the drug trade as 50 percent of high school leavers graduate without even a diploma, a policy document is asserting.

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Dorian 'hangover' cuts outlook for the Summit

A Bahamian insurer yesterday voiced optimism it will soon break free of its "Hurricane Dorian hangover" and escape any potential downgrade by the industry's main creditworthiness assessor.

'Whistleblower' official should go before PAC

A top civil servant's attorney yesterday argued that what his client has allegedly suffered must "in no circumstance be allowed to happen" to other public officials who seek to expose purported "wrongdoing".

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Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosts first event of 2024

While many were enjoying the festivities on Majority Rule Day, juniors along with adults participated at the third Front 9 Golf Tournament Series drive, chip and putt event at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Practice Facility.