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July 22, 2011
Maycock Sr. asks court to remove ankle bracelet

Alleged drug dealer Melvin Maycock Sr. yesterday asked a court to remove his ankle bracelet because officials at the monitoring center were trying to restrict his movements.

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June 17, 2011
Police officers testify in drug case

Police took up surveillance of a go-fast speed boat several days before a similar vessel was seized in connection with a $4 million marijuana seizure, a magistrate's court heard yesterday.
Officers 971 Breon Davis and 2584 Patrick Clarke testified that they observed the vessel near a boat hangar at Arawak Cay in September 2009.
According to the officers, they saw Stephen Stubbs of Ridgeland Park, ...

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June 11, 2011
Nine on trial in connection with major drug find

Police arrested nine men in con- nection with the seizure of 852 pounds of marijuana earlier this year. However, during their trial there was some discrepancy as to whether the drugs were found in The Bahamas or international waters.
Lathario Rose, 36, of Rupert Dean Lane, who is also known as Dion "Buju" Minnis; David Colebrooke, 49, of Jasmine Gardens; Dwayne Henderson of Prince Charles Drive; N...

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March 23, 2011
Murder suspect with ankle bracelet goes missing

A monitoring agency has confirmed that a murder suspect was in the area where a man’s badly burned body was found Sunday night, The Nassau Guardian has learned.
However, ICS?Security Concepts has lost track of Cambridge Lane resident Brandon Humes since the discovery of a man’s charred remains in South Beach, according to a well-placed source.
In January, a judge released the accused t...

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March 03, 2011
Remarks by Rt. Hon Hubert A. Ingraham at the Opening of Third Agri-Business Expo

Agriculture and fisheries hold a special place in our national consciousness. Bahamian history illustrates the inextricable link between these sectors and the development of communities throughout our archipelago, whether sports fishing in Bimini or commercial fisheries in Spanish Wells; harvesting cascarilla in Acklins or growing pineapples in Eleuthera or onions in Exuma.

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September 27, 2010
Never hide in a dumpster after robbing Walmart

Trying to hide from the police, James Brienzo jumped into a dumpster. Unfortunately for him, a trash compacter collected him and the garbage before he could escape.

Police got a call from Brienzo?s friend and eventually from the man himself, whose cell phone still worked from inside the trash truck. In fact, police were able to find Brienzo using the GPS from his cell phone. Talking to the 911...

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September 07, 2010
Gov says storm drain contracts should prevent flooding

Four contracts have been signed by the government for the maintenance of hundreds of storm drainage wells in an effort to prevent flooding in New Providence, Public Works Minister Neko Grant said.

"The contracts provide for maintenance, by cleaning and blowing with compressed air,

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June 18, 2010
The 2010 Forestry Act passed

The 2010 Forestry Act should come into force by July 1, 2010, to enforce the Government?s comprehensive plan for land-use.
GIS maps were presented publicly at a Town Meeting held on June 15 at 7:00 P.M. in the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center, off Thompson Boulevard.

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January 13, 2009
Nat'l Security Minister observes Jamaica's electronic monitoring system

The Minister of National Security, Hon. Tommy Turnquest, led a delegation of government officials to Jamaica on 8 January 2009, to observe the Government of Jamaica?s Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Pilot Project.

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