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Ten police-related deaths pending before Coroner'sCourt
Ten police-related deaths are pending before the Coroner's Court including eight shootings, one choke hold death and one civilian death in custody, revealed the Attorney General's Report 2010.
All cases involving people who die in police custody, or who die at the hands of the police, automatically go before the Coroner's Court.
Owen Rolle, 35, of Monastery Park, who is alleged to have robbed the ...
Change to police classification system for deaths
Change to police classification system for deaths
The police force has changed its classification system for deaths, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade revealed yesterday, stating that the force is doing away with the classification “suspicious death”.
Instead, Greenslade said when a murder is suspected the case will be classified as a “homicide”, and all other cases as a “sudden death report”.
“We...
'Be careful' urge police after new road deaths
'Be careful' urge police after new road deaths
POLICE are warning people to be careful on the streets after two more traffic deaths occurred on Sunday — one in Eleuthera and another in New Providence that left a man and a woman dead.
90 new cases of COVID-19, five additional deaths under investigation
The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that there were 90 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths under investigation...
'Govt has been given all information on deaths in Turin'
ITALY'S Honorary Consul in The Bahamas Alberto Suighi said as far as he knows, all the available information on the deaths of two Bahamian men who died in Italy has been forwarded to the Bahamian government on behalf of the families.
Three years on and still no files on Turin deaths
Three years on and still no files on Turin deaths
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell expressed frustration with the Italian government yesterday for its continued delay to hand over the files on the investigation of the two Bahamian men who died mysteriously in 2019.
Bahamas 15th in region for COVID-19 deaths
Bahamas 15th in region for COVID-19 deaths
THE Pan American Health Organisation's Health in the Americas country profile has revealed The Bahamas ranked 15th in the region for the number of COVID-19 released deaths from 2020 and 2021.
14 new cases of COVID-19, two deaths
14 new cases of COVID-19, two deaths
The Ministry of Health reported on Monday that there are 14 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Heart disease causes three times as many deaths as cancer
By CELESTE NIXON
Tribune Staff Reporter
cnixon@tribunemedia.net
HEART disease is the leading cause of death among women in the Bahamas, triple the number of deaths caused by all cancers combined.
Health care professionals are having to cope with problem in the face of 30 per cent of the Bahamian population living with high blood pressure.
It is estimated that nearly 60 per cent of Bahamians a...
Three more deaths from COVID-19
Three more deaths from COVID-19
MINISTRY of Health and Wellness officials have reported three more COVID-19 related deaths, pushing the nation's death toll to 833.