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Dames: Police considering corruption investigation unit
Due to the "growing" number of accusations of wrongdoing lodged against public figures, National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday said the police force is considering establishing a unit to exclusively investigate such claims.
Dames, who spoke to reporters outside of Cabinet, suggested that such investigations are already ongoing and assured that the government will not protect anyone.
"Th...
Child killer sentenced to 50 years
Child killer sentenced to 50 years
A man who abducted and killed a 10-year-old child was yesterday resentenced to 50 years in prison.
Clayton Cox, 49, was convicted of the murder of Scottie Andrews in 1998 and sentenced to death, the mandatory penalty at the time.
The sentence takes effect from the date of conviction.
Cox was resentenced to life imprisonment in March 2010 to comply with a Privy Council decision that said the mandat...
Oasis Furniture Extends Footprint to Bahama Hand Prints, Eleuthera
When Brooke Phillips Pyfrom flew back to The Bahamas after college, there was only one certainty in her future...
Race, Power and Privilege
Race, Power and Privilege
The death of George Floyd in the US has ignited a movement that aims to challenge the issues of racial injustice and police brutality that continue to plague that nation...
Cold trails
Cold trails
More than a month after former Bahamas Electricity Corporation Chairman J. Barrie Farrington wrote Prime Minister Perry Christie requesting the appointment of a non-partisan commission to fully investigate reports that a Bahamian official accepted over $300,000 in bribes from a French power company, Farrington has yet to receive an acknowledgement from the prime minister.
Prostate cancer awareness
Prostate cancer awareness
Six years ago, Anglican Bishop Laish Boyd said the best gift a person could give their family is health, after a routine annual health checkup detected he had elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA), which meant he had cancer in his prostate. It was in its very early stages, and he was successfully treated.
Meanwhile there are people like Valentine "Val" Maura, who has never been diagnosed with t...
Be Prepared Before The Hurricane
Be Prepared Before The Hurricane
Everybody should start making preparations now and do not wait until next week...
Davis says he's surprised by Hill's firing
Davis says he's surprised by Hill's firing
Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday he was "surprised" Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) CEO Pamela Hill was fired.
"I am rather surprised about the separation of Mrs. Hill from BPL," he said.
"I don't have all the facts or information that would have informed that decision, but I would query whether it was able to be done in a way that I am hearing it was done having regard to the obl...
Vacation-ready feet
Vacation-ready feet
The long-awaited summer vacation is finally here! But nothing ruins a perfect summer vacation faster than a painful foot. Summer is when we spend lots of time outdoors and barefoot. This increases the risk of injury and pain to the feet. From the airport to your hotel room, or from the beach to your backyard, there are many opportunities for injury to your feet, including puncture wounds, sunburn,...
Inside man
Inside man
Minister of Tourism Dionisio D'Aguilar, who was a member of Baha Mar's board when Sarkis Izmirlian was the developer, has met with Baha Mar executives under the property's new ownership.
But just months ago, D'Aguilar, Izmirlian's most ardent defender in the media and a personal friend of the Izmirlians, was declaring that Hong Kong-based conglomerate Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), was "unfit t...