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Dames tables 17-page police crime plan The Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) top priority for this year is the prevention and reduction of crime with a concentration on “disrupting organized crime groups”, according to the Commissioner’s Police Plan 2018. In the 17-page document tabled in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Police Commissioner, Anthony Ferguson said, there were “significant challenges...

While there may be farmers who aren't keen on the idea of Haitian imports being introduced to the local Agricultural industry, there are some agriculturalists who are rallying behind Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis' efforts to widen the variety of agricultural imports into the country. Some, like Bahamian agricultural, Shomekhan Cargill, acknowledged that many Bahamian farmers feel as though the local...

The crash is the second major accident in the country this year At least 44 people have died in Peru after a bus careened off a highway into a ravine. The bus hurtled about 100 meters into the ravine in the mountainous souther portion of the country, marking the second major bus crash in the country this year. The deaths...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — WRB Enterprises, the owner of Grenada Private Power Limited (GPP), a 50 percent shareholder of Grenada Electricity Services Ltd (Grenlec), has again rejected claims by Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell that it has interfered in local politics. In comments made at a rally for New National Party (NNP) supporters, Mitchell warned WRB to “respect the people...

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent on violence. "Im going to be a professional school shooter," a YouTube user with the screen name "Nikolas Cruz" posted in September. This photo provided by...

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Just before the shooting broke out, some students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School thought they were having another fire drill. Such an exercise had forced them to leave their classrooms hours earlier. So when the alarm went off Wednesday afternoon shortly before they were to be dismissed, they once again filed out into the hallways....

Stumble, fall or crash? Investors may be wondering what to make of the dramatic sell-off in the stock market after months of tranquility. A slide that started early last week led to a sharp dive in markets Friday and Monday. The combined two-day drop represented a 6.3 percent decrease in the Standard & Poor's 500 index that undid the market's...

By JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Foles did his best Tom Brady impersonation, leading a late-game comeback to cap a season that began as a backup and ended as Super Bowl MVP. Foles' journey mirrored Brady's 16 years ago and ended late Sunday night, with green-and-white confetti falling as delirious Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrated their first...

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer The Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged but signaled that it expects to resume raising rates gradually to reflect a healthy job market and economy. At Janet Yellen's final meeting as chair Wednesday, the Fed kept its key short-term rate in a still-low range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent. It said...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch officials say the European Medicines Agency will be housed in temporary accommodation in Amsterdam before a new headquarters is completed for the agency's relocation from London. Dutch Health Minister Bruno Bruins announced Monday that the EU agency and its approximately 900 staff initially will be placed in the Sloterdijk neighborhood of western Amsterdam. The new headquarters...

A group of Haitian migrants are on the way to the capital after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters on Monday evening by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF). The 70 undocumented Haitian migrants aboard the sailing vessel, “ISLAND GIRL” were detained by HMBS Rolly Gray after being discovered by a defence force aircraft (P-68) out on routine patrol. Commodore...

On a day that holds historic significance for the Bahamian public at large, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis released a message on the now national holiday stating that Majority Rule Day should belong to everyone. "This defining moment and historic accomplishment does not belong to any one political party or segment of our people. It crosses all boundaries of party, economic...