Posted on 29 August 2012.
The Bahamas Crisis Centre will host this year’s Caribbean Regional Peace Conference next month where anti-violence advocates from around the world will converge to discuss new methods and strategies to help both victims and perpetrators of abuse. The event will be held under the theme, ‘Peace at homes, Peace in the community.’ Crisis Centre volunteer […]
Read the full story
Posted in National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
Nearly 200 Haitian nationals who were apprehended at sea after their vessel ran aground off Mangrove Cay, Andros last weekend will be repatriated to Haiti today, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell told the Journal yesterday. Mr. Mitchell has also called for an investigation to determine whether charges should be brought against the captain […]
Read the full story
Posted in National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
After nearly three decades of turning a blind eye to abuse, officials at the Bahamas Crisis Centre said Bahamians are finally becoming more aware and vocal about the controversial issue. But, Crisis Centre Director Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson said this newfound sensitivity to these thorny issues did not always exist “For the first 10 years there […]
Read the full story
Posted in National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday staunchly defended his government’s decision to reinstate the school-based policing initiative despite mounting criticisms by the Free National Movement (FNM). “Students have been killed and we clearly believe based on research, that until such time as we have proper security in the schools, with people properly trained to be able […]
Read the full story
Posted in Featured, National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
It appears the government may have to borrow more money to ensure continued funding of its much touted Urban Renewal project. Prime Minister Perry Christie told reporters on Tuesday that the government is not satisfied with its budget; however, he said his government is doing what it can with what it has. Mr. Christie said […]
Read the full story
Posted in National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
A top Cabinet minister has threatened to shut down Potter’s Cay Dock and Arawak Cay vendors who have refused to pay the government leasing and business licence fees. Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Alfred Gray explained yesterday why he is taking an iron fist with the vendors. Last month, he had meetings with vendors from both […]
Read the full story
Posted in National News
Posted on 29 August 2012.
If you broke it; you bought it. This pithy saying that is often attributed to General Colin Powell today illuminates how it now arises that the current administration now owes the Bahamian people a heads-up on what is really happening with the New Providence Road Improvement Project. More specifically, these people want to know how […]
Read the full story
Posted in Editorials
Posted on 29 August 2012.
By: K Quincy Parker Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson says the government must begin confiscating the proceeds of crime so the assets of criminals do not remain secure in this jurisdiction, and that the government must revoke licenses for “cash-for-gold” businesses, which he said encourages criminal activity. Mr. Thompson spoke with Journal Business […]
Read the full story
Posted in Business
Posted on 29 August 2012.
By: K Quincy Parker The president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has urged that the judiciary of each country adopt and publish its own code of judicial conduct and have it published, which will hold judges to appropriate standards of judicial conduct and inform the public of the standards of conduct that they […]
Read the full story
Posted in Business
Posted on 29 August 2012.
Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister V. Alfred Gray has admitted that he is having trouble developing the country’s farming industry, which he says holds millions of dollars in untapped revenue. Recently, US agriculture officials forecasted up to $20 billion in losses due to the most severe drought in the US “corn belt” in more than […]
Read the full story
Posted in Business