The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

When the multi-billion Baha Mar project is completed in December 2014, the Wyndham Nassau Resort will be able to “hold its own” next to the luxurious hotels set to come on stream with the hotel development, according to Baha Mar’s Senior Vice President of Administration and External Affairs, Robert Sands. “Part of the Wyndham is […]

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The 17th annual International Cultural Festival at the Botanical Gardens has been dubbed a success by organisers despite heavy rainfall over the weekend. Officially opening the two-day festival on Saturday was Festival Chairman and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell, who said he was pleased that the festival continues to grow. “It is clear […]

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Seven-year breast cancer survivor Maxine Missick celebrated her 68th birthday on Saturday, a milestone she thought she would never see after being diagnosed with and undergoing surgery in 2005. In years past, Mrs. Missick said she probably would have never even told outsiders that she had breast cancer as the disease was often kept secret […]

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville appeared before the Constitutional Commission on Friday, making recommendations of his own for the commission to consider. The commission has already interviewed Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett and expects to interview more people in the coming weeks. Mr. McCartney commended Prime Minister Perry Christie for appointing the commission to […]

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Police are investigating the alleged murder of a man whose body was found in an open lot on Kenwood Street off Mount Royal Avenue Sunday afternoon. The deceased man, whom family members on the scene identified as 55-year-old Gregory Sands, was found just before noon at the rear of the open lot. Head of the […]

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A man was killed early yesterday morning in a car crash in Abaco, police have confirmed. The accident happened on Don McKay Boulevard at 2:45 a.m. Police said the driver of a 2004 Hyundai was travelling west and the driver of a 2001 Ford Escort was travelling east when both vehicles collided. The driver of […]

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Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham did the right thing by stepping down as Free National Movement (FNM) Leader and retiring from frontline politics, according to one top party official, who yesterday said the former leader would have been criticised either way for any decision he made. On the night of the May 7 General Election […]

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Despite numerous media reports of a rift in the Free National Movement (FNM) in the wake of the party’s defeat at the polls last Monday, party leader Dr. Hubert Minnis unequivocally denied allegations of growing tension within the FNM. Reports of trouble brewing among factions in the embattled party began even before a winner had […]

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One jury [so to speak] is still out on how Lloyd Allan Albury met a horrifying demise in a horrid place in Her Majesty’s Prison. Another such assembly is out and wondering why the police shot Reno Rolle, a man who allegedly did no wrong when he waited with other patrons of a fast-food joint […]

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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is throwing its support behind Ministry of Finance Parliamentary Secretary and South Beach MP Cleola Hamilton, whom the Opposition claims is in a conflict of interest because she also serves as Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) president. The Free National Movement (FNM) said recently that Ms. Hamilton needs to resign from […]

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