The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Family members of deceased war veterans yesterday paused in honour before laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in the Garden of Remembrance.

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney has blasted the Christie administration for refusing to state its position on next month’s gambling referendum, saying it is duty bound to let the Bahamian people know whether it is in favour of or against it. Mr. McCartney said it is “amazing” to see the prime minister’s “lack […]

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Just days after the nation’s chief admitted that next month’s referendum is unconstitutional former Attorney General Carl Bethel went a step further and said the entire process is illegal. Mr. Bethel, who previously served as attorney general in the Ingraham Cabinet, said the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) web shop referendum does not meet the necessary […]

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Bahamians – in particular business owners – are being advised to look out for various types of fraud as the holiday season approaches. The warning came on Friday by officers from the Business and Technology Unit, who explained that credit card fraud, counterfeit currency, advertisement scams, employee and identity theft are prevalent around this time […]

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More can be done for women in the country but The Bahamas has come a long way since the women’s suffrage movement and successive governments must be congratulated for the development of women in the country, according to former Minister of Social Services, Loretta Butler-Turner. Mrs. Turner, who spoke with the Bahama Journal last week, […]

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A father and his daughter were arrested over the weekend after being found with drugs and firearms. The 15-year-old girl and her 50-year-old father were found in possession of two illegal pistols and a large quantity of ammunition and suspected marijuana. Reports indicate that around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, officers from the Mobile Division executed a […]

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Police are investigating a fire at Magic City Night Club, located in the Cable Beach Shopping Centre, West Bay Street. According to reports sometime around 4:23 p.m. Saturday, police received information that smoke was emanating from the establishment. Firefighters responded and met the interior of the 13 rooms, single storey, stone structure engulfed in flames. […]

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A group of local pastors fear that the consideration to legalise gambling is just the beginning of the government publicising talks to outlaw other issues that for years have been taboo in Bahamian culture. The pastors said in the coming months they believe other “immoral” issues like homosexuality and prostitution will also be debated at […]

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Key findings from a 1999 Australian report on that country’s gaming industry has revealed that 80 per cent of their residents who gambled the year before spent nearly $11 billion, more than 290,000 of their residents were “problem gamblers” and that one in 10 Australians surveyed said they have contemplated suicide due to their gambling […]

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How the rest of the world now sees The Bahamas could change for the worst if the government decides to go forth with the gambling referendum as it currently exists, according to Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis. Dr. Minnis told reporters at a news conference at the party’s Mackey Street headquarters that […]

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