The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Construction at Palm Cay has created nearly 100 jobs as a result of the project’s executives seeing the need for an expansion in the beachfront and marina property. The jobs created are either directly for the development or for contractors and subcontractors on the job. Having already quadrupled its full time local team in sales, […]

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The Bahamas and the Federative Republic of Brazil are seeking to forge closer ties in the areas of trade and investments. Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes said as much during the Occasion of the Presentation of Letters of Credence by His Excellency Carlos Eduardo Sette Camara Da Fonseca Costa, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of […]

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While the government is determined to push ahead with implementing Value Added Tax (VAT), the introductory proposed rate will not be as high as 15 per cent. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Perry Christie assured as much in the House of Assembly last evening, adding that while the actual rate has not yet been […]

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The prosecution in the trial of former Eight Mile Rock High School teacher Andre Birbal closed its case yesterday. The former art teacher is on trial for having unnatural sex with a former male student from 2002 to 2007. The final two witnesses took the stand yesterday morning, one of whom was the victim’s mother […]

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The national security minister has called for restrictions on the electronic monitoring system after several offenders out on bail have gone on to commit additional crimes, some even turning up dead. Contributing to debate on the mid-year budget in the House of Assembly yesterday, Dr. Bernard Nottage yesterday lamented the fact that the system has […]

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Tall Pines Member of Parliament (MP) Leslie Miller who was recently accused of glorifying domestic abuse, made a $1,000 donation to The Bahamas Crisis Centre yesterday to help in the fight against domestic violence. The MP was blasted last week after Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner slammed him for making a joke […]

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Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the fact that he walked out of the House of Assembly when Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) President Dr. Myles Munroe showed up did not signal a continuation of their weeks’ long argument, nor was it in any way a protest of the respected religious leader’s presence. Minister Mitchell […]

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The man accused of murdering a 24-year-old woman who had been missing for weeks before her decomposed body was found was on Thursday formally arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court while angry family and friends of the victim had to be restrained behind barricades. According to court dockets, between Feb 22and March 8, 33-year-old Hospital Lane […]

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The 35-year-old drug suspect who was allowed to marry his fiancé while in custody at the Central Police Station was on Thursday granted bail. After the prosecution did not object to bail, Senior Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs granted Kendrick Tinker, 35, $15,000 bail with two suretors. The jailhouse wedding story gripped headlines earlier this […]

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Five men were arrested yesterday in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday, police have said. Police said it was shortly after midnight Wednesday that a man was talking to two men at Redland Acres off Soldier Road when he was shot to the arm. The man was subsequently taken to hospital where […]

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