The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, advises donors who wish to donate to the hurricane relief effort to purchase the items listed below, which would be shipped and disbursed to the victims as needed. NEMA has a core team of personnel in the affected areas from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Family Island administrators, […]

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Attorney Alfred Sears confirmed yesterday that the writ of habeas corpus seeking to release Attorney Maurice Glinton, QC, has been denied. As a result, Glinton spent the entire weekend and the public holiday, National Heroes Day, in police custody after he was cited for contempt of court by justices of the Court of Appeal. Sears […]

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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, continues its recovery and relief efforts to those storm-ravaged areas affected by the catastrophic Hurricane Joaquin a week ago. As part of those efforts, Director of NEMA Captain Stephen Russell headed a team of clergymen into Crooked Island on Friday, October 9, to render psychological counseling and moral support […]

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International Culture Month was proclaimed in Rawson Square on Saturday, October 10, 2015. The National Proclamation also announced the 20th Anniversary of the International Culture Wine and Food Festival, which in October regularly showcases the cultures of different nationalities resident in The Bahamas. The proclamation states that “the International Culture Wine & Food Festival has […]

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Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a traffic accident that has left a 46-year-old man of Freeport dead. Reports are that on Saturday, October 10, 2015 shortly after 5 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on West Grand Bahama Highway involving a black 2001 Ford Explorer that was driven by the deceased. The lone male driver […]

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Edmund Rahming of KryS Global and Alastair Beveridge and Nick Cropper of AlixPartners, collectively the Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) to the Baha Mar resort development, last week held constructive all party talks with the development’s key stakeholder groups. Chaired by the JPLs last week’s talks brought together representatives from the government of the Commonwealth of […]

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Violent crime continued to saturate the capital this past holiday weekend, as the murder count increased by two. According to police reports, shortly before 2:00 p.m. while a man was standing in the area of Dorsette Street in Fox Hill, two men in a red Sentra approached him and opened fire, fatally shooting the victim. […]

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