The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis told the delegates at the United Nations yesterday that “peace and justice are as indivisible as the bond of human dignity, which transcends race, creed, ethnicity and  every circumstance of birth amidst the exuberant diversity of humanity.”  Dr. Minnis  was at the United Nations, New York, on […]

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Police  are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred  yesterday, which has left an adult female with injuries. According to reports, shortly after 9:00am, a woman was standing at a bus stop on Farrington Road, when she was approached by a male who stabbed her about the body, before running away. She was transported to hospital […]

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The getaway driver of a brazen armed robbery got more than he bargained for when he set out to rob a bank customer this morning.  Police say  that a customer was about to enter the  Royal Bank of Canada  Prince Charles Branch after 11:00am when a man robbed him of several deposit bags before jumping […]

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A woman is  behind bars after pleading guilty to over 10 counts of fraud. Latoya Seymour, 44, was yesterday formally charged before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis on 11 counts of fraud by false pretenses. It is alleged that over the course of two weeks, the accused, obtained $8,440 from 15 people. The court heard how […]

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A young father of one was yesterday jailed for fraud.  Nathan Bain, 20, also known as  Jason Cartwright, Jamal Davis and Jamal Bain, was  arraigned before Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis on six counts of fraud by false pretenses. It is alleged that on Sunday June 17 – concerned with another – Bain obtained documents from four […]

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The Minister of Health, Doctor  Duane Ernest  Sands  has been elected President of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) 56th Directing Council. The Council convenes  the Region’s health authorities to discuss and analyze regional health policies and set priorities for technical cooperation and collaboration among countries. Dr. Sands will preside over the Directing Council, which began […]

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Three men are in Police custody after  a quantity of dangerous drugs was allegedly found in their  possession and  recovered from the streets of New Providence, in two separate incidents on Saturday. In the first incident,  shortly after 4:00pm, Drug Enforcement Officers conducted a search of a residence at Hawthorne  Road, Oakes Field and recovered […]

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The Public Hospitals  Authority has  revealed that it  does not have the  financial capacity to meet the  demands  of   the Bahamas Doctors  Union and the Consultant Physician Staff Association.   In a press conference on Friday past,  PHA Managing Director Catherine Weech sought to bring clarity to the walk outs staged by both the […]

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The Local Government National Advisory Council (NAC)  has mounted  an extensive campaign to gauge widespread public opinion for the implementation of a local government structure in New Providence. Since its formation back in April of this year, the body, led by Chairman Senator Ranard Henfield has worked to engage Bahamians at various levels; from the […]

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The  Ministry of Labour  this past Saturday launched its eighth installment of their “Labour on the Blocks” initiative processing some 450 jobseekers.  Some 20 businesses were in attendance on the grounds of the C.V. Bethel Senior High School in search of qualified individuals to take their business to the next level.  Labour Minister Dion Foulkes […]

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