The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Law Enforcement Officers of the Financial Crime Unit and the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Royal Bahamas Police Force  are undergoing a two week training with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and the European Union (EU), on Financial Investigation Accreditation Training.   The training is anticipated to provide the units’ representatives participating, with the skills […]

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Environmentalists  have  raised concerns with Disney Cruiseline Island Development about the adequacy of the Environmental  Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Lighthouse Pointe development. A  joint statement by the directors of BREEF, Earthcare, Reearth, Save the Bays and Waterkeepers Bahamas said  the recently released heads of agreement (HOA) described a project far larger than anticipated. The statement  pointed to details of the project […]

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The Cabinet has  approved $3 million for the Ministry of Public Works to secure vehicles, $1.6 million was allotted in the current budget and another $1.4 million has been budgeted in the 2019/2020 fiscal plan, another fleet is expected in July. The Government is looking to do away with the practice of Public Works Staffers actually […]

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Former Christian Council President Dr. Ranford Patterson commending Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis at his  government’s 2ndanniversary service said  that he and his government  are  doing a good work. He further advised the Prime Minister and the government to ignore the noise in the market and to continue working to improve the country. “My  brothers and sisters you can understand that […]

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Works Minister Desmond Bannister has  confirmed that the  Cabinet has approved the investment for renewable energy in Ragged Island. Following the passage of Hurricane Irma in 2017,  Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced an ambitious plan to rebuild hurricane ravaged Ragged Island into the first fully green island in the region. This  would have included be renewable energy, solar energy […]

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The Minister  of Works Desmond Bannister  has apologized for the spree of power outages specifically in Abaco,  but noted that the reliability of electricity on that island has improved by some 98 per cent.  Speaking to reporters, Minister Bannister said he thinks  Abaconians can see the difference in electricity reliability,  as in the past, the island was plagued with consistent power outages.  […]

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Prime  Minister Doctor  Hubert Minnis in his address to  a congregation of Free National Movement supporters yesterday sought to clear up some misinformation about the Lighthouse Point Development in South Eleuthera. Addressing  them at the second anniversary service at Cousin AME Church on Carmichael  Road, the Prime Minister  PM noted that the government is  seeking to balance the economic and environmental protection […]

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Thousands of Bahamians, clad in various costumes filled the streets on the western end of New Providence on  Saturday for when organizers described as “ a very successful  Bahamas Carnival.” The revelers  who danced in some 14 groups,  defied the criticisms of religious  and rushed from The Thomas Robinson Sports Stadium to Clifford Park in the warm Bahamian sunshine in […]

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A 15 minute high speed chase on the seas ended with three Bahamian men being  in custody and the seizure of a large quantity of suspected marijuana this past Friday morning.  Officer in charge of the Drug Enforcement Unit Superintendent Jamuel Ferguson said that sometime around 6:20am officers, acting on intelligence, ventured in waters some 20 […]

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 Royal Bahamas Defense Force  Officer, 34-year-old Jevon Seymour, has been formally charged with murder  on two counts of attempted murder. He is accused of killing  RBDF Petty Officer Phillip Perpall on April 28that Government House. It is  alleged that on the date in question, Mr. Seymour sought  to also kill Calvin Hanna and Ellis Rahming. Based on what Police Commissioner […]

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