The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Almost a year after several poaching vessels were seized because of illegal fishing in Bahamian waters, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard said yesterday that those vessels will be destroyed.   “The vessels will be sunk an announcement will be made shortly on the date. The media will have an opportunity as well […]

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Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis said Prime Minister Dr. Hubert “waffled, deflected and buckled” in the situation involving Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Board Director Bennet Minnis, who made racial and homophobic slurs about members of the PLP. Yesterday, Davis criticized the prime minister for his response to whether Mr. Minnis had resigned after […]

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A $3 million contract was signed between the Government of The Bahamas and Bahamas Marine Construction Co. Ltd. for the shoreline stabilization of ‘Dune Road’ at Elbow Cay, Abaco, to provide safer passage for residents traversing the area. Yesterday, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis led a delegation from New Providence for the […]

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Twenty-eight Haitian nationals were apprehended on Wednesday by the Department of Immigration during Operation ‘Rising Sun’. The joint operation commenced at 4 a.m. in the southwestern district of New Providence which led to the arrest of 21 males and seven females, who were subsequently transported to the Carmichael Road Detention Center for further processing.  The […]

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Stiffer penalties for those found breaking the fisheries law and according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard, that may come as soon as the end of the year.  Mr. Pintard, during the declaration of the opening of the crawfish season, said that the plan is to bring a proposed schedule of penalties […]

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