31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The easy access to business loans has been the cry from budding It has been a longand entrepreneurs and established small and medium sized business owners looking toexpand. Accessing capital from commercial banks seems almost impossible whencompared to the relative ease to qualify for a consumer loan to purchase […]
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31 January 2025
There are a number of immigrants in the United States of America who are undercrushing fear. They have been thrust in the shadows and are nervously awaiting theknock on the door from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ICE officers have been targeting undocumented immigrants in the homes andworkplaces since the return to office of President […]
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31 January 2025
BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting, Myles LaRoda, shutdown rumors that a trip to Washington, D.C for the inauguration of PresidentDonald Trump was luxury with a total of $200-thousand-dollars in travel expenses.The Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Anne’s Adrian White raised a statementabout the alleged high funds spent […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer Successive governing administrations have cited the logistical challenges when itcomes to securing the nation’s maritime borders as The Bahamas spans across100,390 square miles, so the executive order by the United States White House forimmediate increased actions to secure all of America’s maritime borders includingthose shared with The Bahamas can […]
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31 January 2025
By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Weeks after a man was arrested in St Vincent for attempting to travel with a fraudulent Bahamianpassport Acting Chief Passport Officer and Ambassador At Large in Ministry of Foreign Affairs NicolasSymonette gave an update on government efforts to eliminate fraudulent Bahamian Passports whichcan become an issue of national security.During an […]
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31 January 2025
Shenia RobertsJournal Staff WriterOn Monday 27 th January Prime Minister Phillip Brave Davis attended the opening ceremony ofthe University of The Bahamas Law Society’s Legal Week and officially declared the week ofevents open.During his remarks Prime Minister Davis expressed his excitement to be a part of the occasionand commended the University of The Bahamas for […]
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31 January 2025
BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell told media representatives that “Inever stopped campaigning”, a comment that came at a press conference onMonday when the minister was asked about his “election tactics”. The ministersays he continues to go above and beyond for not only his Fox Hill Constituencybut the country […]
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31 January 2025
By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer The Bahamas government is now exploring new ways to provide affordablehousing to the masses considering what some are calling an affordable housingcrisis.Leading the charge is Minister of Housing Keith Bell who expressed that thegovernment is aware of the issue and is taking the necessary steps to address it.According to minister […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The number of homicides in The Bahamas is one of the biggest concernswhen it comes to national security and a threat to the once largelypeaceful way of life in The Bahamas.The Bahamas recorded 119 murders in 2024 which was an eight percentincrease from the 110 homicides in 2023, but […]
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20 December 2024
By Gerrino Saunders Bahama Journal News Editor While Bahamians have long complained that The Bahamas has not had a United States Ambassador since the Obama administration appointed Nicole Avant who demitted office in November 2011, the nomination of Herschel Walker is receiving mixed reactions in The Bahamas. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a statement on […]
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