21 May 2013
Nurses working in the Trauma Room at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) are being commended for their quick response to a small electrical fire that was isolated to an electrical socket in the hospital’s trauma room on Friday. According to a press release sent out by the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA), the fire, which occurred [...]
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21 May 2013
There are over 4,000 mortgages in arrears over 90 days in the banking system, according to Chairman of the Clearing Banks Association (CBA), Nathaniel Beneby. Mr. Beneby told The Bahama Journal that as of March 31, those arrears totaled over $500 million across all of the CBA banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), [...]
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21 May 2013
Four men were on Friday charged with murdering an American tourist. Jamaal Dorfevil, 28; Anton Bastian,19; Craig Johnson, 20 and Marcellus Williams, 21, were escorted to court shackle bound. They stood side by side stood before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez and were charged collectively on three counts – the first was the murder of American [...]
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21 May 2013
A small group of citizens marched through the streets of New Providence Monday calling for tougher punishment against criminals who wreak havoc on society. The Freedom March brought together concerned citizens and members of the non-profit organisation, Families of All Murdered Victims (FOAM) who carried signs that read, “Hang All Murderers”, “No Bail for Murderers”, [...]
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21 May 2013
MACAU, China – Baha Mar executives have said time and time again that when it comes to creating a luxury resort, the company will only go after the best in the industry, which is why Baha Mar’s leaders are in Macau, China this week attending the G2E Asia conference. The conference is one of the [...]
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21 May 2013
Two men were killed and four people shot yesterday in separate drive-by shootings that spawned a car chase, a shoot-out with police and multiple arrests. The shootings occurred in the Kemp Road area. Passersby and area residents were sent ducking for cover as armed thugs fired gunshots into the air before opening fire on the [...]
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17 May 2013
A businessman and food operator accused of running an illegal enterprise on West Bay Street says not only is he fully licenced to operate, 70 per cent of the area’s residents are his customers. Ever since Haymish Moxey opened his Gone Fish’N Extreme Grill’N operation on Perpall Tract and West Bay Street he’s gotten a [...]
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17 May 2013
Lawyers for web shop owners will be back in court next week as they continue their efforts to have Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett’s ruling overturned. Last month, Sir Michael lifted an injunction that prevented police officers from shutting down those operations. Even though the chief justice lifted that injunction, web shops have nonetheless remained [...]
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17 May 2013
Police identified the woman killed in a traffic accident Tuesday as 32-year-old Louisena Paul of Unison Road, Carmichael Road. Authorities said the driver of a gold 1994 Ford truck, who was traveling east on Cowpen Road, struck Paul. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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17 May 2013
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts says the National Insurance Board (NIB) debacle is just another mess the former Ingraham administration left behind for the PLP to clean-up. In a press statement yesterday, Mr. Roberts said that Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham can hide from the media all he wants, but it is a [...]
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