The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Candidates Committee of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) met last evening to consider anumber of applicants to contest the West End and Bimini constituency. The selection of thenominee created great consternation throughout the country with PLP supporters, due to theexchange of words between party Chairman Fred Mitchell and one of the contestants, formerCabinet Minister […]

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Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer An emotional day in the House of Assembly (HOA) on Wednesday asParliamentarians honoured and paid tribute to the life and legacy of the Late Memberof Parliament (MP) for West Grand Bahama and Bimini Obediah HerculesWilchcombe.Returning to the HOA to do the people’s business – the first since the official openingof Parliament […]

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Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer A 34-year-old male is the country’s latest homicide victim, following another murderin New Providence which has pushed the murder count in The Bahamas to 80 for2023, based on The Journal’s records. The victim was gunned down in the early hoursof Wednesday morning at his family’s home on Malcom Road.Police said they […]

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The European Union’s revised list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes was released onTuesday. The Bahamas was listed as one of those jurisdictions remaining on the EU’s list of non-cooperative for tax purposes.The EU’s determination was based on the recommendation of the OECD’s Forum on Harmful TaxPractices (“FHTP”) meeting held in April 2023, before many […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer As political parties prepare their candidates for the upcoming by-election of the West GrandBahama and Bimini Member of Parliament seat, Free National Movement leader MichaelPintard said a candidate for the FNM should be ratified by this week.There has been speculation that pastor of Community Holiness Church in Eight Mile Rock […]

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By: Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Traffic fatalities in the country now at 45 with two months remaining in 2023. A man, believedto be in his mid-20s was crushed when he collided into a Mack truck early yesterday morning.Three persons died early Monday morning in fatal crashes, two in New Providence and anAmerican male in Andros.In […]

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By Gerrino J. Saunders Journal Staff Writer The 2023 Exuma Business Outlook took place on mainland Exuma on Thursday at the Sandals Resort and Spa with a diversity of speakers, including those from the telecommunications and airline sectors, foreign investors and the keynote speaker Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper who is also […]

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By: Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer With the recent release of the contract procurement report, Financial Secretary Simon Wilsonsaid Bahamians can expect more frequent disclosures of contracts awarded by thegovernment and explained that there were several reasons for the delays of the report’srelease.One of the most frequently raised critiques by the opposition and its leader Michael […]

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Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Tributes continued to pour in for the late Parliamentarian Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe,notably from Opposition Leader Michael Pintard spoke of their interactions as fellow GrandBahamians.In the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Pintard spoke of several conversations withMinister Wilchcombe in church where they occasionally sat near each other and noted thatthe exchanges […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Bahamas Customs Department has seen a 90 percent increase in customs revenueat the Lynden Pindling Airport (LPIA) since the introduction of the customs ExemptApp.Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Simon Wilson made the announcementat the Customs Induction Ceremony Monday morning.The Exempt App has done away with the manual […]

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