By Latonya RobertsJournal Staff Writer Lunch vendors, who work with the Ministry of Education under the NationalSchool Lunch Program, expressed their disappointment with the program.Several lunch vendors came forward to reveal that they are taking money out oftheir own pockets to fund the school lunch program. In addition, the lunch vendorssaid they are not being […]
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Lunch Vendors Upset after Gov’t Owes Payments
Posted on 24 November 2023.
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Parents Charged with Child Cruelty Granted Bail
Posted on 24 November 2023.
By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Parents of two-year-old Daniel Nixon, who was found dead in bushes in Fox Hillon November 14, were granted $7,000 bail on Wednesday.Douglas Nixon, 40, and Jenny Nixon, 31, were formally charged on Monday,before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt Evans where they pleaded not guilty to onecount of child cruelty.Police reportedly recovered […]
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Healthcare Upgrade for Grand Bahama
Posted on 24 November 2023.
By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Grand Bahama is set to receive the needed resources to enforce healthcare on theisland.During the weekly press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, Acting PressSecretary Keishla Adderley revealed an update from the Ministry of Health andWellness regarding much-needed resources to upgrade the healthcare system inGrand Bahama.“In Grand Bahama, […]
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Bimini Resident Arrested for Allegedly Buying Votes
Posted on 24 November 2023.
Just days after the Free National Movement accused the Progressive Liberal Party of buyingvotes in various communities of the West Grand Bahama and Bimini constituency by paying, insome cases, up to $1,000 in PLP t-shirts, police have arrested a Bimini resident Javano Davis forallegedly attempting to buy votes leading up to Wednesday’s by-election.Mr. Davis went […]
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Pintard Accused PLP of Buying Votes
Posted on 24 November 2023.
There were lots of political blows thrown over the weekend past as the two major parties, theProgressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Free National Movement (FNM,) encouragedconstituents to vote for their respective candidate when the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election was held on Wednesday.From the weekend, FNM leader Michael Pintard accused the PLP of […]
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FNM Threatens Legal Action Against Bain
Posted on 24 November 2023.
BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Free National Movement is considering legal action against Coalition of Independents (COI)Leader Lincoln Bain following comments from him during a Facebook live claiming that FNMLeader Michael Pintard had a history of substance abuse.Mr. Bain also claimed that the FNM has been buying votes.FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands, in a […]
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Cabinet Meets in GB to Discuss Island’s $1.5 Billion Investments
Posted on 24 November 2023.
By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Making history on Tuesday, Cabinet was convened in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama.Cabinet ministers gathered in the newly opened Obadiah H. Wilchcombe building to focus on the$1.5 billion in new investments for the island.Cabinet addressed the creation of job opportunities and infrastructure redevelopments, but somepolitical pundits were skeptical of the […]
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RBL and BHCAWU Sign Historic Industrial Agreement
Posted on 24 November 2023.
By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer An historic industrial agreement was signed between Restaurants Bahamas Limited (RBL),operators of KFC Nassau, and the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union(BHCAWU) on Wednesday.RBL General Manager Mario Cash expressed his excitement for achieving what they call a win-win agreement.“We’re thrilled to announce the successful negotiation and signing of the […]
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Gov’t to Reform Intellectual Property Protection Laws
Posted on 24 November 2023.
By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Senator Ryan Pinder announced that thegovernment will implement new legislation for the protection of domestic intellectual propertyassets.This announcement came during the recent Small Business Development Center, AccessAccelerator where Minister Pinder discussed the upcoming intellectual property law reform.“The plain truth is that when it […]
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FNM’s Campaign Troubled
Posted on 17 November 2023.
The campaign of the Free National Movement candidate for West Grand Bahama and BiminiBishop Ricardo Grant has sustained a body blow when it was revealed this week that he and hiswife were involved in an illegal pyramid scheme in Grand Bahama.The allegations sent shockwaves and the FNM faithfuls reeling. Former Prime Minister HubertIngraham, who is […]
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