The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The issue of abortion has been a hot button topic in the country following a 40-year-old motherbeing charged with aborting her 11-year-old daughter’s baby after the child was allegedly rapedby the mother’s 45-year-old boyfriend.Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe weighed in on whether the government is mindedto changing the abortion […]

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By Licec BasitanJournal Staff Writer During her annual back to school national address on Sunday evening, Education andTechnical and Vocational Training (MOETVT) Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin said“there is a lot of ground to cover and recover” in the 2023/2024 academic school yearand education officials do not intend to just go with the status quo.“Education is a […]

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By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Parents of children with special needs will be happy to know that greater emphasiswill be placed on special education this academic school year, according to EducationMinister Glenys Hanna-Martin.As education officials embark on curriculum reform, which is central to the goals theministry seeks to accomplish, Minister Hanna-Martin said, “I am proud […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training, in conjunction with the RoyalBahamas Police Force, added 27 new School Resource Officers (SRO) to school campusesfollowing a graduation ceremony last Friday at the Paul Farquharson Conference Center, policeheadquarters.Coordinator of School Policing and Officer in charge of the South-Central Division ChiefSuperintendent […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Ministry of Works have acquired new heavy-duty equipment for continued roadmaintenance and flood mitigation for the first time in over 20 years.Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears said the road equipment cost a total of $400,000.“This is the first time in 20 years I’m advised that the ministry […]

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By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Sex offender Sidney Cooper is in protective custody after residents in the CoconutGrove area descended at his residence on Fifth Street with weapons in hand followingreports of a 12-year-old girl almost being abducted in the Coconut Grove area lastThursday.A video circulating social media showed where Cooper was seen purportedly beingarrested […]

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Less than 12 hours after a young man, out on bail for at least four murders and severalother serious offences was gunned down on Sunset Drive, Sunset Park lastWednesday morning, police launched investigations into another homicideWednesday night.A 49-year-old male has been arrested and is being questioned by police, withreference to the stabbing which resulted in […]

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— 8-Year-Old Girl Shot in Leg By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer In less than a week, another juvenile has become a victim of gun violence. An eight-year-old girl was in hospital this week with injuries to the leg after a gunman,indiscriminately opened fire on a group of persons in Flamingo Gardens, offCarmichael Road.According to preliminary […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The 13 th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (WAMM) is now in the historybooks as the meeting wrapped up last Wednesday evening at the Atlantis resort.During the three days, 56 countries made of small island states and Small Island DevelopingStates discussed equality towards a common future for women and girls.Minister […]

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A former Haitian Diplomat says dangerous gang members who were part of a massacre in Port-Au-Prince have escaped to The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Speaking with The Journal on the condition of anonymity, the diplomat said,” the government of The Bahamas must be careful on who they allow to apply for or […]

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