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MIXED VIEWS ON TRUMP’S NOMINEE Ms. Shanta Knowles Named JCN Person of The Year
 
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MIXED VIEWS ON TRUMP’S NOMINEE

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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Ms. Shanta Knowles Named JCN Person of The Year

The Management of the Jones Communications Network (JCN) and a special Committee of The Civil Society and Person of The Year Awards are pleased to announce that Ms. Shanta Knowles, the next Commissioner of Police is the JCN Person of the Year for 2024. Every year for over two decades JCN gives the award to […]

Man Shot on Gibbs Corner

08 July 2019

Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left one male hospitalized. According to police, shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday, a man was walking on Gibbs Corner when he was approached by an armed man who shot him before running away.  Paramedics transported the injured man to hospital, where he is listed in stable […]

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Helicopter Black Box Recovered- Crash Victims Identified

08 July 2019

The Air Accident Investigation Department confirmed yesterday that the flight and data records, black box, for the helicopter which crashed last week off Grand Cay, Abaco have been recovered. According to AAID, the flight and data records will be shipped to the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington D.C. for analysis.  The aircraft, which crashed […]

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Two Men Shot in GB

08 July 2019

Two men were shot on Sunday in Grand Bahama. According to police, shortly before 4 a.m., police were called to a business establishment on East Sunrise Highway where it was reported that a lone gunman opened fire hitting two males.  One of the males sustained injuries to the upper body and the other to the […]

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Small Business Contracts Promised

08 July 2019

Moving forward, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the government will focus on ensuring that smaller companies have access to contracts that were previously monopolized by larger companies. Dr. Minnis made this comment following his return from the Caribbean Community’s 40th annual Heads of Government Meeting in St. Lucia. “The only way smaller companies can […]

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Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review – Nygard’s Early Successes Created A Domino Effect

08 July 2019

Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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How Nygard Gets It Right

05 July 2019

Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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PHA Investigates Breach of Patient Confidentiality

05 July 2019

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has launched an investigation after patient information appeared on a social media site early this week in connection with an incident in New Providence on June 30, 2019. The authority can now confirm that the investigation’s initial findings indicate that the patient information was not released by Judy Terrell, PHA […]

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Pastors Host Montel Heights Healing Service

05 July 2019

Pastors in the Montel Heights community came together last evening for a service of healing following Sunday morning’s mass shooting that left 17 people injured.  The Bahama Journal caught up with Pastor Michael Ferguson, of International Fellowship Church of God, who has been pastoring in the community for some 29 years.  He said, “The idea […]

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Two Women Shot in GB

05 July 2019

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting incident that has left two females with non-life threatening injuries.  According to police, on Thursday shortly after 2 a.m., police were called to the East Sunrise Highway area, where it was reported that a male armed with a firearm shot two females.  They both sustained injuries to […]

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Helicopter Crash with Seven Onboard

05 July 2019

A helicopter with seven persons onboard crashed in waters near Walker’s Cay, Abaco around 2 a.m. on Thursday. According to Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar, the flight was en route to South Florida and the passengers are believed to be non-Bahamians.  “We are not in the position to disclose yet the condition of […]

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