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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax
 
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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award

By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones was among the manyBahamians who received the Golden Jubilee Independence Award for theiroutstanding service to the country.“It is an honour for me to be honoured by the government and people of TheBahamas for the Golden Jubilee of The Bahamas. I have been […]

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PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Philip Davis, in a written statement, applaudedthe recent passage of a United Nations (UN) resolution that calls for the creation of anintergovernmental committee open to all United Nations member states with a bureau ofapproximately 20 members, elected with gender and regional […]

Joint walkabout in Kemp Road

10 May 2019

Senior Officers of The Royal Bahamas Police force along with members of  The Bahamas Christian Council conducted  a walk about in White’s Addition Kemp Road  yesterday following  a  double homicide.  According to Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson, the RBPF is in control of criminal activity in New Providence. “Members of the public need not fear, there’s only one Royal Bahamas Police Force despite […]

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DNA SAYS PLP IS LATE ON MARIJUANA ISSUE

10 May 2019

The Vice Chairman of The Democratic Alliance (DNA) Jayson Braynen says that the Progressive Liberal Party is late on the marijuana issue. In a press statement  yesterday on the Marijuana law reform, he said  that the DNA  was the first Party to indicate support for Marijuana law reform in 2016.  The Free National Movement has been slow to address […]

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Potter’s Cay Vendors Say The Area Is Safe

10 May 2019

Business at the Potter’s Cay dock took another blow following Wednesday night’s double homicide, but vendors there are assuring the public that the dock is just as safe as anywhere else in the capital.  A few vendors expressed to The Journal that they do not want the area’s most recent murder to taint the image […]

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TWO KILLED ON POTTER’S CAY DOCK

10 May 2019

Blood splattered the entry of a popular hangout on Potter’s Cay Dock where two men lay dead this past Wednesday evening. Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Rolle told reporters on the scene that officers got the call around 8:00pm. He said, “the officers assigned to the Potter’s Cay Dock area heard the shots and […]

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Double Homicide in Kemp Road

10 May 2019

Grief and anger filled relatives and residents of White’s Addition yesterday morning as two men were shot to death and another seriously wounded.    Police Superintendent Shanta Knowles told the Media,“what we got so far is that two vehicles were in this area and there was an exchange of words  between the occupants of  those two cars, resulting in the […]

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SBDC LAUNCHES ACCESS ACCELERATOR

09 May 2019

The Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) yesterday opened its doors to a new branch called access accelerator at the Edmund Moxey Youth and Community Centre.  According to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, the goals are economic development and economic expansion for more Bahamians;the development of more Bahamian small businesses and entrepreneurs; and youth and community […]

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Four Former Officers To Investigate Security Issues

09 May 2019

As promised by the Minister of National Security, Marvin Dames, the Review Committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Veteran, Petty Officer Philip Perpall has been given their mandate and will begin their injury with immediate effect. The committee which comprises of four former Law Enforcement Officers include […]

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DNA LEADER: WTO ASSESSMENT REINFORCED BAHAMIAN CONCERNS

09 May 2019

Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Arinthia Komolafe yesterday expressed that the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Impact Assessment reinforced the “widely held” concerns of Bahamians.  She said “In general terms, the Report did not reveal concerns that had not been expressed by the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) in our position paper on the […]

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Gov’t Looking To Reduce Officer’s Stress

09 May 2019

National Security Minister, Marvin Dames, said with the tremendous pressure on law enforcement officers, the government is looking at ways to continue to provide support, that they’re taken care of and that their interest as a whole is being addressed.  Mr. Dames made the comment, when asked by this Journal, following two violent incidents involving […]

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FNM SAYS HANNA-MARTIN SHOULD GROW UP

09 May 2019

The  Free National Movement in a  release yesterday said that the Member of Parliament for Englerston Glenys Hanna Martin “ should  grow up.”  “The PLP’s tried and true, go-to-tactic when all else fails is to resort to name calling and misdirection.  Their tactics are as old and tired as their leadership and ideas.  So sadly, it comes as no surprise to […]

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