07 March 2019
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) newly appointed Chairman Omar Smith yesterday urged the government to remove a “blemish” from an FBI probe into potential bribery and corruption with the Bahamas Department of Immigration. In a release issued yesterday, Mr. Smith said that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest expressed shock after the […]
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07 March 2019
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The global call to end the death penalty was made as the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty opened its conference in Brussels, Belgium last Wednesday, with hopes of moving closer to the universal abolition of the death penalty. In his address at the opening ceremony, Together Against the Death Penalty […]
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06 March 2019
The Opposition’s spokesman on National Security Glenys Hanna-Martin has expressed concern over the police’s apparent lag in the reporting of apparent kidnappings. This follows the case reported this past Sunday where a male abducted a child from a home on Wilton Street. The child was found by a passerby a short time later walking in […]
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06 March 2019
The Opposition Progressive Liberal Party is claiming that a senior Police Officer has been victimized by the government. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Clarence Reckley has been instructed to take vacation following which, early retirement. According to Opposition Leader, Philip Davis, the instructions were sent from The Office of The Prime Minister. He said, “I […]
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06 March 2019
News that HIV has been deemed undetectable in a London patient following a stem cell transplant is landmark – after all, it is only the second such case. However as Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said to reporters outside Cabinet yesterday, it is certainly not ready for what he called “ primetime.” “It’s certainly not […]
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06 March 2019
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The World Coalition Against The Death Penalty has embarked on a regional death penalty reform project in the Eastern Caribbean and plans to seek the involvement of The Bahamas. The project is in partnership with organizations such as the Death Penalty Project, Greater Caribbean for Life and the World Coalition. The project […]
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06 March 2019
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has embarked on a $18 million rehabilitation of small pumping stations and the construction of several Waste Treatment Plants and Pumping Stations in New Providence. “The main benefit of a centralized sewer collection and treatment system is the reduction in the number of septic tanks and outside toilets, thus […]
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04 March 2019
The Royal Bahamas Police Force has begun a month of activities with walkabouts in communities in New Providence with members of the Bahamas Christian Council as well as the media. The walkabout takes place in various inner-city areas like Bain and Grants Town, Englerston, Fox Hill, Free Town, Nassau Village, and Carmichael. Police Commissioner Anthony […]
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04 March 2019
Some Members of Parliament this past weekend were rushing to conform with the law and meet the deadline on public disclosure. It is unclear whether all Free National Movement (FNM) parliamentarians have met the March 1st deadline, according to FNM Chairman Carl Culmer who spoke yesterday in a telephone conversation with The Journal. The […]
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04 March 2019
An infant was rescued from his car seat by Ministry of Health officials after he was left unattended in the ministry’s parking lot this past Friday afternoon. According to Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands, he was notified by his driver asking for permission to break into the Nissan Lafesta to retrieve the baby. Dr. Sands […]
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