08 February 2019
Morton salt employees yesterday staged a sick out down at the Inagua plant after three members of the Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union were suspended with pay and another slapped with a written warning. Union President Jennifer Brown said during an interview with The Journal that some 40 employees participated in the exercise. […]
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08 February 2019
Authorities are on the lookout for a 16- year-old boy who escaped the Ranfurly Home For Children on Mackey Street around midday this past Tuesday. Social Services Director Lillian Quant told The Journal that the Department of Social Services is working closely with the police force to locate the young man. She warned anyone with […]
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08 February 2019
The number of Haitian migrants who perished in last Saturday’s boating disaster has risen to 30, according to the National Emergency Management Agency. Officials have so far determined that in total, some 83 people – 76 males and seven females – were on board the ill- fated sloop when it set sail for the United […]
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08 February 2019
A Haitian man was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt Evans for allegedly killing in the course of dangerous driving. The court heard how on Saturday January 26th, 2019, about 12:51 am, 38-year- old- Salvales Fleurius of Farrington Road, drove a vehicle, causing the death of Michael Noelus. Fleurius was also charged with removing […]
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08 February 2019
Standing before Magistrate Samuel McKinney yesterday were three women accused of a litany of fraud related charges including stealing from Message of Hope Seventh Day Adventist Church. Shandera Knowles and Nikia Anderson-Sands, both 28 along with 21-year-old Shawnta Adderley, were formally charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretenses, fraud […]
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08 February 2019
The entire Parliamentary Opposition walked out of the House of Assembly Wednesday evening during the debate on the government’s Fiscal Strategy Report 2018 on the grounds of what they said was a protest against bullying by St. Annes MP Brent Symonette. In a statement Opposition Leader said the unparliamentarily behavior of Minister Symonette sought to […]
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07 February 2019
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Peter Turnquest has announced a strategy to put check and balances in the fiscal affairs of the country. Leading the debate for a resolution to accept the 2018 Fiscal Strategy Report – a public document that guides the creation of the annual budget in the House of […]
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07 February 2019
The Ministry of Education is revamping the physical plant of the many schools throughout the country. This comes on the heels of efforts to address another mold situation – this time at CW Sawyer Primary School. “We have been working assiduously to address that,” says Mr. Donovan Turnquest, the Deputy Permanent Secretary who is […]
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07 February 2019
Owners of micro, small and medium sized business now have millions of dollars in financial backing to pump into their companies. It was annoouced during the last budget debate that the government allocated $5.5 million for the cause, with the small business development backing it up with another $3.5 million for a total $9 million. […]
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07 February 2019
A police involved shooting yesterday claimed the life of one man off of Joe Farrington Road. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Solomon Cash, sometime after 1:25 pm police launched a man hunt operation in the area to locate a wanted suspect. The suspect was said to be wanted by the police force for a […]
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