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OPTIMISM IN HAITI

There is new hope for security in Haiti as countries around the world are pledging more support and funding to bring about peace and security in that Caribbean country.  The new Council there claims that the Haitian people are optimistic about the future.   The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged another $160 million in […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) Amendment Bill 2024 by the Davisadministration has breathed new life into the agency which is animportant arm of national security.Some of the major changes to the Bill include a change in name fromthe National Crime Intelligence Agency […]

Three Murdered, Two Shot In Crime Spree

04 February 2019

Three men were murdered hours a part, in separate incidents, and now police are searching for the culprits of these homicides. The men were gunned down between Friday night and Saturday morning in New Providence. According to police reports, shortly before 11:00pm, Friday, a male was standing outside a bar on Miami Street, off Cordeaux […]

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BIA Questions WTO accession

01 February 2019

The Bahamas Insurance Association believes that the accession to the World Trade Organization should not put domestic insurers at a disadvantage when compared to their foreign counterparts.  Association Chairman Warren Rolle  said that the BIA does however support  the underlying principles of a free market economy. “Currently general insurance intermediaries are required to be 60 […]

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CORRECTIONS DEPT TO BE TRANSFORMED

01 February 2019

The Bahamas Department of Corrections is  at a point of transformation, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames.  Yesterday while addressing senior management in the first of a series of similar exercises,  the minister said for far too long prison officers have been known as the “stepchildren of law enforcement,” vowing that the department’s concerns […]

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Senators debate service lots resolution

01 February 2019

The resolution seeking approval for the conveyance of 1.267 acres in the Fox Hill Community was the focus of a debate in the Senate  yesterday. The property, which sits on Romer and Armbrister Streets, is to be divided into 10 service lots to be sold to first time homeowners. The price tag is pegged at […]

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Opposition criticizes new Parliamentary Secretary

01 February 2019

Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell  has roundly criticized  the appointment of former BAIC Chairman Michael Foulkes as a Parliamentary  Secretary. The PLP Chairman reiterated that the Prime Minister complained about government spending and promised to cut back. “We know that the government reduced the budget at the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, cutting back […]

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NEW PRISON COMMISSIONER TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

01 February 2019

National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday announced that the interviewing process for a new commissioner for the Bahamas Department of Corrections is complete and the successful candidate is to be announced shortly.  Mr. Dames said, “I can tell you at last report there were about eight  persons who would have applied and they were already […]

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NHI Changes Insurance Industry

01 February 2019

The Bahamas Insurance Association supports the government’s efforts of a sustainable Universal Health Coverage for The Bahamas, but according to Deputy Chairman Tina Cambridge, if the  Cabinet accepts the National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA)  proposal in full, this would result in significant shifts in   aspects of the industry.  The most recent proposal by the […]

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Gov’t Revenue Boost

01 February 2019

A look at the first six months of the current fiscal year indicate a revenue boost of $129.5 million, a 14.7 per cent improvement when compared to how the figures stacked up in fiscal year 2017/2018. Behind the improvement are higher receipts of Value Added Tax (VAT) coupled with an almost three-fold increase in stamp […]

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DPM: Rolle’s “ Inheritance Claims Untrue”

31 January 2019

Deputy  Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Peter Turnquest has put to rest renewed claims of the government’s alleged role and knowledge of a purported inheritance of up to $79 billion to Derek Rolle. As the decades old story goes, Rolle – now deceased – inherited a fortune from a deceased American couple. However, it […]

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Taxi Drivers Strike Sit Outside Parliament

31 January 2019

Members of The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union are in full strike mode in the face of what they say is a complete disregard and disrespect from the government. Yesterday, bleachers in Rawson Square were taken over by 150 taxi drivers, who were eagerly awaited an impromptu meeting the Prime Minister following failed attempts to speak […]

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