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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 […]

EDITORIAL The Concept of Democracy

20 October 2023

The jockeying is on in earnest for the next Parliamentary Representative for the constituency of West End, Grand Bahama and Bimini in the House of Assembly. Political posturing in The Bahamas, as it is in all Caribbean countries, is an ongoing sport for many people.  Ever since organized political parties were formed in The Bahamas […]

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The Late Obie Wilchcombe

Life and Legacy of Obie Wilchcombe Honoured — MP’s pay special tribute in HOA

20 October 2023

Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer An emotional day in the House of Assembly (HOA) on Wednesday asParliamentarians honoured and paid tribute to the life and legacy of the Late Memberof Parliament (MP) for West Grand Bahama and Bimini Obediah HerculesWilchcombe.Returning to the HOA to do the people’s business – the first since the official openingof Parliament […]

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Gun Violence Still Wreaking Havoc — Five killed in less than two weeks

20 October 2023

Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer A 34-year-old male is the country’s latest homicide victim, following another murderin New Providence which has pushed the murder count in The Bahamas to 80 for2023, based on The Journal’s records. The victim was gunned down in the early hoursof Wednesday morning at his family’s home on Malcom Road.Police said they […]

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Bahamas Remains on EU Blacklist

20 October 2023

The European Union’s revised list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes was released onTuesday. The Bahamas was listed as one of those jurisdictions remaining on the EU’s list of non-cooperative for tax purposes.The EU’s determination was based on the recommendation of the OECD’s Forum on Harmful TaxPractices (“FHTP”) meeting held in April 2023, before many […]

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FNM Leader Michael Pintard

FNM Confident in By-Election Win

20 October 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer As political parties prepare their candidates for the upcoming by-election of the West GrandBahama and Bimini Member of Parliament seat, Free National Movement leader MichaelPintard said a candidate for the FNM should be ratified by this week.There has been speculation that pastor of Community Holiness Church in Eight Mile Rock […]

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Three Traffic Fatalities in One Day –A 4th victim crushed days later by a Mack truck

20 October 2023

By: Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Traffic fatalities in the country now at 45 with two months remaining in 2023. A man, believedto be in his mid-20s was crushed when he collided into a Mack truck early yesterday morning.Three persons died early Monday morning in fatal crashes, two in New Providence and anAmerican male in Andros.In […]

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Gowen Bowe, Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Bahamas Ltd.

Bowe: Overcoming Challenges to Family Island Development

20 October 2023

By Gerrino J. Saunders Journal Staff Writer The 2023 Exuma Business Outlook took place on mainland Exuma on Thursday at the Sandals Resort and Spa with a diversity of speakers, including those from the telecommunications and airline sectors, foreign investors and the keynote speaker Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper who is also […]

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Allyson Maynard-Gibson, KC

Allyson Maynard-Gibson First Female QC Elected Master of the Bench

20 October 2023

Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, KC, the first female in TheBahamas to be appointed by the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 as Queen’sCounsel (QC) is now the Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple.Mrs. Maynard-Gibson was elected by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple,the Council of Inns Court and the umbrella […]

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Financial Secretary, Mr. Simon Wilson

Gov’t to Provide Frequent Disclosure of Contracts

20 October 2023

By: Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer With the recent release of the contract procurement report, Financial Secretary Simon Wilsonsaid Bahamians can expect more frequent disclosures of contracts awarded by thegovernment and explained that there were several reasons for the delays of the report’srelease.One of the most frequently raised critiques by the opposition and its leader Michael […]

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The Late Obie Wilchcombe

Pintard Pays Tribute to Wilchcombe in Parliament

20 October 2023

Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Tributes continued to pour in for the late Parliamentarian Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe,notably from Opposition Leader Michael Pintard spoke of their interactions as fellow GrandBahamians.In the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Pintard spoke of several conversations withMinister Wilchcombe in church where they occasionally sat near each other and noted thatthe exchanges […]

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