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TOGETHER WE RISE RBDF Strategically Deploys New Safe Boats
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TOGETHER WE RISE

By Tynia Brown Journal Staff Writer On July 10, 1973, more than 50,000 Bahamians stood shoulder to shoulder at Clifford Park, watching with pride as the black, gold, and aquamarine flag of an independent Bahamas was hoisted for the first time. The black triangle represents the strength and resilience of the Bahamian people, the gold […]

RBDF Commissions Four New Safe Boats

RBDF Strategically Deploys New Safe Boats

By Gerrino SaundersBahama Journal News Editor Despite recent setbacks with a number of boats being sidelined for eitherroutine servicing or due to running aground and needing repairs theRoyal Bahamas Defence Force is determined to do everything in itspower to properly protect the nations’ borders, fishing grounds andterritorial waters.This week RBDF Commodore Floyd Moxey said four […]

Smith’s Sentencing Appeal In Baby Bella’s Death Dismissed

07 February 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by Darion Smith, 37, who wasconvicted in the murder of his live-in girlfriend’s four-year-olddaughter D’onya Bella Walker.Smith was found guilty of beating Baby Bella to death on November 5 thin 2021.He was sentenced to 25-years in January 2023 by Justice RenaeMcKay […]

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EASIER ACCESS TO BUSINESS LOANS

31 January 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The easy access to business loans has been the cry from budding It has been a longand entrepreneurs and established small and medium sized business owners looking toexpand. Accessing capital from commercial banks seems almost impossible whencompared to the relative ease to qualify for a consumer loan to purchase […]

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COMMISSIONER SHANTA KNOWLES RECEIVES JCN PERSON OF THE YEAR
AWARD -- The newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Ms. Shanta Knowles was named The
Jones Communications Person of The Year for 2024. Commissioner Knowles received
the award this past Monday, 27 th January in a special ceremony held at the Jones
Communications Media Theatre on University Drive. Commissioner Knowles is
photographed receiving the JCN award from Governor-General Her Excellency, the
Most Honourable Cynthia Pratt. Also photographed from left are His Excellency
Wendall K. Jones, The Bahamas Ambassador to The United States; Prime Minister the
Honourable Philip Davis, KC; the Honourable Wayne Munroe, KC, Minister of National
Security; and Ms. Kimaley Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Jones Communication
Network.

RBPF Commissioner Knowles Named JCN Person of The Year 2024

31 January 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer This week the management and staff of the Jones Communications Network (JCN)and a special committee of the civil society and person of the year awards honorednewly appointed Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles, as the JCN Person ofThe Year for 2024 during a celebration at JCN’s headquarters at #83 UniversityDrive […]

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EDITORIAL – AMERICA’S INGRATITUDE

31 January 2025

There are a number of immigrants in the United States of America who are undercrushing fear. They have been thrust in the shadows and are nervously awaiting theknock on the door from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ICE officers have been targeting undocumented immigrants in the homes andworkplaces since the return  to office of President […]

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DC WOMEN

MEMBERS OF U.S. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CALL ON PM

31 January 2025

Five members of the United States Congressional Black Caucus visited The Bahamasfrom the 24th to the 28th of January, 2025. Those visiting were Congresswoman JoyceBeatty, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Congresswoman Val Demings, andCongresswoman Terri Sewell.The group had an audience with Prime Minister Philip Davis followed by a meeting withChristina Rolle, Managing Director of the Securities Commission […]

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Myles Laroda

LARODA DEFENDS TRIP TO DC

31 January 2025

BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting, Myles LaRoda, shutdown rumors that a trip to Washington, D.C for the inauguration of PresidentDonald Trump was luxury with a total of $200-thousand-dollars in travel expenses.The Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Anne’s Adrian White raised a statementabout the alleged high funds spent […]

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Hon. Wayne Munroe - Minister of National Security

Increased US Coast Guard activity beneficial to Bahamas

31 January 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer Successive governing administrations have cited the logistical challenges when itcomes to securing the nation’s maritime borders as The Bahamas spans across100,390 square miles, so the executive order by the United States White House forimmediate increased actions to secure all of America’s maritime borders includingthose shared with The Bahamas can […]

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P. Nicholas Symonette - Acting Chief Passport Officer

Symonette updates efforts to combat fraudulent passports

31 January 2025

By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Weeks after a man was arrested in St Vincent for attempting to travel with a fraudulent Bahamianpassport Acting Chief Passport Officer and Ambassador At Large in Ministry of Foreign Affairs NicolasSymonette gave an update on government efforts to eliminate fraudulent Bahamian Passports whichcan become an issue of national security.During an […]

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Declares UB Law Society’s Legal Week Open

31 January 2025

Shenia RobertsJournal Staff WriterOn Monday 27 th January Prime Minister Phillip Brave Davis attended the opening ceremony ofthe University of The Bahamas Law Society’s Legal Week and officially declared the week ofevents open.During his remarks Prime Minister Davis expressed his excitement to be a part of the occasionand commended the University of The Bahamas for […]

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PLP Chairman Fred Mitchell

MITCHELL SAYS THE CAMPAIGNING NEVER STOPPED

31 January 2025

BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell told media representatives that “Inever stopped campaigning”, a comment that came at a press conference onMonday when the minister was asked about his “election tactics”. The ministersays he continues to go above and beyond for not only his Fox Hill Constituencybut the country […]

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