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TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM) GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT
 
BAHAMAS INVESTMENT FORUM IN WASHINGTON, DC --  Photographed above are some the participants of the first Bahamas Business and Investment Forum in Washington, DC organized by The Embassy of The Bahamas. From left to right are Senator Barry Griffin; Central Bank Governor John Rolle; Senator Quinton Lightbourn; Senator Michael Halkitis, Minister of Economic Affairs; Barbara Feinstein, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; The  Bahamas Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Wendall Jones; The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Investments; Ambassador Chet Neymour; Consul General Washington Patrick Adderley; Consul General New York Leroy Major; and Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul Chicago.

TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM)

The Deputy Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, I. Chester Cooper has announced that the government will execute heads of agreements this month for more than $1billion of new investments in major touristic developments. It is understood that these projects are slated for Paradise Island and Cable Beach. Mr. Cooper made the announcement […]

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GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT

Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and AviationChester Cooper visited the island of Eleuthera on Monday to sign a $55 million dollar loanagreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to facilitate updates to North Eleuthera’s airportterminal.The updates to North Eleuthera International Airport have been long […]

“ Let’s be transparent in 2019 On Oban,” Says Darville.

02 January 2019

The Chairman of Save The Bays, Joseph Darville says, “with much consternation, we are learning that an EIA for the proposed Oban Industries has been completed, but will not at this time be made public for scrutiny.  This, in itself sounds most fishy. Even an idiot, without the least understanding about our marine ecosystems, would […]

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CLERGYMEN ARE PERSONS OF THE YEAR 2018

02 January 2019

The management of Jones Communications Network has  chosen two clergymen as  the recipients  of the annual Person of The Year Award for  2018. The prestigious award goes jointly to two outstanding Bahamian religious leaders who have been elected to international positions, the Reverend Doctor Timothy Stewart and Doctor  Leonard Johnson. Rev. Dr. Stewart has been […]

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Canadian Remanded On Heroin Charges

02 January 2019

A Canadian man traveling to The Bahamas  from London, was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Corrects for alleged drug possession.  Reginald Merritt’s intended stay in the Bahamas was interrupted  after he was arrested  for possession of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport last Thursday. Merritt was charged before the Magistrate’s Court on […]

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RESOLVE TO REDUCE VIOLENCE

02 January 2019

The New Year 2019 started with a shooting incident where a young man was shot in the head.  Mercifully, he  is still alive.   In a matter  of days,  we believe,  we will start counting the  dead bodies again of young people  who are being slaughtered on our streets and in  our heartland communities. Sadly, […]

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Valley Boys, New Year’s Champions

02 January 2019

The  results for the 2019 New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade indicate that The Valley Boys Group   gained  bragging rights for the entire year. The group which is celebrating its 60th anniversary as an organization impressed the  Judges and spectators with the theme, “We Give God Thanks and Total Praise.”  The Valley Boys accumulated a […]

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Murder Accused Alleges Police Brutality

21 December 2018

A 26-year-old resident of Acklins Street told  a Magistrate  yesterday that he was coerced into confessing to the murder of Mario Cartwright, who was killed when he walked in a store on First Street, Coconut Grove as armed robbers were leaving.  Paul Adderley stood before Chief Magistrate, Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt charged with four separate counts, which […]

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Shantytown report released

21 December 2018

The legal status of shantytown residents vary, but for the most part, 41.1 per cent of those who call these unregulated communities home,  hold   work permits  to be in The Bahamas. More specifically,  319 of those surveyed,  73 per cent of whom are males. A  breakdown shows that another 17 per cent  or 130 […]

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Police Commissioner assures the public is safe

21 December 2018

Despite the daily crime reports, Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson is assuring the public that they are safe to go out this Christmas season without fear. This comes  after crime statistics show that the overall  homicide count  is down at 89 so far this year. Commissioner Ferguson said the general public is not a target.  “We […]

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Mason’s Addition Resident On Murder Charge

21 December 2018

A Fifty year old man, who recently won his appeal for attempted murder, and escaped a 23-year sentence, was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with the murder of Fort Fincastle resident Rico, Ricardo Archer.  Franklyn Edgecombe, of Mason’s Addition, was charged with one count of murder,  causing the death of Rico Archer.  Archer, the […]

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HOMICIDES DOWN

20 December 2018

The country’s homicide count reached a record-breaking low this year,  being the first year under 100 since 2010, according to Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ferguson assured the public that there is no need to be fearful, but also advised them to mind the company they keep.  He said, “the police know a […]

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