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OPTIMISM IN HAITI Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill
 
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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 […]

Another Motorcyclist Killed — Four die in motorbike crashes in less than a week

27 October 2023

Licec BastianJournal Staff WriterAnother motorcyclist was killed in a traffic accident on Sunday, the third male to losehis life in such a tragic way and the fourth to die as a result of motorcycle collisions ina week.Police launched active investigations into the 46 th fatality for the year, according toThe Journal’s records, when a 24-year-old […]

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Hon. Jobeth Coleby-Davis, Minister of Energy and Transport

BEUMU Signs New Industrial Agreement with BPL

27 October 2023

DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff WriterAfter months of negotiations, a five-year industrial agreement has been finalized and signedbetween Bahamas Power and Light Company (BPL) and the Bahamas Electrical UtilityManagerial Union (BEUMU).The signing on Tuesday afternoon, at the Office of the Prime Minister, while it came with somedisappointment, there was also much enthusiasm.Minister of Energy and Transport Jobeth […]

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Two Near Drownings Hours Apart

27 October 2023

By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Hours after a 16-year-old teen was heroically pulled from a vehicle submerged inwaters at Arawak Cay, a female American tourist was rescued from waters by alifeguard on Cable Beach.Police in the capital are investigating two near drowning incidents.On Monday morning, sometime around 9:45, a 59-year-old female visitor from theUnited States […]

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BAMSI to Plant 400,000 Trees

27 October 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) launched its One-to-OneChallenge Programme, aimed at planting one tree for each citizen in the archipelago.The first of three trees were planted at Doris Johnson Senior High School, CI Gibson and CVBethel Senior High School.Executive Chairman of BAMSI Senator Tyrel Young, while at […]

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BATTLE IN THE PLP

20 October 2023

The Candidates Committee of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) met last evening to consider anumber of applicants to contest the West End and Bimini constituency. The selection of thenominee created great consternation throughout the country with PLP supporters, due to theexchange of words between party Chairman Fred Mitchell and one of the contestants, formerCabinet Minister […]

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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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