27 November 2018
An amendment to the Fisheries Act may be before Parliament by the end of the year, with stiffer penalties included for illegal poachers. Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, Michael Pintard revealed as much yesterday, when he spoke with reporters on the sideline of the opening of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the […]
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27 November 2018
An American man was yesterday charged with failing to declare $11,440 in U.S. currency. The 43-year-old Chicago resident was arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, after authorities found him with $51,440, only declaring $40,000. The father of three – who came to The Bahamas on vacation with his wife, children and their baby sitter claimed […]
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27 November 2018
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday sat among several Caribbean leaders attending the IMF/World Bank and IDB conference in Washington D.C. to address the issue of building resilience to disasters and climate change in the region. In his address, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said, like many other Caribbean countries, disasters in the Bahamas can […]
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27 November 2018
Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands yesterday revealed that there are now three confirmed lab cases of influenza with the most recent patient being a child. Dr. Sands told The Journal that he would rather stray away from the term “swine flu”. He said, “The fact that the ones that have been tested had been H1N1 […]
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27 November 2018
Three men appearing before the Magistrates court yesterday separate charges of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. In the first matter, 21-year-old Charvis “Bones” McPhee of Sandilands Village Road, was formally charged before Chief Magistrate, Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, and abetment to murder. The court heard how on Monday November 12th, in New Providence, the accused – […]
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27 November 2018
The recent recall of Romaine lettuce due to the bacteria E. Coli, has prompted the need for more resources to be pumped into ensuring that local laboratories are of first world status, to test imports to and exports from The Bahamas. Agriculture Minister Michael Pintard said that the ministry would ensure that there is the […]
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26 November 2018
The next general election is still a few years off, but Progressive Liberal Party National Chairman Fred Mitchell said by the looks of it, things are trending in the direction of the PLP. Optimism aside, he said the party cannot get to the point where it is so comfortable, that it believes that victory will […]
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26 November 2018
Fifty- one year Errol Knowles has been formally charged with being a serial fraudster. His alleged fraud spree has ended, just days after an all-points bulletin was issued for his arrest. He appeared before a magistrate last Friday to face a laundry list of charges. The charges included seven counts of possession of forged documents, […]
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26 November 2018
The Opposition’s shadow Minister of Finance, Exuma and Ragged Island Member of Parliament Chester Cooper expressed concerns this weekend surrounding the Government’s 2018 Fiscal Strategy Report, as he believes that nothing in it inspires confidence. In a statement issued on the weekend he said, “producing pretty reports is not a strategy. Just saying it is […]
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26 November 2018
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest fired back this on the weekend accusing Exuma and Ragged Island Member of Parliament Chester Cooper of amnesia after the PLP MP said the present government “simply does not know what it’s doing”. In a statement, Mr. Turnquest said, “he persists in his amnesia […]
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