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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax
 
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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award

By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones was among the manyBahamians who received the Golden Jubilee Independence Award for theiroutstanding service to the country.“It is an honour for me to be honoured by the government and people of TheBahamas for the Golden Jubilee of The Bahamas. I have been […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Philip Davis, in a written statement, applaudedthe recent passage of a United Nations (UN) resolution that calls for the creation of anintergovernmental committee open to all United Nations member states with a bureau ofapproximately 20 members, elected with gender and regional […]

PM Minnis challenges the region to broaden its tourism brand

04 October 2018

Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert Minnis called on the region to broaden its Caribbean brand in tourism and recreate a new direction forward. He was delivering the keynote address at the State of Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2018 on Tuesday evening in the Grand Ballroom of Atlantis, Paradise Island.   The week-long conference explores […]

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EXUMA MP SLAMS GOV’T ON 4C’S REPORT

04 October 2018

Deputy Opposition Leader and Exuma MP Chester Cooper said that the report into the Four C’s boating tragedy is an indictment on the government, the Port Department, both of whom are lax and negligent in their oversight.  His comments came off the heels of the report’s damning findings which found that of the 18 commercial […]

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Spike In Delinquency Rate At Mortgage Corp

04 October 2018

There has been an upward spike in its delinquency rate of the Bahamas Mortgage  Corporation (BMC) over the years. According to its former chairman, Dr. Duane Sands, who spewed numbers in the House of Assembly yesterday, 42 per cent of the loans were delinquent. “By 2010,  the BMC had a total of 3,119 loans on […]

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DR. SANDS TELLS OPPOSITION, “ SIT SMALL”

04 October 2018

The Minister of Health  Doctor Duane Sands has  fired back at  Opposition Leader, Philip Davis, who yesterday criticized the Elizabeth MP’s performance. Dr. Sands response to the opposition was, “they know what they have done. They should just sit small and shut up.” He added, “the last people to open their mouth and talk about […]

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Getting Into The Minutia

03 October 2018

The Clifton Review    The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]

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Group Condemns Children’s Eviction

02 October 2018

The Vice President of Rights Bahamas Joseph Darville  has hit out at government over the manner in which Bahamian families are reportedly being evicted from their homes because of overdue mortgage payments. Mr.  Darville said a more humane process could have been found, and called it unbelievable that the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation (BMC) would take […]

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Water Disconnections “Comes off as Cruel”, Says Davis

02 October 2018

Opposition Leader Philip Davis  says “it comes off as cruel and inhumane”   with the mass disconnections of people who owe monies to the Water and Sewerage Corporation. In a press statement  the Progressive Liberal Party leader said, “let me make it clear, we must all pay our bills.  However, it is incumbent upon the […]

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“NO VISION FOR HEALTHCARE,” SAYS DR. DARVILLE

02 October 2018

The Opposition’s spokesman on Health matters, Senator  Doctor Michael Darville  has  denounced what he calls “ the nonsense and political pollution thrown out in the press about the PLP and healthcare and the Prince Margaret Hospital  and the Rand in Freeport and the clinics throughout the islands.   “As usual, when the FNM and its leaders […]

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Cause of boat explosion undetermined

02 October 2018

The report into that tragic Exuma boat explosion is complete, however its findings were not determined with absolute precision,  according to The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA), the body instructed by the government to conduct the investigation into the incident. The boating accident back in June, ended in death for American, Maleka Jackson and serious injuries […]

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Man drowns in Grand Bahama

02 October 2018

An apparent drowning is  under investigation  in Grand Bahama. According to reports, a group of people were in the area of Silver Palm Street after 1:00 Sunday afternoon when a man jumped into the canal. After he did not resurface, another man went into the water and retrieved him. CPR was administered, but the man […]

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