10 October 2018
The government has moved to strengthen the country’s borders in the wake of Haiti’s earthquake this past weekend that killed at least fifteen people and injured some 300 in that impoverished island nation. The police, the defense force, immigration and all other border patrol agencies are on alert in the event there is an influx […]
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10 October 2018
Another escape from the Simpson Penn School for Boys has left authorities stumped. They are mystified on how this latest group of juveniles escaped this past Saturday. Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell said that it was around 8:00 Friday evening when a group of residents were under a pavilion watching TV under the supervision of […]
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10 October 2018
A prison officer is the one behind bars after being arraigned on drug charges. Antonio Harrison Cash, 27, was yesterday arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate, Subusola Swain, on one count of possession of dangerous drugs, namely 11 ounces of Indian Hemp. The Doyle Street resident pleaded guilty. The court heard that while in the Bahamas […]
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10 October 2018
The Minister of National Security Marvin Dames has reaffirmed The Bahamas’ commitment to hemispheric defense and security cooperation. Addressing the 13th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in Cancun Mexico on Monday, Mr. Dames noted the recent Trade-Winds 2018 Military Exercise in The Bahamas, in which the Mexican Military and other regional security forces […]
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09 October 2018
Nassau Village was the scene of a double shooting that has left one dead and another injured on Friday. Police are hunting for three assailants who are alleged to be responsible for this shooting. Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash said ì shortly after midday, three persons emerged from the rear of a building and went to the porch […]
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09 October 2018
Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell says the government seems unable or unwilling to execute the agreements put in place to give the Consultants Physicians Staff Association (CPSA) the benefits negotiated under their contract. He opined that the CPSA is entitled to take a strike vote, given the circumstances in the protracted standoff with […]
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09 October 2018
The results of Consultant Physician Staff Association’s strike poll indicate that 96 per cent of senior physicians voted to withdraw services following a protracted standoff with health officials. According to CPSA President Dr. Locksley Munroe, out of the 110 members, 78 of them voted which equals 71 per cent of the entire association. Out of […]
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09 October 2018
The residents of Inagua are counting their blessings after two anxious days feeling tremors of an earthquake that killed scores of people in northern Haiti. The first tremor of the 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt on Saturday evening shortly after 8pm and the other occurred on Sunday afternoon around 4pm. Now the residents are relating their experiences. […]
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05 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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05 October 2018
The Consultant Physician Staff Association (CPSA) plans take a strike vote on today, even after the Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis met with them to hear for himself their concerns, as promised. The Journal spoke with CPSA President Dr. Locksley Munroe, who gave insight into how that meet up went. “Primarily, we spoke about […]
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