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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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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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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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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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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20 October 2023
By: Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Traffic fatalities in the country now at 45 with two months remaining in 2023. A man, believedto be in his mid-20s was crushed when he collided into a Mack truck early yesterday morning.Three persons died early Monday morning in fatal crashes, two in New Providence and anAmerican male in Andros.In […]
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20 October 2023
By Gerrino J. Saunders Journal Staff Writer The 2023 Exuma Business Outlook took place on mainland Exuma on Thursday at the Sandals Resort and Spa with a diversity of speakers, including those from the telecommunications and airline sectors, foreign investors and the keynote speaker Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper who is also […]
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20 October 2023
Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, KC, the first female in TheBahamas to be appointed by the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 as Queen’sCounsel (QC) is now the Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple.Mrs. Maynard-Gibson was elected by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple,the Council of Inns Court and the umbrella […]
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20 October 2023
By: Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer With the recent release of the contract procurement report, Financial Secretary Simon Wilsonsaid Bahamians can expect more frequent disclosures of contracts awarded by thegovernment and explained that there were several reasons for the delays of the report’srelease.One of the most frequently raised critiques by the opposition and its leader Michael […]
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20 October 2023
Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Tributes continued to pour in for the late Parliamentarian Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe,notably from Opposition Leader Michael Pintard spoke of their interactions as fellow GrandBahamians.In the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Pintard spoke of several conversations withMinister Wilchcombe in church where they occasionally sat near each other and noted thatthe exchanges […]
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