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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 […]

MOE Pleased With Some Exam Results

04 September 2018

In the wake of examination  results,  the Ministry of Education  says  there  have been increases in several subjects inclusive  of  BJC Mathematics which could have  a direct influence on the number of students meeting the requirements  for the award of the Bahamas High  School Diploma Of the 6,720 students sitting the Bahamas General Certificate of […]

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Prime Minister Visits Family Island Schools on Opening Day

04 September 2018

Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert Minnis, paid a visit to schools on the Islands of Exuma and San Salvador on the first day of school, Monday, September 3.  The Prime Minister toured the campuses of L.N. Coakley High School in Exuma, and United Estates Primary and San Salvador High School on San Salvador.  The […]

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Minister Thompson joins GB primary school students on campus during first day of school

04 September 2018

Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson was up early on Monday morning and fought his way through heavy traffic to get a first-hand view of how students at the Walter Parker Primary School were settling in on the first day of school. Monday, September 3, 2018 was the official re-opening of school […]

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Businesses Survive by Adapting to Change

31 August 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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WEBSHOP MURDER ACCUSED ARRAIGNED

30 August 2018

A man was yesterday arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain on one count of murder. 26-year-old William Etienne, whose address is unknown, was charged in connection with the August 24th web shop killing of Alvin Strachan. Reports are that around 10:00 that morning, Etienne allegedly entered the FML Webshop East Street and Balfour Avenue […]

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LANDFILL BIDDER AWARDED

30 August 2018

The Ministry of the Environment  yesterday announced Providence  Advisors Waste  Resources Development Consortium as  the selected bidder  for the landfill’s investment and management services.  This job includes the deconstruction, remediation, and operation of the New Providence landfill.   The landfill in the capital has been a vexing problem over the years, and in keeping with […]

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The Elevation Awards Growing

30 August 2018

The 2019 Elevation awards season is fast approaching. The awards show created by the Elevation Media Group, recognizes the accomplishments of Bahamians in the arts. CEO of the Elevation Awards, Vincent “VMAC” McDonald, said next year will be bigger and better and their goal is simple, to highlight amazing Bahamian artists. “Our goal, as always […]

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DIALYSIS PATIENTS UPSET

30 August 2018

An internal memorandum in the Public Hospitals Authority  approving a fee on dialysis wheelchair service stirred  up quite a hornet’s nest, with one opposition politician demanding that the policy be  reversed immediately. Responding to an August 9th communication from Jeffrey Henfield, Superintendent of the Transport Department, Princess Margaret Hospital Administrator, M.E. Lightbourne Walker, indicated that […]

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Fatal Industrial Accident in Bimini

30 August 2018

A man is dead after an industrial accident in Bimini. According to reports, shortly after 9:00am yesterday, Police were called to a construction site at a resort on North Bimini. A male Dominican worker, was operating a crane and lifting a 40ft beam from a barge to the dock, when the cable of the crane […]

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Bishop Promotes Medicinal Marijuana

30 August 2018

While the public is still unable to put names to most of the faces on the government’s proposed Marijuana Committee, Bishop Simeon Hall yesterday told the Journal News Team that he is  still ready to serve in this regard.  The government has yet to announce when the proposed marijuana committee would be formed following cabinet’s […]

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