06 October 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSON There is still no indication as to what may have caused the death of 22-month-oldAnwar Miller nearly a month after the toddler was found unresponsive on a bed in anapartment complex on Family Street, off Soldier Road, but police said investigationsare ongoing.Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander gave an update on the toxicology […]
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29 September 2023
Licec Bastian and Delvardo Emmanuel What started off as a bright Monday morning eventually turned into a sad and gloomyday. Monday, September 25, 2023, will be etched in the annals of history with thesudden death of Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting, veteranjournalist Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe.A government is now mourning as condolences and tributes […]
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29 September 2023
Members of the Bahamian delegation attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New Yorkjoined Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell for a reception following his address at the UN on FridaySept. 22, 2023. Photographed from left to right: Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations, Stan Smith; Minister of State, Myles LaRoda; […]
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29 September 2023
By Deandre WilliamsonUnited Nations RAF Fellow New York, N.Y. – The Bahamas will not accept “no” as an answer on climate change andreparations, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell.As he addressed the 78 th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Mitchell said, “TheBahamas wants the world to know that whether on reparations for […]
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29 September 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSON Members of the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) were at the polls on Wednesday (Sept.27th ) casting their votes for the next slate of officers to serve on the executive team for the period2023- 2026, and after the ballots were counted unofficial numbers revealed incumbent presidentKimsley Ferguson of the ‘Workers Team’ won […]
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29 September 2023
By Deandre WilliamsonUnited Nations RAF Fellow New York, N.Y. – Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, CARICOM heads of governmentand other world leaders pleaded with the United Nations Security Council for a resolution on amultinational force for Haiti.In the midst of the growing chaos in the CARICOM member state, the leaders agreed that theworld owes […]
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29 September 2023
By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Tourism, Investments and Avaiation Director General Latia Duncombe touted thatThe Bahamas is on pace to reach the eight million mark for tourists arrivals thisyear as she revealed that so far, to date The Bahamas has welcomed over 6 millionvisitors to its shores.As World Tourism Day 2023 was celebrated globally on […]
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29 September 2023
Life is like a vapor. It is fleeting. A few hours before his passing between Sunday night and Monday morning of this week, Obie Wilchcombe spoke with a number of individuals expressing his sadness over the passing of a few friends, among them the wife of one of his cabinet colleagues. It was therefore with […]
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29 September 2023
Changing Of The Guard By Godfrey Eneas Changing of The Guard is usually a military term to describe a military maneuver which was about to take place. During the days of Colonial Rule in The Bahamas, changing of the guard was an event which took place usually on Saturday morning at the front door of […]
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29 September 2023
By: Keile Campbell A former broadcaster with the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB),the Bahamas’ Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones reflected on the manhe once called a colleague and remembered the Late Minister Obie Wilchcombe asone he admired.Like many others, upon hearing about the death of the veteran broadcaster,Ambassador Jones told this newspaper […]
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