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OPTIMISM IN HAITI Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill
 
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OPTIMISM IN HAITI

There is new hope for security in Haiti as countries around the world are pledging more support and funding to bring about peace and security in that Caribbean country.  The new Council there claims that the Haitian people are optimistic about the future.   The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged another $160 million in […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) Amendment Bill 2024 by the Davisadministration has breathed new life into the agency which is animportant arm of national security.Some of the major changes to the Bill include a change in name fromthe National Crime Intelligence Agency […]

AG: Legal Wrangling’s Won’t Cure Shanty Town Problem

25 July 2018

Attorney General Carl Bethel  has  accepted that shanty town dwellers with legal rights can push the issue in court. ​This given that Rights Bahamas President Stephanie St. Fleur pointed out last week that the law enables anyone squatting on a property for more than 12 years to lay claim to that land. ​This, she said, […]

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High Blood Pressure Drug Recalled

24 July 2018

Officials clearing up some recent misinformation about valsartan, a drug used to treat high blood pressure. Novartis (the original manufacturer of valsartan) issued a letter stating that the recall did not affect all brands of the drug. In several countries batches of Valsartan and Valsartan HCT film-coated tablets that do not meet with international quality […]

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Wig Wearing Robbbers

24 July 2018

Straight out of a movie – Police in Grand Bahama confirmed yesterday that just after 10:00am, two people entered John Bull’s Port Lucaya location, smashed the showcase glass and grabbed several pieces of expensive jewelry of an undetermined amount. According to reports, the perpetrators, were men dressed as women. Surveillance videos circulating on social media, […]

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K.B. Wants Commission Of Inquiry On Carnival

24 July 2018

Bahamian Entertainer K.B (Kirkland Bodie) says he is still waiting for the forensic report to be tabled in the House Of Assembly concerning the fiasco of a ‘carnival’ for the past three years of 2015, 2016 and 2017. He said another year has gone by and he is baffled that “not one word is being […]

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Minnis asks Church to Help Build a Better Bahamas

24 July 2018

  Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis said that his vision and mission is to provide opportunities for residents to experience a better Bahamas.   He was addressing the 36th Annual Convention of Calvary Deliverance Church on Sunday, July 22, 2018.   The church celebrated under the theme: “The Year of New Beginnings, […]

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PLP Astounded By AG’s Decision

24 July 2018

The Chairman of the Progressive Liberal  Party Senator Fred Mitchell  says  the party is simply astounded that the Government has announced through its Attorney General  that it has decided to refer the matter of the information alleged on a social media voice note to the Director of Public Prosecutions.  The Party was responding to an […]

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GOVERNMENT PUSHING ANTI-PLASTIC INITIATIVE

24 July 2018

Minister of Environment and Housing RomauldFerreira yesterday spoke of the need to cease the use of plastic in the country with a target date set for some time in the year 2020.   Mr. Ferreira told attendees of a town meeting that it is estimated by 2050 that there will be more plastic in the […]

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Royal Bahamas Defence Force launches Operation Marlin Spike’s Decisive Phase

23 July 2018

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force successfully launched its Operation Marlin Spike Decisive Phase on July 19 at the Bahamas National Trust Retreat. Operation Marlin Spike is a Defence Force-led initiative designed to heighten public awareness of Defence Force duties and activities in safeguarding the people of The Bahamas, especially in the areas of marine and […]

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Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Visits Empowerment Camp for Students

23 July 2018

“I am very proud of what I am seeing here in terms of food processing and the creation of handicrafts,” said Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard on his visit to the Department of Cooperatives Summer Programme: “Empowerment Camp” at C.C. Sweeting High School, Friday, July 20, 2018. The programme is […]

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Guilt or Innocence

23 July 2018

The dread story is always the same: —–Police officers in fear of their lives; police officers [due to the power inherent in said fair] return fire; a man is felled and as a direct consequence of said return fire, the man dies! And thus on this blessed Monday, July 23rd. 2018, we report that: —A […]

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