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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 […]

SHANTY TOWN REPORT RELEASED

18 May 2018

A preliminary assessment report of  ten shanty towns in New Providence found that a total of 1,410 people reside in these communities. There  is also a total of 428 such households scattered across the capital with the largest being in the Carmichael constituency.  The report indicates that 44 per cent of the shanty town community […]

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THE BAHAMAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES MANAGEMENT MEETING

18 May 2018

The Governments of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the United States of America resumed negotiations on 15-16 May 2018 in Nassau, The Bahamas regarding the management of the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas. Since 1952, a portion of the air traffic through the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas has been managed by the Federal […]

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PRISON FELLOWSHIP HONOURS INMATES

18 May 2018

“Life is a journey” is a quote that many if not all the inmates  in  the Bahamas Correctional Services could live by. The  quote is the theme that the first ever prisoners journey program in the Bahamas was under. Prison Fellowship Bahamas has  honoured  73  medium, maximum and female prisoners that completed an eight-week program […]

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BPL To Be Right-sized OVER 200 WORKERS TO BE TERMINATED

17 May 2018

Since threatening a “dark and hot summer” for its tens of thousands of consumers, the line staff and managerial unions of  Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) have signed an agreement of Voluntary Separation. This became necessary as  the Board of BPL has  decided to terminate some 233 employees in an effort to right-size  the electrical […]

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A BILLION SOULS NETWORK COMES TO THE BAHAMAS

17 May 2018

According to Pentecostal pastor, Dr. James Davis, more than 90  percent of all religious ministers worldwide have no formal education. Further,  tens of thousands drop out of ministry each year. It is this very reason that gave birth to the Billion Souls Network, which after 15 years is making its way to the Bahamas. The […]

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Bill To Allow Borrowing by BPL

17 May 2018

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL)  is seeking to do a number of things which in effect will be “fairly costly,” according to Minister of Public Works, Desmond Bannister.  During his contribution to the Electricity Amendment (BPL) Bill, in the House of Assembly yesterday, the Minister said “the current BPL legislation, while it provides that BEC […]

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House Passes Entities Reporting Bill

17 May 2018

The government and opposition yesterday put differences aside and spoke with one voice on a critical piece of legislation for the financial services industry.  The two sides both agreed to support the passing of a Multi-National Entities Reporting Bill to satisfy another requirement of the European Union’s Code of Conduct Group – the same group […]

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BAHAMAS AND U.S RESUME AIR TRAFFIC MEETING

17 May 2018

The Governments of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the United States of America have  resumed negotiations over the last two days  in Nassau  regarding the management of the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas. Since 1952, a portion of the air traffic through the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas has been managed by the Federal […]

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RBPF MANPOWER AUDIT RELEASED

17 May 2018

The Royal Bahamas Police Force Man Power Audit 2018 revealed that the police force is being widely viewed as incompetent when it comes to organizational movement of people for vacant promotional practices.  The RBPF’s Manpower Audit 2018 also found that there is a lack of transparency and accountability that  led to several junior officers exiting […]

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Phone Records Introduced In Smith’s Trial

17 May 2018

The trial of former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith continued yesterday with new evidence being introduced and exhibited of telephone records of the former Public Hospitals Authority Chairman.  The telephone records were introduced in the extortion and bribery trial, but not before several delays as the prosecution had to wait for the documents and […]

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