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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 […]

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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 […]

Gov’t Gets Poor Ratings

11 May 2018

Thousands of Bahamians around the Bahamas are engaged in exercises to assess the performance of the government of Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis after  one year in office.  There are four more years left in the term.  Callers on the Love 97 Radio Talk show “Issues of the Day” in the main gave the administration […]

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FORMER TEACHER CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT

11 May 2018

A sixty five year old man held back tears as he  was  charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the indecent assault of three minors. Garfield Hepburn pleaded  not guilty on all three charges and Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux set his bail at $7,500.  Hepburn was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correction and […]

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ALARM OVER CYBERSECURITY THREATS

11 May 2018

The Minister of National Security Marvin Dames says last year there were eight leading cyber security threats  which encompassed both fraud and ransom. He  said cybercrime includes damage and destruction of data and stolen money.  It is estimated that cybercrime costs approximately $600 billion worldwide in  a year.” “In 2017 nearly 90 per cent  of […]

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Man Dies One Week After Shooting

11 May 2018

The murder count increased by another one after a shooting victim died in hospital, on Wednesday after being shot outside a home in April.  The victim was reportedly one of four men standing outside a home on Jumbey Street, Pinewood Gardens, after 11:00pm on Saturday, April 28th when a gunman approached them, opened fire, hitting […]

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$5.3MIL WATER PROJECT FOR LONG ISLAND

11 May 2018

A $5.3million contract was  signed yesterday  between the Water and Sewerage cooperation and Bahamas Hot Mix Co. LTD. (BHM) The contract seeks to extend  the  water supply  in  Long Island. Lot 1 in the project begins   at Salt Pond North Long   Island, ending at Boat Harbour Drive and will provide service to approximately […]

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MEN ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER

11 May 2018

Three men were  arraigned in the Magistrates  court yesterday in connection with a murder.  Twenty four year old Cleveland Musgrove, 19 year old Jonathan Brown, and 33 year old Marco Neely were accused of  the murder of Prince Johnson.  The youngest of the accused,  Brown, burst  into tears as he spotted his emotional family members […]

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MINISTERS GRADE THEMSELVES

10 May 2018

As the Free National Movement administration led by Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis celebrates one year in office today, many Bahamians are offering various assessments of the performance of the government. However,  the idea of giving a grade is said to be  subjective  and dependent on one’s expectation and   perception of the future. However, […]

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FNM GOV’T – “A DANGER TO THE RULE OF LAW” 

10 May 2018

Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis  says the Minnis administration is operating  “on a platform of falsehoods, untruths, and a tissue of lies.”  He said the Free National Movement government “is a danger to the rule of law.” Addressing a mass rally at the Sir Lynden Pindling Centre, Gambier House, last night, the Progressive Liberal Party […]

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NEW HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM

10 May 2018

Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis told members of the House of Assembly yesterday that the Affordable Home Bill will significantly increase home ownership throughout The Bahamas, helping potentially hundreds of Bahamians to realize the long-sought dream of a home to call their own. He said, “along with the opportunity for work, education and health care, […]

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I. Chester Cooper

Gov’t Quizzed on Motives over Homes Bill

10 May 2018

The Member of Parliament for Exuma and Ragged Island I. Chester Cooper says he supports  reasonable efforts to increase Bahamian home ownership. However  he questioned the motives of the government over the Affordable Homes Bill before the House of Assembly. “A home is one of the most important purchases the vast majority of people could […]

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