02 May 2018
Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President, Paul Maynard, said he is optimistic that they’ll work out their issues in Thursday’s sit down with Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) executives. This after Public Works Minister, Desmond Bannister, last week admonished the union and BPL executives to settle their differences. Angered by management’s decision to reduce BPL […]
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02 May 2018
The Ministry of National Security on Monday, officially launched its National Neighbourhood Watch Council (NNWC) at the Paul Farquharson Conference Centre – an initiative to oversee and promote neighbourhood watch activities throughout Bahamian communities. Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis, delivered the keynote address and stressed the importance of a relationship between the police and the […]
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02 May 2018
Shantytown surveys are completed and the information is now in the hands of the Department of Statistics, according to Chairman of the Shantytown Committee, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes. Mr.Foulkes who’s eyeing a possible May 9th deadline to have the report in hand, said he has some preliminary results, however, only about 80 per cent. He […]
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30 April 2018
Freeport based Queens Counsel Maurice Glinton says without a substantive Chief Justice appointed, the Judiciary branch no longer serves as an independent branch of government. Mr. Glinton has joined a large number of the members of The Bahamas Bar Association who are agitating for Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis to make the appointment under the […]
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30 April 2018
Rights Bahamas once again urges the FNM government in the strongest of terms to permanently shelf its invasive and oppressive Spy Bill. In a statement released yesterday, Rights Bahamas said, the citizens of the Bahamas, who cherish their freedom and jealousy guard their fundamental rights, do not need clandestine spy agencies invading their privacy. The […]
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30 April 2018
With the Minnis Administration’s one-year anniversary on the horizon, former Minister of Works Bradley Roberts expressed some of his major concerns this weekend as he called the Prime Minister a “dishonest bafoon”. Mr. Roberts outlined in a statement issued yesterday the government’s “corrupt” dealings with Oban where convicted felon Peter Kreiger signed for Satpal Dhunna […]
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30 April 2018
Investigations are ongoing into a shooting incident in Abaco that’s left a man in his early 20s dead Friday night. The victim is Perez Dames, a young man who moved to the island only a few months ago. Police say they were called to the area of Charles Sawyer Highway after 9pm, they met […]
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30 April 2018
“We are safer today than we were yesterday, but the threats of tomorrow are different”, said National Security Minister Marvin Dames. In an address at the CEO Network conference, Mr. Dames mentioned that illegal arms trafficking generates approximately $1 billion annually, cocaine generates an estimated $85 billion and human trafficking an estimated $23 billion annually. […]
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30 April 2018
The police are getting high marks from a Baptist Bishop, Reverend Doctor Simeon Hall Pastor who has applauded the police for the reduction in murders so far this year. He said, “I commend the Minister of National Security The Honorable Marvin Dames and the Commissioner of Police Mr. Anthony Ferguson for this significant step in […]
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30 April 2018
The Department of Public Health offered vaccinations in the Marathon Mall this weekend. Nurse Joyanne Cartwright, a nurse at the Gambier Clinic, told the Journal why it is important for children to keep up-to-date with their shots. She said, “some people feel that it makes you sick or that there is some conspiracy behind it, […]
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