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MIXED VIEWS ON TRUMP’S NOMINEE Ms. Shanta Knowles Named JCN Person of The Year
 
Herschel Walker

MIXED VIEWS ON TRUMP’S NOMINEE

By Gerrino Saunders Bahama Journal News Editor While Bahamians have long complained that The Bahamas has not had a United States Ambassador since the Obama administration appointed Nicole Avant who demitted office in November 2011, the nomination of Herschel Walker is receiving mixed reactions in The Bahamas. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a statement on […]

Shanta Knowles

Ms. Shanta Knowles Named JCN Person of The Year

The Management of the Jones Communications Network (JCN) and a special Committee of The Civil Society and Person of The Year Awards are pleased to announce that Ms. Shanta Knowles, the next Commissioner of Police is the JCN Person of the Year for 2024. Every year for over two decades JCN gives the award to […]

PM Davis Calls for Developed Nations to Take Accountability for Climate Crisis

06 October 2023

By: Keile Campbell Prime Minister Philip Davis advocated for accountability and solutions from developedcountries who contribute the most towards the climate change crisis though Small IslandDeveloping States (SIDS) such as The Bahamas continue to feel the brunt effects of theconsequences due to climate change.Speaking to fellow nation leaders and representatives at the 2nd Caribbean Small […]

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Defence Force Commodore, Dr. Raymond King

Migration Slowed Because of Hurricane Season

06 October 2023

DESTINY JOHNSON While the end of the year is considered a busy time for illegal migration, with most of themovement happening at sea, Royal Bahamas Defense Force Marines (RBDF) has seen a slowingof migration in Bahamian waters.RBDF commodore, Dr. Raymond King told reporters Monday morning that illegal migration isslow at this because countries in the […]

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Roots For Change Supports Kai Jones

06 October 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSON Bahamian center Bahamian Basketball player Kai Jones, who made it to the NationalBasketball Association (NBA) back in 2021, will be away from his team the CharlotteHornets indefinitely for ‘personal reasons’ according to NBA analyst ShamsCharania; there is no timetable for his return.It comes on the heels of Jones posting multiple bizarre videos […]

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Hon. Clay Sweeting

Two Shantytowns Already Served Eviction Notices

06 October 2023

By: Licec Bastian The government has rebooted its measures to tackle unregulated communities orshantytowns in The Bahamas beginning with the posting of notices in selected areasto notify affected person with illegal structures in shantytowns of the demolitionexercise.The Ministry of Works in a statement on Wednesday said “The Ministry hasestablished the Unregulated Communities Action Task Force […]

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Still No Conclusion On Baby Anwar’s Cause of Death

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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The Late Obie Wilchcombe

A Government In Mourning — Veteran Broadcaster and Political Giant Dies

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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Bahamian Delegation

Bahamian Delegation At 78th UN General Assembly

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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Frederick Audley Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Public Service of the Bahamas, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.

THE GOSPEL OF “NO” — Mitchell Rejects ‘No’ on Climate Change and Reparations

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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BPSU President Kimsley Ferguson

Ferguson Returns As BPSU President

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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Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Public Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-eighth session.

Mitchell, CARICOM Heads plead for UN Resolution on Haiti

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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