01 September 2023
By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Though the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP28, isa few months away, two of the top performing male and female meteorology trainees of theNiccolo P. Small Meteorology Cadet Programme discovered during the closing ceremony ofthe summer-long program that they will be joining the traveling party from […]
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01 September 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer A new study from the University of The Bahamas (UB) has found that married women are morelikely than single women to have experienced non-consensual sexual intercourse.The peer reviewed research paper, led by Associate Professor Dr Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, isentitled ‘In The Bahamas she must give it up: Sexual abuse of […]
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01 September 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The issue of abortion has been a hot button topic in the country following a 40-year-old motherbeing charged with aborting her 11-year-old daughter’s baby after the child was allegedly rapedby the mother’s 45-year-old boyfriend.Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe weighed in on whether the government is mindedto changing the abortion […]
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01 September 2023
By Licec BasitanJournal Staff Writer During her annual back to school national address on Sunday evening, Education andTechnical and Vocational Training (MOETVT) Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin said“there is a lot of ground to cover and recover” in the 2023/2024 academic school yearand education officials do not intend to just go with the status quo.“Education is a […]
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01 September 2023
By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Parents of children with special needs will be happy to know that greater emphasiswill be placed on special education this academic school year, according to EducationMinister Glenys Hanna-Martin.As education officials embark on curriculum reform, which is central to the goals theministry seeks to accomplish, Minister Hanna-Martin said, “I am proud […]
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01 September 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training, in conjunction with the RoyalBahamas Police Force, added 27 new School Resource Officers (SRO) to school campusesfollowing a graduation ceremony last Friday at the Paul Farquharson Conference Center, policeheadquarters.Coordinator of School Policing and Officer in charge of the South-Central Division ChiefSuperintendent […]
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01 September 2023
BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer The Ministry of Works have acquired new heavy-duty equipment for continued roadmaintenance and flood mitigation for the first time in over 20 years.Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears said the road equipment cost a total of $400,000.“This is the first time in 20 years I’m advised that the ministry […]
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01 September 2023
By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Sex offender Sidney Cooper is in protective custody after residents in the CoconutGrove area descended at his residence on Fifth Street with weapons in hand followingreports of a 12-year-old girl almost being abducted in the Coconut Grove area lastThursday.A video circulating social media showed where Cooper was seen purportedly beingarrested […]
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01 September 2023
Less than 12 hours after a young man, out on bail for at least four murders and severalother serious offences was gunned down on Sunset Drive, Sunset Park lastWednesday morning, police launched investigations into another homicideWednesday night.A 49-year-old male has been arrested and is being questioned by police, withreference to the stabbing which resulted in […]
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01 September 2023
— 8-Year-Old Girl Shot in Leg By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer In less than a week, another juvenile has become a victim of gun violence. An eight-year-old girl was in hospital this week with injuries to the leg after a gunman,indiscriminately opened fire on a group of persons in Flamingo Gardens, offCarmichael Road.According to preliminary […]
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