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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 […]

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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 […]

MAN ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER

20 October 2017

A man appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being the culprit behind the murder of 38 year old Shenique Hart on October 10th. Twenty- year old Godfrey McKinney of Johnson Alley stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt facing a murder charge and two counts of attempted murder. It was alleged that on the same […]

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BIA wants National Disaster Risk Plan

20 October 2017

Chairman of the Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) Emmanuel Komolafe is calling for a disaster risk plan.   Speaking with our news team yesterday Komolafe said he believes it is time for a serious conversation on the development of a robust and holistic national disaster risk plan that addresses several factors including  the financing of rebuilding ‎efforts […]

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Inner City Barber Gives Back

20 October 2017

Not all young men are lost to guns, gangs and violence, and a local barber shop, it’s owner and patrons show this by giving back to the senior citizens of the country.   A group of men calling themselves the Super Kutz Group associated with the Super Kutz Barber shop on Nassau Street aim to […]

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Davis says he’s equipped to lead

20 October 2017

Asserting that he is well equipped to lead the country, the Leader of the official opposition Philip “Brave” Davis says the Minnis administration is delivering “hopelessness and terror.” Mr. Davis made the remark as he addressed the Eastern regional meeting of The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in Fox Hill Wednesday night.   The PLP interim […]

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Culmer Is New FNM Chairman

20 October 2017

The new chairman of the governing Free National Movement is Carl Culmer.   Mr. Culmer beat out Howard Grant in an election of the Central Council held at the Party’s Headquarters on Mackey Street last evening.   The party held the election due to the resignation of former chairman Sidney Collie that took effect yesterday. […]

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40 Young Men Get A Jumpstart

20 October 2017

Forty young men graduated yesterday from the Ministry of Education’s Jump Start Program. The Jump Start program is designed to help male students with academic, behavioral or emotional disabilities that might otherwise be at-risk of leaving high school without the National High School Diploma. The young men received training from BTVI in the areas of […]

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BPL APPOINTS BAHAMIANS AS NEW CEO AND COO

18 October 2017

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) has appointed two Bahamians to head the management team. They include a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a Chief Operating Officer (COO). Whitney Heastie, has been made CEO and Mrs. Christina Alston, with over 25 years of experience in the electricity utility sector, has been awarded the title of […]

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SENATOR MITCHELL CONDEMNS FNM GOV’T

18 October 2017

Senator Fred Mitchell has roundly criticized the Free National Movement Government for false promises and for constantly blaming the former administration for their inefficiencies. Mr. Mitchell spoke Monday night at the PLP’s central regional meeting held at Columbus Primary School where he publicly condemned the current administration for appearing productive, but lacking in what they […]

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Govt Offers to Buy Grand Lucayan

18 October 2017

The possible boost of the economy of the nation’s second city Freeport is in the offing with the revelation that the government has made an offer to Hutchinson Whampoa to purchase the Grand Lucayan Resort.   This was revealed by Press Secretary Anthony Newbold during the the government’s weekly press briefing.   While details of […]

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Illegal Immigrants Create Underground Economy

18 October 2017

Since the announcement by Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, that all illegals immigrants in The Bahamas have until December 31st to regularize themselves or leave the country, it has been suggested that these immigrants create an underground economy that is not regulated. “We know that illegal immigration has been a long-standing problem in the country […]

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