04 October 2017
Over 100 members of Power House Deliverance Apostolic Global Ministries are without a place to worship following a fire yesterday. Reports are that at about five in the morning on Tuesday firefighters were called to the Fleming Street church as a blaze had over taken the sanctuary. Fire Chief Walter Evans said they […]
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04 October 2017
Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander, who said he saw firsthand the great devastation of Dominica said that he is still hopeful as he witnessed brotherly love during the tour of that hurricane ravished island. Among the delegation that traveled with Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to the island-state, Bishop Fernander said that as […]
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04 October 2017
Social Media has now become a main issue of concern for law enforcement officers as its usage has triggered and continues to cause a waste of the authorities’ time, unnecessary harm, panic and in severe circumstances, murder. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Stephen Dean while a guest on the Radio Love 97 Talk […]
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04 October 2017
Black women in the Bahamas get Breast Cancer two decades earlier and usually two stages later than most women elsewhere in the world. This statement was made Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said outside the Cabinet office yesterday. Breast Cancer has affected thousands of women and their families in The Bahamas. As it relates to […]
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03 October 2017
In a thought-provoking address that reminded the University of The Bahamas (UB) community about the context and expectations for student scholarship while lamenting the social and moral decay that has marked the Bahamian society – particularly New Providence – writer and poet Patricia Glinton-Meicholas delivered the keynote address at UB’s Opening Academic Convocation last Friday. […]
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03 October 2017
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie has resigned as chairman of the party following confirmation of his appointment to a top diplomatic post. Confirming as much in interview with The Bahama Journal, Mr. Collie said resignation will take effect on the 19th of this month. “I’m taking up my post as the permanent representative at […]
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03 October 2017
The Bahamas is to remain dedicated to tackling the issue of human trafficking. This coming from Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations Sheila Carey in her address to the United Nations General Assembly, where she said the country considers this act as “heinous” and is committed to snuffing it out. The high […]
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03 October 2017
Sunshine Insurance launched the eight annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the ninth annual Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend yesterday with beneficiaries receiving donations. During yesterday’s launch, Sunshine Insurance President Paul McWeeney said the international support of the race has contributed handsomely to the tourism, translating into almost 2,000 room nights and tourist […]
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03 October 2017
It’s been several years, but police officers who were owed money for working 12-hour shifts have finally been paid. Police Staff Association Chairman Sergeant Sonny Miller confirmed yesterday that over 1,700 police officers in New Providence received their second of four payments last Wednesday. Miller said he is pleased that the government kept […]
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03 October 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is standing in solidarity with the United States following a horrendous mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas on Sunday evening. Expressing solidarity to the U.S. through a diplomatic note sent to the government of the United States, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured the U.S. that The Bahamas […]
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