20 September 2017
Minister of the Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle revealed yesterday that the public sector is making room to recruit younger persons and promote employees based on their qualifications. In order for this to happen, Mr. Rolle said it may include trimming the number of pensioners and contracted workers. “A number of […]
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20 September 2017
Edward Butler, 38, was charged with murder yesterday in the Magistrate’s Court. Butler, a resident of 87 Catherine Avenue, was formally charged with the September 4 murder of Elton Hanna. Butler appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes and he was not required to enter a plea. He was remanded to The Bahamas Department of […]
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20 September 2017
Distraught Shaniqua Brennan, mother of 16-year-old Jeffrey Wright, who was killed in Fox Hill over the weekend, and other residents of the community are calling on the government to assist with combating crime in the area. “They run my son down. My son was sitting in his own yard when the car drove by and […]
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20 September 2017
With the threat of another major monster storm, Hurricane Maria, and with Bahamians still reeling from category five Hurricane Irma, unsure of what will come Psychologist Dr. David Allen said these are the times that persons who live through the storms are traumatize by fear and Bahamians need to create a buddy system to get […]
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20 September 2017
As a hurricane watch is now in effect for the southeast Bahamas, Bahamasair is advising customers of its shifted schedule. Bahamasair advises the traveling public that scheduled flights to Mayaguana and Providenciales in the Turks and Cacios Islands have been rescheduled. In a statement yesterday, Bahamasair said due to the closure of the Providenciales International […]
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20 September 2017
During yesterday’s walkabout in the Fox Hill community, Acting Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson revealed two new crime fighting strategies. “Effective immediately we have instituted the Anti-Gang and Firearm Tracing and Investigation Unit which will operate out of the Central Detective Unit,” Ferguson said. He added that police recognized that a lot of persons are […]
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20 September 2017
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis warned Bahamians to prepare for the potentially catastrophic Hurricane Maria that is expected to hit the same southern islands that the category five Hurricane Irma impacted less than two weeks ago. In a national address last night, Dr. Minnis called for residents to prepare for the storm despite the fact […]
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18 September 2017
The country’s murder count climbed up a notch, reaching triple digits, according to The Bahama Journal’s records, when a teen succumbed to his injuries in hospital following a shooting in Fox Hill on Saturday evening. According to police reports, shortly after 6 p.m. a 17-year-old male was walking on Johnson Road, Fox Hill with another […]
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18 September 2017
CARICOM Chairman and Grenada Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, during his visit to the capital on the weekend, to assess damage inflicted by the wrath of Hurricane Irma, told the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of labour, that he and his team from the Caribbean Community were in the country to not only […]
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18 September 2017
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest, pursuant to the Tariff Act, has declared an Exigency Order for the tax exemption on goods imported for rebuilding purposes following the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma. According to a statement issued by the National Emergency Management Agency, the exigency qualifies for the purposes of […]
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