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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax
 
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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award

By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones was among the manyBahamians who received the Golden Jubilee Independence Award for theiroutstanding service to the country.“It is an honour for me to be honoured by the government and people of TheBahamas for the Golden Jubilee of The Bahamas. I have been […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Philip Davis, in a written statement, applaudedthe recent passage of a United Nations (UN) resolution that calls for the creation of anintergovernmental committee open to all United Nations member states with a bureau ofapproximately 20 members, elected with gender and regional […]

Bahamas Hosts 32nd CARALL Conference

25 July 2017

The Caribbean Association of Law Librarians (CARALL) officially opened its three-day conference yesterday at the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel under the theme “Law Librarians at the Crossroad Addressing Trends, Issues and Challenges,” a theme Minister of State for Legal Affairs Elsworth Johnson said is very timely. Mr. Johnson brought yesterday’s keynote address on behalf of […]

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Atlantis Cyber Breach May Compromise Guests

25 July 2017

The Atlantis Paradise Island Resort announced that a recent data security incident may have compromised the security of payment information of some customers who used debit or credit cards at food and beverage and retail locations at the resort between November 1, 2016 and April 3, 2017. In a statement on the hotel’s website, the resort […]

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Bahamians Share Mixed Views over ‘PLP Arrests’

25 July 2017

With several former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet members being arrested and others questioned over alleged misconduct while in office, much has been made over the government’s handling of the situation. With all that is going on, The Bahama Journal took to the streets to get the public’s response about how the government’s acting on […]

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Govt Fulfills Promise on Wi-Fi Zones

25 July 2017

The Government of The Bahamas has begun piloting free Wi-Fi zones at certain parks in the Fox Hill, Gambier Village and Bain and Grants Town communities.   The Free Wi-Fi zones will allow residents of those areas – particularly school-aged children — access to the worldwide web.  Controls have been implemented to block certain content. […]

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Cash Denies Witch Hunt

25 July 2017

Former Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash said the actions being taken by the Minnis administration “are not politically motivated in the sense that the newly elected government is going after its political opponent.” The former FNM chairman was referring to the recent arrests and charges brought against three members of the former Christie […]

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Johnson Warns PLP over Letter

25 July 2017

Minister of State for Legal Affairs Elsworth Johnson warned the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) following a recent letter penned by Opposition Leader Philip Davis to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis regarding the recent investigations of former MPs. When asked about the letter, while he said he had not seen as yet, Mr. Johnson said persons […]

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Police Told ‘Speak Out Against Abuse’

25 July 2017

Opposition Leader Philip Davis encouraged police officers to speak out against the abuse of state power as the government has given the Royal Bahamas Police Force directives to investigate former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) members of parliament. Davis encouraged police officers to speak out yesterday during the PLP’s Yamacraw Branch meeting where he spoke about […]

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The Road To Tyranny

24 July 2017

The Clifton Review   The Clifton Review is a bi-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires, the links to unsavory characters, the use of the courts for personal agendas, the involvement of a political party, and the attacks on the Government of […]

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Another Man on Bail Shot Dead

24 July 2017

The country recorded its 77th murder last Friday, the victim, another male on bail for a serious offence. According to police, the incident took place shortly before 4 p.m. in the area of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Oakes Field. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean told reporters on scene that two females and one […]

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Former MP Granted $50K Bail

24 July 2017

Two days after being taken into custody, Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Smith has been released on $50,000 bail. This move follows his arraignment and subsequent bail hearing on Friday past. As his wife, in-laws Franklyn and Sharon Wilson, Bishop Neil Ellis, family, friends and colleagues looked out, Smith stood […]

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