18 July 2017
The Government of The Bahamas will assist wherever possible to ensure that the opportunities that lay within the shipping industry at the global level are taken advantage of. Addressing members of the media following a tour of the LJM Maritime Academy on Monday, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the global shipping industry is a […]
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17 July 2017
Sixty-four Haitian migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas during a joint exercise by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Department of Immigration. Shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, a Haitian sloop arrived offshore at Ragged Island. Defence Force and immigration officials along with community members engaged in a joint exercise to take into […]
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17 July 2017
A shooting incident in the Fox Hill area on Saturday night has left one man dead. According to police, shortly before 9 p.m., a man had just pulled up in his vehicle to a home located on Johnson Terrace and upon exiting his vehicle he was shot. The man was pronounced dead on the scene. […]
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17 July 2017
The Bahama Journal understands that Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade is set to be replaced as the head of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and will be replaced by Senior Deputy Commissioner Anthony Ferguson. Deputy Commissioner Ferguson was responsible for the RBPF’s Disciplinary Tribunal, Complaints and Corruption Branch, and Force Inspections and Review Branch […]
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17 July 2017
With a new CEO at the helm of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) comes talk and fears of major job losses and while Labour Director Robert Farquharson can’t confirm or deny what’s to come, he’s stressed that there’s a collective bargaining agreement that speaks to such an issue. Last week, BTC’s CEO Leon Williams […]
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17 July 2017
Former Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett walked out of Supreme Court on Friday with a happy demeanor, waving cuffed hands at party supporters on Bank Lane, after he was granted $50,000 bail with two sureties. Dorsett, who could be heard telling his wife “I love you too, baby,” while exiting the Supreme Court building […]
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17 July 2017
Drug Enforcement Unit officers took a 24 –year-old corrections officer from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services into custody following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs at his residence last Friday. According to police, around 1 p.m., officers assigned to the Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at the home of the […]
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17 July 2017
Frustrated employees of the General Post Office are back on the job after wading through three feet of water and a malfunctioning air conditioning system. According to Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) President John Pinder, while the pipes have been fixed, the air conditioning system remains dysfunctional. Meantime, there have been some adjustments made to […]
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17 July 2017
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Bahamas Department of Meteorology strongly refutes sending out a WhatsApp message warning Bahamians “to start tomorrow preparing for a hurricane, a system, which is moving near the Caribbean Sea.” NEMA, through the Department of Meteorology, said it has an established protocol for the notification of any impending […]
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17 July 2017
Fear has settled among Bahamian political pundits and politicos as the government has embarked on political prosecutions in order to satisfy supporters of the Free National Movement. Over the weekend, The Bahama Journal learned that some officials of the former government are being invited by police to explain various transactions they have been involved in. […]
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