18 July 2017
After a stall in diagnostic services at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) over the weekend, those services according to management have been restored yesterday afternoon. Over the weekend, a broken pipe in the Radiology Department caused intense flooding which resulted in the malfunctioning of diagnostic machines which included CT scans and ultra sounds. The flooding […]
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18 July 2017
Officials at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) said the organization suffered severe damage to its network in Grand Bahama as a result of a third party construction company. This incident took place on Saturday, July 15, and BTC’s technical team was able to quickly assess the damage and gradually begin restoring services to customers. […]
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18 July 2017
More than 1,000 athletes and officials have arrived in the country for the Sixth Annual Commonwealth Youth Games which begins today with an immersive opening ceremony that promises to bring a taste of “Caribbean Carnival to Commonwealth Sports.” From July 18 – 23, 96 gold medals will be contested in nine sports, (swimming, beach soccer, […]
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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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