15 May 2017
Before family and friends at Government House last Friday, the country’s new Deputy Prime Minister K. Peter Turnquest and Attorney General Carl Bethel were sworn in. Mr. Turnquest, who was also sworn in as minister of finance, is a chartered public accountant and officially took the oath of office for this position, which has been traditionally held […]
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15 May 2017
Former Prime Minister Perry Christie is expected to resign as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) this evening. The Bahama Journal understands that Christie will meet with the PLP’s national general council at the Sir Lynden Pindling Centre, where he is expected to give an address and relinquish the position he was elected […]
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15 May 2017
A man, believed to be in his 30s, was found by police in a car on Carmichael Road with gunshot wounds about the body last Friday morning. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Clayton Fernander, officials were alerted of the sounds of gunshots on Whitaker Avenue sometime after 12 a.m. “Our officers were […]
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15 May 2017
The body of a Haitian man was discovered in Eleuthera early Saturday morning. The man was believed to be a part of a group of some 50 Haitian migrants that were seeking to land in South Eleuthera. According to reports, shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday, police received receive a report that several Haitians migrants […]
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15 May 2017
Taking the phrase ‘being a responsible citizen’ very seriously, Steven Cartwright, organizer of a local group called Bahamas Revisited is leading the campaign in the clean up efforts following last week’s general election. Mr. Cartwright said the posters littering the island are an eye-soar, and something he has witnessed for himself three elections back-to-back. “This […]
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10 May 2017
Addressing scores of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) supporters on Clifford Park on Monday, Prime Minister Perry Christie warned supporters and Bahamians on what he called special foreign interests that are backing the Free National Movement’s (FNM) campaign. Mr. Christie said millions of dollars have been spent in what he calls a smear campaign designed […]
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10 May 2017
Free National Movement Leader (FNM) Dr. Hubert Minnis is today confident that he and the FNM will emerge as the governing party after today’s ballots are cast and counted. During the FNM’s final mass rally last night at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center, Dr. Minnis said he believes the FNM can pull off a […]
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10 May 2017
One day before the 2017 general election, Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Pinewood candidate Lincoln Bain expressed his concerns surrounding the early tampering of ballot boxes. The Bahama Journal was at the Parliamentary Registration Department yesterday when Mr. Bain made the announcement that four ballot boxes had been breached. “I had to inquire for […]
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10 May 2017
The Bahamian democracy is under assault by outside interests and big money, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie, as “dangerous people” are pouring millions of dollars into propaganda to bring the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) down. While Christie urged Bahamians to vote for the PLP during the party’s mass rally at Clifford Park last night, […]
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10 May 2017
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday stressed the importance of today’s vote, charging that it is an escape from the “down spiral of corrupt governance”. He lamented that too much damage has been done by the Christie administration. “Tomorrow’s election provides the opportunity to make a 180-degree turn and usher in a government that […]
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