08 March 2017
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson reiterated the government’s position regarding claims by the US State Department regarding the state of human rights in the country as she called the report inaccurate. Her comments came while speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday. “The government objects to the numerous inaccuracies in that report, there are many untruths […]
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08 March 2017
In the midst of critics creating the notion that Baha Mar will not meet the projected opening date this April, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson yesterday sought to dispel that idea. One such critic is the resort’s Former Developer Sarkis Izmirlian, who in a release accused the government of making the multi-billion dollar property seem […]
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08 March 2017
The world’s second largest cruise line operator Royal Caribbean Cruises is expected to undertake a $150 million, three-phase port expansion project on Coco Cay (Little Stirrup Cay) scheduled for completion by the end of winter 2017. The announcement was made yesterday during a Heads of Agreement Signing between the government and officials from Royal Caribbean […]
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08 March 2017
After a lag in the progress of hurricane restoration efforts over the past few months, Minister Responsible for Restoration Shane Gibson said he is pleased to report that the process has “picked up.” Last October, hundreds particularly in the northwestern Bahamas were devastated by the monster storm’s impact; leaving families displaced. “I’ve seen where the […]
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08 March 2017
Two days following a blaze at the New Providence Landfill and officials say it could take up to five to seven days before the Jubilee Gardens Community will see any drastic decreases of smoke in the area. The Bahama Journal visited the area yesterday and though smoke had slightly subsided, the area still reeked of […]
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08 March 2017
Using an interpreter to translate the charges, seven Haitian Nationals were arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Andrew Forbes in the Supreme Court. Represented in Court #8 by Attorney Tai Pinder was 58-year-old Alteon Raymond, 42-year-old Wisler Labanche, 54 -year-old Bertrand Predestin, 44-year-old Richard Fortiulien, 28 -year-old, Jeanty Valerice, 43-year-old Romane Petit Frere and 43-year-old Jean Eliezaire […]
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08 March 2017
Charred remains of desks and parts of containers once used for classrooms is what firefighters extinguished yesterday on a condemned property to the rear of the A.F Adderley High School. The containers were at one point used as classrooms for students from the A.F Adderley High School. However, some two years ago the property was […]
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07 March 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says what the U.S State Department’s 2016 Human Rights Report has conveyed about The Bahamas as it relates to human’s rights is inaccurate. In its most recent statement condemning the report, the ministry says action will be taken. “Now that the US report has been publically released, the Ministry of […]
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07 March 2017
Thick gray clouds still consumed a street in a Jubilee Gardens community where one resident told The Journal she and several others have now decided to take matters into their own hands and that is to have the New Providence Landfill completely removed. Melissa Allen-Maynard says she made the decision after she, her husband and […]
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07 March 2017
Firefighters continued to fight a blaze at the New Providence Landfill that displaced hundreds of residents in the Jubilee Gardens community Sunday. Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett up to noon Monday said while he could not speak to the level of control established at the dumpsite, firefighters were tackling several hotspots there and in […]
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