21 February 2017
Opposition Leader in the House of Assembly and Long Island Member of Parliament (MP) Loretta Butler- Turner yesterday suggested that Opposition forces are being hindered from throwing out the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Government because too many individuals want to lead. In an interview with The Bahama Journal, Mrs. Butler-Turner lamented the urgency of opposition […]
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21 February 2017
Representatives of the Antea Group, an international Engineering and Environmental Consulting Firm from the Netherlands, spent over a week in Grand Bahama, recently. The firm, which specializes in full service solutions in the fields of environment, infrastructure and urban planning conducted investigations into environmental safety of residents within the Pinder’s Point, Lewis Yard, Hawksbill and […]
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21 February 2017
St. Anne’s Member of Parliament (MP) Hubert Chipman says he will not become a part this “game” the government is playing. The comments came during a short interview with The Bahama Journal yesterday morning. Mr. Chipman was asked what he makes of all that has transpired since the public reading of a letter, where he […]
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20 February 2017
Local health officials are expressing optimism in regards to the Zika virus, saying that suspected cases have diminished significantly since the start of the new year. According to the Ministry of Health’s official website, as of last Monday, there were no new cases of the Zika virus reported in the country. “The number of suspected […]
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20 February 2017
Trevor Cooper, a 21-year-old man, was charged before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt for the Monday February 13th, 2017 murder of Frederick Ferguson. The deceased was shot sometime that morning during an altercation at a business establishment on West Bay Street. Police officials say the victim was transported to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Ferguson […]
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20 February 2017
The Ministry of Tourism’s (MOT) ‘Da Bahamian Ting’ Song Competition attracted scores of talented singers, songwriters and musicians from throughout The Islands of The Bahamas. On February 17, members of MOT’s Culture and Heritage Department counted 124 submissions. The deadline for submissions was 5:00 p.m. “The response was overwhelming,” said Director of Culture and Heritage […]
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20 February 2017
Police are appealing to the public for help in capturing two suspects responsible for a shooting incident that has left three persons nursing wounds in hospital on Sunday. Reports are that around 10:00 a.m., a group of men were involved in an altercation on Windsor Lane that led to three of them being shot. The […]
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20 February 2017
In a ceremony fit for royalty, Jones Communications officially blessed its new building on Thompson Boulevard on Friday. The official ceremony was a dual purpose one as it also honored the JCN persons of the year Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald and University of the Bahamas President Dr. Rodney Smith. The pair received the award primarily […]
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20 February 2017
There’s an unspoken truth about domestic violence and while women are often the ones to fall victim to the scourge, there are now cases of women being the aggressor and men now being the victims. Although this was not the main focus of a two-day conference on Domestic Violence hosted by the Bible Society of […]
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20 February 2017
Prime Minister Perry Christie has taken St. Anne’s MP Hubert Chipman to task over his claim that the boundaries report he signed off on differed from the one tabled in the House of Assembly last week. Mr. Chipman is currently a part of a government delegation, which travelled to Guyana for CARICOM, meetings alongside Foreign […]
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