22 February 2017
Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder has refused to grant leave for a judicial review in the application hearing of Opposition Members Dr. Andre Rollins and Richard Lightbourne. The pair submitted that the current boundaries report violates article 70 of the constitution, which requires that a boundaries report be submitted within a period of five years. […]
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21 February 2017
Piped potable water will be provided to all Bahamian communities in shortly through a $28 million loan agreement from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Minister of Public Works and Urban Development Philip ‘Brave’ Davis made the announcement during the official launch of The Bahamas Water Supply Improvement Project yesterday at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. […]
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21 February 2017
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) ratified another four candidates in the run-up to the general election. Elected as the newly appointed four were Samuel Kemp-Representative in the North Andros and Berry Islands constituency, Samuel Strachan-Representative for Cat Island, Rum Cay, and San Salvador; Stephanie Lightbourne- Representative for Englerston; Gerrino Saunders- Representative for St. Barnabas. Leader […]
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21 February 2017
Having sat in Nassau on more occasions than they have anywhere other than the United Kingdom, the Judicial Committee of the London-based Privy Council will see its fourth sitting of The Bahamas’ final Court of Appeal this week as five Privy Council judges are set to hear appeals and applications over the next five days. […]
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21 February 2017
The battle for Long Island is starting to heat up as the Free National Movement’s candidate for the island Adrian Gibson and the island’s representative and Opposition Leader in the House of Assembly Loretta Butler Turner have currently engaged in a war of words on social media. The back and forth began last week when […]
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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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