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BALANCING MIGRATION PM Davis says SIDS have a right to survival -COP29
 
The issue of migration and illegal immigration took center stage at a panel discussion on “Understanding The Complexities of Migration Management ” during day four of Diplomatic Week held at the Grand Lucayan Resort in Freeport, Grand Bahama.  Immigration Minister the Hon. Sears (centre) served as a panelist for the discussion, along with Her Excellency Gezel Farrington, Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights (photographed at left) and Ms. Zahrah Jibrilu, Project Officer, International Organization for Migration (photographed at right).  Other panelists included His Excellency Dennis Zulu, UN Resident Coordinator for The Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos and Jamaica; His Excellency Dr. Ellison Rahming, Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba; and Mr. Crispin Hall, of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

BALANCING MIGRATION

By Journal Staff Writer America was built on it. Singapore thrives because of it.Immigrants usually make a country better especially when thepopulation is small and skills limited.Minister of Immigration and National Insurance, Alfred Sears sayswhen it comes to the issues surrounding migration The Bahamasfinds itself trying to balance national security interests of thecountry and human […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

PM Davis says SIDS have a right to survival -COP29

By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Phillip Davis joined over 50,000 people in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29 th sessionof the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties known as COP29 where hegave contributions on behalf of The Bahamas.According to the United Nations, this gathering, the second largest of its kind, under the theme:investing […]

MPs Reject Judge’s Ruling

04 August 2016

Parliamentarians stood in unison yesterday to challenge a judge’s ruling against a Member of Parliament arguing that parliamentarian privilege should be held higher than the Supreme Court. Various parliamentarians spoke out in the Lower Chamber yesterday against a recent injunction placed against MP for Marathon Jerome Fitzgerald for reading private emails of the environmental group […]

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Hanna Martin Bashes Lightbourn

04 August 2016

It has been nearly a week since women around the country were left in utter shock and disgust after FNM MP Richard Lightbourn stood on the floor of his party’s convention last week and suggested a possible deterrent to the country’s economic woes could be unwed single mothers getting their tubes tied. In round two […]

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Gov’t Creates New Tax Framework For GB

04 August 2016

Though the Hawksbill Agreement has now expired, the Government of The Bahamas is looking to enter into a new agreement with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) that will grant further tax concessions to the GBPA and its licensees for the next 20 years. Prime Minister Perry Christie made the announcement in the House of […]

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Gatekeepers To Contest 2017 Election

04 August 2016

A new political party has emerged on the scene as promised; the Gatekeepers are heading into the 2017 general elections with a full slate. The party’s “coach” Rev Jeremiah Duncombe is adamant that the party will emerge as the next government.  “Today we the Gatekeepers officially launch our campaign, for the next general election and […]

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Dept. of Labour Investigates Sandals Closure

04 August 2016

Director of Labour Robert Farquharson has said that reports of the Royal Sandals Bahamian Resort & Spa closing are only alleged reports. Yesterday, during an interview with the Bahama Journal, he said that the department has initiated a full investigation. “Under the provisions of code of industrial practice, employers are required to advise the Government […]

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Bourland Grateful To God For The Science of Adult Stem Cells

03 August 2016

By P.J. Malone Bill Bourland of Arizona (from the last Clifton Review article) is convinced that God was the reason he was able to be cured of a deadly disease using Adult stem cells. After running into one dead end after another, Bill and his wife Mary had lost hope of finding a treatment that […]

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Sandals Closes Temporarily

03 August 2016

Sandals Royal Bahamian & Spa Resort and Offshore Island will close their doors this month after they were slapped with a summons to appear in court for failing to recognize for failing to recognize the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) as the resort workers’ union representatives. In a letter sent to customers, […]

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Man Charged With Store Owner’s Murder

03 August 2016

A 24-year-old man was charged with murder yesterday. Charlton Williamson was arraigned before Magistrate Constance Delancey for the April 6th murder of Paul Butler. The incident took place in the area of Yellow Elder. Police alleged that Butler, who was a proprietor at a local convenience store on Melvern Road, was approached by a lone […]

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Judge Rules Against Minister

03 August 2016

Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald may have to pay a hefty fine of $150,000 after being found in breach of constitutional rights of environmental group Save The Bays (STB). The Cabinet minister has made it clear however that he will be pushing for an appeal, which was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles. The […]

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Homicide Recorded In GB

03 August 2016

After a quiet July, police in Grand Bahama recorded a homicide yesterday. Officials say the victim is a 46-year-old man of Drake Avenue. Authorities say police were called to an apartment complex on Drake Avenue around 3:00 a.m. There, they found the victim with multiple stab wounds to the body. Police say a 45-year-old male […]

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