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TOGETHER WE RISE

By Tynia Brown Journal Staff Writer On July 10, 1973, more than 50,000 Bahamians stood shoulder to shoulder at Clifford Park, watching with pride as the black, gold, and aquamarine flag of an independent Bahamas was hoisted for the first time. The black triangle represents the strength and resilience of the Bahamian people, the gold […]

RBDF Commissions Four New Safe Boats

RBDF Strategically Deploys New Safe Boats

By Gerrino SaundersBahama Journal News Editor Despite recent setbacks with a number of boats being sidelined for eitherroutine servicing or due to running aground and needing repairs theRoyal Bahamas Defence Force is determined to do everything in itspower to properly protect the nations’ borders, fishing grounds andterritorial waters.This week RBDF Commodore Floyd Moxey said four […]

BTVI partners with Algonquin College

22 September 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSON The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s series of Global Sales and MarketingMissions to Canada has yielded positive results as The Bahamas Technical and VocationalInstitute (BTVI) along with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada has signed a letter of intentfor partnership between the two organizations.President of Algonquin College Claude Brule’ said the agreement […]

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New Energy Minister Says Light Bills Soon Lowered BPL informed URCA fuel charges have peaked

22 September 2023

By Licec Bastian In October 2022, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) announced an initiative to increase its fuel charge to reflect the rising cost of fuel and to clear some of the outstanding debt it owed on prior fuel purchases. But that will soon come to an end as the power giant has informed the […]

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Photographed at the City Club of Chicago this week are from left: Mr. Leon Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister; Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Emanuel Welch, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis; His Excellency Wendall Jones, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States; and Mr. Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul for Chicago.

“PRIMED FOR EXPANSION”

15 September 2023

A Stable And Receptive Environment Promoting The Bahamas before a large number of Chicago business leaders on Monday, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Philip Davis said “our beautiful archipelago is a stable and receptive environment for doing business — one that is getting better every day.” In his remarks at the City Club of […]

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Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

BOTSWANA PRESIDENT ON STATE VISIT TO THE BAHAMAS

15 September 2023

Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Davis Calls On U.S To Reconsider On Climate Matters PM Responds to U.S Climate Envoy

15 September 2023

By: Licec Bastian United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), John Kerry shot downthe suggestion that the U.S could pay “climate reparations”. In fact, when he testifiedat a House of Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing onthe State Department’s climate budget back in July this year, Mr. Kerry, based oninternational media outlets, exclaimed: […]

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Hon. Chester Cooper

Billions of dollars in pipeline for tourism investments

15 September 2023

Destiny Johnson Billions of dollars in tourism investments are in the pipeline for all islands across The Bahamas.This coming from Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Deputy Prime Minister ChesterCooper as he again applauded the growth in stop over visitors coming into the country year afteryear.He said up to 3,000 jobs will be created out […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

FNM Chairman Duane Sands accuses government of victimizing women

15 September 2023

By: Keile Campbell In the backdrop of Director of Immigration Keturah Ferguson reportedly forced to retire, theFree National Movement (FNM) Chairman Dr. Duane Sands accused the Davisadministration of “systematically terminating” women in the public sector.Though he acknowledged some women being part of Prime Minister Philip Davis’ cabinetand Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt recently named and seated as […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

FNM Chairman critical over cancelled cabinet briefings

15 September 2023

By Gerrino J. Saunders Many members of the media were caught by surprise this week after learning thatthe popular weekly cabinet press briefings may be a thing of the past.On Monday Italia Clarke Press Officer in the Office Of The Prime Minister (OPM)sent a notice to media houses informing that moving forward the  cabinet briefingon […]

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Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander

Top COP Defending Police Reward System RBPF recently launched reward points system for Police

15 September 2023

By Licec Bastian Police officers who make arrests, find and recover illegal weapons with an arrest andthose who make arrests for dangerous drugs and recover dangerous drugs duringsearches will be rewarded in a new arrest incentive system within the Royal BahamasPolice Force (RBPF).Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander while defending the new points systemthat was revealed […]

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Grand Lucayan has multiple offers for purchase

15 September 2023

DESTINY JOHNSON The Grand Lucayan Resort has a number of potential buyers for the property; this coming fromMinister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper as hespoke about new and exciting plans for Grand Bahama earlier in the week.Asked for more information on those negotiations during the Office of the Prime Minister’sWeekly […]

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