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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 […]

Ingraham Supports Sands

24 June 2016

With much public infighting transpiring the past few weeks within the Free National Movement, the party got some good news yesterday swearing in two new senators in the persons of Senator Dr. Duane Sands and Senator Monique Gomez. In attendance at yesterday’s Senate opening was former Prime Minister and leader of the Free National Movement […]

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DNA Bashes Gov’t Over Dump

24 June 2016

Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney says Housing and Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett has been merely keeping up appearances that he cares about the country’s environment issues while avoiding the real issues on his agenda namely the city dump. Mr. McCartney said the 2016/2017 Budget Debate was used by the Progressive Liberal Party as […]

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DNA Calls for Marco Legislation

24 June 2016

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday in a press statement said it is concerned about progress as it relates to Marco’s Law; the law, that over three years ago, was named in honour of the boy’s life who was brutally murdered more than four years ago. The DNA said the government has yet to enact […]

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Butler-Turner: PM Selling Dreams On Baha Mar

24 June 2016

Free National Movement Member of Parliament for Long Island Loretta Butler said Prime Minister Perry Christie is selling dreams when it comes to Baha Mar. “For the 2,500 plus families who are waiting to go back to work at that resort, the Prime Minister’s remarks today rang hollow as he offered one excuse after the […]

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Bethel: Minnis Right Person To Lead Country

24 June 2016

FNM Senate Leader Carl Bethel weighed in on the current infighting within the party outside the senate yesterday expressing his support for Dr. Hubert Minnis and his team saying that he is the right man for the job. “I think Dr. Minnis is the right person for this country at this time, I think he […]

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Public Service set to receive raises, promotions and undergo reforms

23 June 2016

Public Service Officers are set to receive $1,200 added to their annual salary in addition to their normal increment this fiscal period, the Minister of the Public Service Shane Gibson confirmed in his 2016/17 Budget Communication. During the Budget Debate in the House of Assembly on June 16, Minister Gibson said the increase is in […]

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PM Bashes Minnis On Referendum Stance

23 June 2016

Prime Minister Perry Christie during the 2016/2017 Budget Communication wrap up addressed the issue of the recent gender equality referendum stating that the government made every effort to ensure that a bipartisan approach was taken despite the noise in the market. Mr. Christie says extensive consultation was done via a commission as well as invited […]

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PM Defends Gov’t Spending

23 June 2016

During the final day of the 2016/2017 budget debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie in his wrap up, refuted claims by Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis that the government has engaged in reckless spending leading the country into financial disaster. The prime minister charged that the government is in no […]

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NTA trainees secure PCA jobs thanks to newly formed partnership with Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre

23 June 2016

Nineteen recent graduates of the National Training Agency (NTA) recently secured full-time employment at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre as patient care assistants (PCA) due to a newly-formed partnership between the two organisations. For one year, Jermaine Kemp worked part-time at an elderly home as a patient care technician (PCT), secretly hoping he would one day be […]

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Man Murdered On Bicycle

23 June 2016

Less than 24 hours after a cold blooded daylight murder of a 19 year old man on Tuesday, police were on the scene of another young man gunned down in the capital.  Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander said officers received the call shortly after 10:00 p.m. in the area of Windsor Park off Wulff Road.  Officers […]

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