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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 […]

Police search for suspects in over 10 armed robberies

13 June 2016

The Royal Bahamas Force has their hands full as they search for the suspects of 10 armed robberies this past weekend. On Friday three incidents happened while another eight occurred on Sunday. In the first incident police reported that shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Friday a woman was walking on Pigeon Plumb Street when she […]

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Minnis: “Gov’t Full of Empty Rhetoric”

13 June 2016

Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said Prime Minister Perry Christie and his government are filled with broken promises and empty rhetoric. These sentiments, in a recent press statement, came in response to the prime minister’s recent comments on Baha Mar. Last week in the House of Assembly, Mr. Christie said that “very active […]

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Man left hospitalized after stabbing incident

13 June 2016

Police in Abaco are probing the details surrounding a stabbing incident that has left a male hospitalized this past weekend. According to police reports the man was stabbed ion Don McKay Boulevard and taken to the Marsh Harbour Clinic. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, while at a nightclub he was stabbed to the body […]

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Man dies almost a week after traffic fatality

13 June 2016

A traffic fatality in Grand Bahama has left a man dead after succumbing to his injuries almost a week later. Baretta S. Bootle, 38, of Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Friday shortly before 8:00 a.m. after battling injuries for almost a week. On Tuesday around 10:00 p.m., police […]

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Murder At Bank’s ATM

13 June 2016

Police have arrested the suspect who they believe behind the murder of a deacon who was gunned down at a bank’s ATM early Sunday morning. Deacon Ivan Cleare of New Bethlehem Baptist Church, was found shortly after 8:00 a.m. yesterday inside the ATM booth of the Scotiabank on Jerome Ave. When officers arrived on the […]

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URCA to proceed with new cellular mobile company licensing agreement

09 June 2016

The government has notified the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) to proceed with Licensing of the new cellular mobile company NewCo yesterday. Cable Bahamas Limited (CBL) will have a 48.25% shareholding, as well as board and management control of NewCo and the licences will be awarded after URCA has completed the final formalities of […]

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PM –‘No Vote” A Setback

09 June 2016

Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the failure of the referendum on gender equality was a setback for constitutional reform, but it is by no means an end to it. The prime minister responded to the defeat in the House of Assembly Wednesday morning, during the 2016 Budget Debate. In the midst of the disappointment, […]

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Minnis : PLP Hurting Tourism

09 June 2016

Leader of The Opposition, Dr. Hubert Minnis is blaming the current government for possibly harming the country’s tourism product due their ineptness. In a press release Minnis slammed the current administration after the government of Canada issued an advisory to all persons travelling to the country. “Tourism is the lifeblood of our economy, yet this […]

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Minnis Bashes Gov’t on Failed Vote

09 June 2016

Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday that the failed referendum was a clear message to the government and the world that Bahamians so not want changes to the constitution. Dr. Minnis insisted that Bahamians spoke peacefully, but yet loudly in Tuesday’s vote. “The results were clearly a rejection of the PLP Government […]

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McQweeney “No” voters sent a clear message

09 June 2016

Constitutional Commission Chairman Sean McQweeny, QC, said the outcome of Tuesday’s referendum was most likely the result of a lot of suspicion, distrust and talk of hidden agendas among Bahamians following Wednesday morning’s budget debate reconvention. He stated that despite the negative reactions there was some good that came from the resounding no vote following […]

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