07 February 2025
BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer While the Bahamas has faced a long and consistent challenge with poachingfrom the south mainly by commercial fishermen from the Dominican Republic,it has always been known that there is also a threat from the north mainly fromAmerican fishermen and fishing charters that also cause The Bahamas millionsof dollars in lost revenue for […]
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07 February 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writers Complaints against police increased drastically in 2024 and this week a number ofofficers from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) prompted the courts toissue arrest warrants for them after they failed to appear in the Coroners Court toanswer to serious matters related to several fatal police shootings in recent […]
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07 February 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by Darion Smith, 37, who wasconvicted in the murder of his live-in girlfriend’s four-year-olddaughter D’onya Bella Walker.Smith was found guilty of beating Baby Bella to death on November 5 thin 2021.He was sentenced to 25-years in January 2023 by Justice RenaeMcKay […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The easy access to business loans has been the cry from budding It has been a longand entrepreneurs and established small and medium sized business owners looking toexpand. Accessing capital from commercial banks seems almost impossible whencompared to the relative ease to qualify for a consumer loan to purchase […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer This week the management and staff of the Jones Communications Network (JCN)and a special committee of the civil society and person of the year awards honorednewly appointed Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles, as the JCN Person ofThe Year for 2024 during a celebration at JCN’s headquarters at #83 UniversityDrive […]
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31 January 2025
There are a number of immigrants in the United States of America who are undercrushing fear. They have been thrust in the shadows and are nervously awaiting theknock on the door from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ICE officers have been targeting undocumented immigrants in the homes andworkplaces since the return to office of President […]
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31 January 2025
Five members of the United States Congressional Black Caucus visited The Bahamasfrom the 24th to the 28th of January, 2025. Those visiting were Congresswoman JoyceBeatty, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Congresswoman Val Demings, andCongresswoman Terri Sewell.The group had an audience with Prime Minister Philip Davis followed by a meeting withChristina Rolle, Managing Director of the Securities Commission […]
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31 January 2025
BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting, Myles LaRoda, shutdown rumors that a trip to Washington, D.C for the inauguration of PresidentDonald Trump was luxury with a total of $200-thousand-dollars in travel expenses.The Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Anne’s Adrian White raised a statementabout the alleged high funds spent […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer Successive governing administrations have cited the logistical challenges when itcomes to securing the nation’s maritime borders as The Bahamas spans across100,390 square miles, so the executive order by the United States White House forimmediate increased actions to secure all of America’s maritime borders includingthose shared with The Bahamas can […]
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31 January 2025
By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Weeks after a man was arrested in St Vincent for attempting to travel with a fraudulent Bahamianpassport Acting Chief Passport Officer and Ambassador At Large in Ministry of Foreign Affairs NicolasSymonette gave an update on government efforts to eliminate fraudulent Bahamian Passports whichcan become an issue of national security.During an […]
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