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OPTIMISM IN HAITI

There is new hope for security in Haiti as countries around the world are pledging more support and funding to bring about peace and security in that Caribbean country.  The new Council there claims that the Haitian people are optimistic about the future.   The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged another $160 million in […]

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Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) Amendment Bill 2024 by the Davisadministration has breathed new life into the agency which is animportant arm of national security.Some of the major changes to the Bill include a change in name fromthe National Crime Intelligence Agency […]

BTC Employee Gunned Down At Breakfast Stand

11 August 2015

A Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employee became the country’s latest murder victim after being gunned down early yesterday morning. The victim, who sources identify as Jamal Huyler, an employee of eight years at BTC’s Fleet Management Division, was ordering food at a breakfast stand – something that was part of his daily routine. According to […]

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Convicted Killer Sentenced to 40 Years

11 August 2015

The family of a brutally murdered man said that they can now be at peace after the man convicted of murdering their loved one was sentenced in a Supreme Court. On Monday, Lathario Miller, the man convicted of the shooting death of Marco Smith was sentenced to forty years in prison for the incident that […]

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Mitchell Pays Tribute To Fox Hill Shooting Victims

11 August 2015

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell and Member of Parliament for Fox Hill paid tribute to the four people that lost their lives as a result of a mass shooting in December 2013. “We remember not only Claudzino Davis, Shanique Sands, Eric Morrison and Shaquille Demeritte but we remember the nine others who […]

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Man Sentenced for Abetment of Rape

11 August 2015

Jaws dropped in the Supreme Court as a man was sentenced for the abetment of rape on Monday morning. Vincent Brown, 54, of Potter’s Cay Dock was sentenced to two years and seven months for the abetment of rape of now t37-year-year-old Loretta Farrington. According to reports, in December 2014, Brown aided Teo Delancy with […]

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Tourist Dies In Traffic Accident

10 August 2015

Police in Bimini are investigating a traffic accident that has left a 45-year-old male of Suomi, Finland dead. According to reports, police were called to the Porgy Lane area where two men were driving a golf cart around 4:00 a.m. Saturday. The men reportedly collided with an apartment wall and were taken to a nearby […]

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PM: New Chinese Development Is A Boom To Bahamian Economy

10 August 2015

Prime Minister Perry Christie referred to The Pointe, a new $250 million project fuelled by China State Construction America (CCA), as a positive investment that will give a much needed boost not only to the downtown Nassau area, but the Bahamian economy. His remarks were made at the recent ground breaking ceremony at the British […]

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Web Shop Bank Idea Rejected

10 August 2015

Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday he doesn’t believe web shops should operate as banks because it would be a direct conflict of interest. The minister’s comments came after FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers recently said that the Gaming Operators Association plans to apply for a banking license once the government awards […]

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Mother Forgives Alleged Murderer of Slain Daughter

10 August 2015

A grieving mother said on Friday that despite the fact that her daughter is gone forever, she forgives the man who she believes is her daughter’s killer. “I want our nation to know that we have to forgive,” said Mrs. Thurston (wishing to have her first name excluded). “That’s the only way that we are […]

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McCartney Insists AG’s Conflict of Interest

10 August 2015

Although Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has vehemently denied that there is any conflict of interest with her negotiations at Baha Mar, Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Branville McCartney has joined the list of politicians who beg to differ. Last week, the AG defended herself against claims that she was involved in conflict of […]

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RBDF Apprehends Haitian Migrants

10 August 2015

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol vessel, Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Leon Smith apprehended a Haitian sloop west of Ragged Island over the weekend with an undetermined number of Haitian migrants on board. The migrants will be transported to New Providence where they will be handed over to Immigration authority for further investigation. Last week, […]

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