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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 […]

“PM Silent on AG Conflict of Interest,” Says DNA Leader

13 August 2015

Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie remains silent, despite the noise in the market surrounding Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s conflict of interest with Baha Mar. Mr. McCartney said the prime minister’s silence is what he calls “deafening.” “After adamantly declaring that he is the only person to speak […]

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Butler-Turner: PLP Unable to Control Baha Mar Fiasco

13 August 2015

Member of Parliament for Long Island Loretta Butler-Turner is blasting the government again with claims that the Christie administration is lashing out because it cannot control ongoing matters at Baha Mar. Mrs. Butler-Turner explained that while the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is unable to bring the Baha Mar matter to a timely conclusion in the […]

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Gov’t Sued By GB Lawyers

13 August 2015

Attorneys Frederick Smith, QC, and Carey Leonard decided to sue the government, as they made an application in the Supreme Court yesterday for a judicial review, following what they called a “flawed” consultation exercise to extend the tax concessions under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement. According to Smith, the judicial review proceedings relate to the actions […]

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$2 Million Marijuana Plots Found in Abaco

13 August 2015

Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers discovered a large quantity of marijuana plants in Abaco on Tuesday. According to police reports, shortly after 4 p.m., police in Abaco along with other law enforcement agencies, while on routine air patrol in the Northern area of Abaco discovered three plots of marijuana plants. Each plot contained marijuana plants […]

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AG Hits Back At Minnis

11 August 2015

While confirming that her husband was granted retail space within Baha Mar along with her two daughters, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday hit back at Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis who insists that she is in “an overt conflict of interest”. Mrs. Maynard-Gibson has come under heavy criticism for her family’s interest […]

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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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