10 April 2015
The suspect in the assault video posted on social media over the Easter holiday was remanded to prison yesterday following his arraignment. Brent McPhee, 27, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and threatening the victim with death. McPhee pleaded not guilty to both charges. The incident captured on […]
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10 April 2015
For the third year, a leading environmental law and consulting firm is challenging high school teams to channel ideas and imagination into solving environmental issues that stymie folks, public entities and organisations far senior in years and experience. And this year, for the first time, the American Embassy is joining the Earth Day Challenge founded […]
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10 April 2015
Though they remain one of our country’s tastiest delicacies, just like the revered conch, grouper is slowly becoming a harder fish to catch. Thanks to a newly released video from the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) thousands of Bahamians can learn all about the Nassau Grouper, its importance to our waters and why we need to […]
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10 April 2015
President of the Bahamas Correctional Officers Association (BCOA) Gregory Archer renewed calls for justice yesterday regarding a number of issues he said prison officers are facing. Mr. Archer demanded that the government show more respect to the Security Forces of The Bahamas and said the association is “tired of the run-around” its receiving from government […]
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10 April 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell has recalled the Consul General to Atlanta Randy Rolle as a result of his arrest in Bimini last Friday. The Bahama Journal understands that Mitchell expressed grave disappointment over Rolle’s alleged misconduct and summoned him for consultation. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised the […]
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10 April 2015
Three years after its creation, the New Employment Opportunities (NEO) initiative, a path-breaking alliance between major corporations, civil society, and the public sector that offers job training and placement services to young people in Latin America and the Caribbean, is on track to achieving its target of reaching one million youth in the region by […]
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09 April 2015
Two separate incidents occurred just moments apart in the country’s capital on Tuesday night that left two men dead pushing the murder count to 41 for the year. In the first incident, shortly after 9:30 p.m., police received reports of a 24-year-old man sitting in the driver’s seat of his 1997 Honda Prelude suffering from […]
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09 April 2015
The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) is reaching out to the young people of Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama. On Wednesday morning the law enforcement agency officially launched the Police Youth and Athletic Club, dubbed the Eight Mile Rock Pacesetters. The official launch took place at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jones Town, Eight […]
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09 April 2015
Grand Bahama has been neglected by the government, according to Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest, who is now calling on the government to deliver on its promises to the island. “We call upon the PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) to deliver on its promise to construct the new high school in West Grand […]
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09 April 2015
Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Branville McCartney said despite the urgent need for energy reform in the country, Bahamians should have no expectations to see it from the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government because it is just another one of their empty promises. According to Mr. McCartney, during the 2012 general election campaign, […]
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