04 November 2014
A 14-year-old girl and resident at the Willamae Pratt Centre for Girls was found hanged Monday at the institution and while police and officials at the Ministry Of Social Services said they are investigating an apparent suicide, the girl’s family is convinced something more sinister happened. The mother of Government High School 10th grader Tasha […]
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04 November 2014
Police officials recently revealed the names and new positions of seven more officers who have now joined the top ranks of that organisation, rounding out the 600 officers promoted through the ranks in the latest exercise. Last week the names and positions of 593 officers who advanced throughout the ranks of the Royal Bahamas Police […]
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04 November 2014
Minister of Social Services and Community Development, Melanie Griffin spoke yesterday morning to begin this year’s Rehabilitation Week under the theme ‘Changing Lives through Rehabilitation’. The Department of Rehabilitative/Welfare Services held this press conference yesterday morning to announce the plans for rehabilitation month and to inform the public of the roles the department plays in […]
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04 November 2014
Police confirmed yesterday that a 28-year-old man from Yellow Elder Gardens has been taken into custody for questioning in reference to the country’s latest slaying which occurred Sunday night. According to police reports, the incident happened just after 10:00p.m.,Sunday along West Bay Street. The man’s body was found inside a vehicle that crashed into bushes […]
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04 November 2014
The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services celebrates 62 years of excellent service at the facility on Fox Hill Road in a special “Correctional Services Recognition Week” under the theme, Agents of Change: Transitioning from Punitive to Corrections, November 2-8, 2014. Sunday morning, the start of the recognition week, began with a Fallen Comrades Ceremony at […]
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04 November 2014
Two Brazilian men were taken into police custody Sunday for questioning in reference to fraud. Police said they arrested the 44-year-old and 30-year-old at a Paradise Island resort on Sunday. According to reports, shortly after 5:00 p.m., police acting on intelligence went to that resort where they arrested the two suspects after they found them […]
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30 October 2014
Nearly 600 Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) officers advanced within the ranks of that organisation after the force’s promotion exercise was made final on Tuesday. The Journal obtained a copy of the 19-page document which specifies the 593 officers who were approved by the Police Service Commission for promotions with effect from October 1, 2014. […]
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30 October 2014
Co-chairs of the Urban Renewal Commission, Dr. Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt and Algernon Allen introduced this year’s Urban Renewal Week which will commence on November 1st through the 8th. At the press release yesterday morning, Dr. Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt addressed exactly what she feels is the cause for the rapidly increasing problem of crime in our […]
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30 October 2014
A press statement was released yesterday by the Member of Parliament for St. Anne’s, Hubert Chipman and the Member of Parliament for Montagu, Richard Lightbourn on two of the latest murders in the country. With the murder of 44-year-old Andre Cartwright during an early morning home invasion on Tuesday of this week and the murder […]
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30 October 2014
The country’s readiness to deal with the scare of the deadly Ebola virus was put to the test yesterday as Ministry of Health officials confirmed that there was concern that a traveler to The Bahamas may have been inflicted with the disease. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry said a traveler who was being […]
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