06 October 2014
The impact of June’s groundbreaking Freedom of Information (FOI) rally in Rawson Square is still being felt across the country as key businesses, numerous NGOs and scores of concerned citizens continue to show their ardent support for increased transparency and accountability in government. The drumbeat for greater openness also continues to reverberate through the airwaves […]
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06 October 2014
Grant Thornton Managing Partner Paul Gomez expressed support for the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) and predicted that Bahamians can expect to see an expansion in job opportunities and a boom in the accounting industry. Despite the public opposition to VAT in the past months, Mr. Gomez maintained that the government had to increase […]
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06 October 2014
The sale of a $7 million Ocean Club Estates residence less than two weeks after it hit the market is one indicator that the luxury home market is beginning to rebound, according to the principals of a local real estate firm. Lamond and Robyn Davis of Sterling Bahamas Realty (SBR) successfully closed a sale for […]
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06 October 2014
International consultants are expected to arrive in the capitol today to begin assessments and the investigation into an oil spill that occurred over the weekend in waters off south western New Providence, Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett has confirmed. Mr. Dorsett announced in a statement Saturday that the government was made aware of an […]
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03 October 2014
Although the Commissioner of Police has been somewhat quiet in the midst of the carnage that plagued the nation in the past few months, he was prompted to host a press conference after a robbery spiraled into the fatal shooting of a man by the hands of a police inspector. On Thursday, a man who […]
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03 October 2014
The identity of the man who died while in police custody remains a mystery and the Commissioner of Police is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the inmate. It was this past weekend when a police report revealed that a man had died in custody but the details were very sketchy. In fact, officers remained […]
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03 October 2014
Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama Peter Turnquest blasted the Christie administration for ignoring the national interest of the Bahamian people, while contributing to debate on the Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority Bill, Mr. Turnquest stressed that issues like crime, unemployment and fiscal reform should be the centre of discussion at this time. […]
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03 October 2014
Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis yesterday responded to assertions made by Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins that the Letter of Intent matter concerning Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells is caught up in a power struggle for leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Mr. Davis called these assertions serious and baseless and he reaffirmed […]
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03 October 2014
Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade vowed to personally look into investigations regarding the horrific story told by 16-year-old Santino Oliver who alleged that he was abducted, brutally beaten and left in the Southern Cemetery on Cowpen road by police officers. After numerous attempts to contact police officials on the matter, the Bahama Journal brought the […]
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03 October 2014
The Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation, in aggressively keeping the Government’s mandate, which in part is geared toward a rejuvenation of the Straw, Shell, Sponge, Paper and Coconut Handicraft Industries, notes that history was made with the visit of El Puente GMBH delegates (Ms. Angela Lepa and Ms. Gesa Pertersen) to The Bahamas, in January […]
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