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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 […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

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 […]

Police Brutality Claims Under Investigation

06 October 2014

The mother of a 16-year-old teen who claimed that he was abducted, brutally beaten by police officers and left in a graveyard confirmed that police officers have contacted her regarding the incident as officials investigate the matter. It was last week Wednesday, when Santino Oliver and his mother Shermantha Lightbourne filed an official statement at […]

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PLP Convention Postponed

06 October 2014

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts explained that the much anticipated PLP convention was postponed in an effort to maintain a level of unity leading up to the constitutional referendum on gender equality. “The leadership of the party decided that we should post pone the convention until after the constitional referendum so that all […]

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Two Charged With Murder

06 October 2014

Two men were arraigned Friday in connection with the murder of George Nixon. The 23-year-old was gunned down with a high powered weapon back on August 21, 2014. The incident occurred on Lyon Road off Shirley Street. The victim was recently released from prison prior to his death. Officials confirmed that Nixon was in prison […]

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FOI Momentum Still Going Strong

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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Grant Thornton Host VAT Seminar

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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Sterling sells $7M home in less than two weeks

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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Another Oil Spill For Clifton

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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Robbery Suspect Killed

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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Probe Continues Into Inmates’ Death

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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Gov’t Must Focus on Pressing Issues, Says Turnquest

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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