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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02 October 2014
The current property tax system is inadequate and riddled with duplications, this according to Minster of State for Finance Michael Halkitis who stressed that an overhaul of the entire system is needed as the government moves to collect outstanding property taxes. “What we recognise is that the IT system we have in place is inadequate […]
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02 October 2014
Fort Charlotte MP dismisses claims he’s leaving party. Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins yesterday defied an order from the National General Council (NGC) of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to apologise to party leader Prime Minister Perry Christie over a series of attacks he has launched at both the government and the performance of […]
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02 October 2014
Police are seeking the public’s assistance yet again in solving a series of crimes – namely four armed robberies which took place Tuesday. In the first incident, shortly after 7:30am, a woman was walking on Stanford Drive when a man armed with a handgun robbed her of her handbag containing cash and other personal items. […]
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02 October 2014
Keeping the environment clean remains a challenge for the Christie administration and Minister of Environment Kenred Dorsett on Wednesday urged Bahamians to do their part in assisting the government in maintaining a pristine environment, he stressed that the issue has created a health hazard for Bahamians. “As minister responsible for the environment, I am often […]
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02 October 2014
The Free National Movement (FNM) remains united despite facing a number of challenges, said St. Anne’s Member of Parliament Hubert Chipman yesterday as he brushed off questions about a possible rift in the party between the its leader and deputy leader. FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner revealed this week that Party Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis […]
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02 October 2014
The mother of a 16-year-old boy is outraged at the brutality she claims her son endured at the hands of police officers this past weekend after her son was abducted, beaten and left in a grave yard. This was the horrific details told by her teenage son who alleged that he was brutally beaten to […]
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29 September 2014
A 21-year-old man was arraigned in a magistrate’s court on two counts of attempted muder Friday. Prince Albert Farrington of Tall Pines was charged with attempting to murder Dashard Bethel and Drenda Williams on September 22. Farrington was not required to enter a plea to the charges and he was denied. He was remanded to […]
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