08 September 2014
Three armed robberies are now under investigation by police officers. In the most recent incident, shortly after midnight on Saturday, a woman was on Tonique Williams Darling Highway, when two men armed with handguns robbed her of her white Honda Civic vehicle license number 275200 and sped off. In another matter, shortly before midnight on […]
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08 September 2014
Five men who police believe are responsible for separate murder related cases will be brought before the magistrate’s court today to be formally charged. A 35-year-old male of Bernard Road and a 19-year-old male resident of Palm Tree Avenue will be charged for the murder of Delano Brice. Brice was shot to the neck by […]
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08 September 2014
A man was shot while attending a funeral repast Saturday evening in the Sutton Street area off Kemp Road. According to reports, sometime around 7:15 p.m. officers were called to the scene after reports of gunshots being discharged. Upon their arrival in the area the officers discovered a 22-year-old male resident of Williams Land suffering […]
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08 September 2014
Leading web shop boss Sebas Bastian called for an end to discrimination in the gaming industry and he urged the government to level the playing field that will allow for fair play. While there has been a push calling for Bahamians to be allowed to gamble in casinos, Mr. Bastian, the CEO of Island Luck’s […]
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08 September 2014
The Free National Movement (FNM) will not support the regularisation of web shops nor will the party offer its support to an ‘unfair and non- transparent’ revised Gaming Bill, FNM Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday. Dr. Minnis maintained that his party will continue to stand with Bahamians who voted No in last year’s gaming […]
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08 September 2014
President of The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) Godfrey Eneas has charged that the recent criticism from executives of the Union of Tertiary Educators Bahamas (UTEB) is being driven by a vendetta from some elements within the College of The Bahamas (COB). Last week, UTEB released a statement raising concern about the institute […]
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08 September 2014
Customers will begin to see a hike in their electricity bills by as early as next month as a result of repeated engine failures that have led to countless power outages, Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller said Friday. “The surcharge is going to go up appreciably due to the fact that we had […]
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08 September 2014
Residents in Southern Providence can no longer tolerate it – after suffering in silence as they endured countless power outages throughout the week, these irate Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) customers vented their frustration to the Bahama Journal and called for the immediate removal of BEC’s Executive Chairman Leslie Miller. Golden Gates resident Tanya Cash said […]
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08 September 2014
With financial experts searching for ways to recover from last week’s stunning further downgrading of The Bahamas’ credit rating, a leading real estate broker today said one answer is right in front of our faces and up and down every block. According to Mario Carey, incentives to encourage a flurry of activity in the housing […]
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08 September 2014
The Nassau Container Port (NCP) in now in full operation and the government has reassured its commitment to the port’s further growth and development. Tourism Minister Obie Wilchombe recently toured the Arawak cay facility – one that enables the government as a 40 per cent shareholder in the port to earn $5.3 million annually in […]
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