03 September 2014
Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) is committed to serving local communities through volunteering and fundraising. As students across the island prepare for a new school year, GBPC employees held their first ‘Back to School Giveaway.’ Families from across Grand Bahama enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon of entertainment including bouncing castles, face painting, food and refreshments. GBPC […]
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03 September 2014
The owners of John Chea Meat Mart chain of stores were held and gunpoint and robbed of a deposit bag Tuesday, outside the Commonwealth Bank Wulff Road branch. Police reported that the armed robbery took place in the bank’s parking lot. When The Journal arrived at the scene, a number of police officials were seen […]
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03 September 2014
The Bahamas Air Traffic Controllers’ Union (BATCU) announced yesterday that it has filed a labour dispute with the Department of Labour and the union warned that it will lobby its members to take a strike poll in protest against alleged breach of contract and victimization on the part of the Department of Civil Aviation. Members […]
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03 September 2014
It’s not every day that you see teenagers building rockets. But, that’s exactly what a group of youngsters spent the summer doing thanks to Sun Oil Ltd. The teens flexed their math and science muscles at the Bahamas Engineering & Technology Advancement (BETA) Camp, which was – for the first time – held in The […]
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03 September 2014
The incoming CEO of a local credit union says he is hoping to attract 1,000 new members in the next year. Mark Bastian, who is set to take over the reins at Bahama Islands Resorts and Casinos Cooperative Credit Union (BIRCCCU) when its current CEO Francis Davis steps down, said “the future is rosy” for […]
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02 September 2014
A week after he was gunned down, the two men who police believe carried out the attack on Bahamas Information Services (BIS) Director and Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Latore Mackey, stood before the court to face charges in connection with this incident yesterday. In court Monday, 22-year-old Young Close resident, Dereck Reginald Neilly […]
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02 September 2014
A Lincoln Boulevard storeowner on Monday shot and killed a man who police said was attempting to rob his establishment. Police officials said the incident around 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Details remained sketchy up to press time but according to reports a man was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital around 2:00 p.m. suffering from gunshot […]
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02 September 2014
Opposition Leader in the Senate Carl Bethel on Monday accused the government of “degrading the importance” of thoroughly debating the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill as government senators yesterday moved to simultaneously debate legislation for the controversial scheme and a number of other financial services bills. Senator Bethel said the Opposition was pretty much blindsided […]
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02 September 2014
Administrators from two schools – C.R. Walker Senior High School and Temple Christian Primary School – said they expect greatness from their students this academic year. The Bahama Journal visited C.R. Walker during their assembly yesterday morning. Only tenth graders were at the school at the time. Officials said that all students will return to […]
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02 September 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie along with a delegation of his cabinet ministers was on a tour of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort property yesterday. The Bahama Journal understands the tour was personally conducted by Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirilian. The press was initially invited to attend however when the Bahama Journal arrived, the team […]
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