31 January 2025
Shenia RobertsJournal Staff WriterOn Monday 27 th January Prime Minister Phillip Brave Davis attended the opening ceremony ofthe University of The Bahamas Law Society’s Legal Week and officially declared the week ofevents open.During his remarks Prime Minister Davis expressed his excitement to be a part of the occasionand commended the University of The Bahamas for […]
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31 January 2025
BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer The Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell told media representatives that “Inever stopped campaigning”, a comment that came at a press conference onMonday when the minister was asked about his “election tactics”. The ministersays he continues to go above and beyond for not only his Fox Hill Constituencybut the country […]
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31 January 2025
By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer The Bahamas government is now exploring new ways to provide affordablehousing to the masses considering what some are calling an affordable housingcrisis.Leading the charge is Minister of Housing Keith Bell who expressed that thegovernment is aware of the issue and is taking the necessary steps to address it.According to minister […]
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31 January 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The number of homicides in The Bahamas is one of the biggest concernswhen it comes to national security and a threat to the once largelypeaceful way of life in The Bahamas.The Bahamas recorded 119 murders in 2024 which was an eight percentincrease from the 110 homicides in 2023, but […]
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20 December 2024
By Gerrino Saunders Bahama Journal News Editor While Bahamians have long complained that The Bahamas has not had a United States Ambassador since the Obama administration appointed Nicole Avant who demitted office in November 2011, the nomination of Herschel Walker is receiving mixed reactions in The Bahamas. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a statement on […]
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20 December 2024
THE RIGHT DIRECTION The year 2024 has been a good year for The Bahamas in despite of all the negative around us. It is our considered and dispassionate opinion that the positives in our national development efforts far outweigh the negatives. Before we list the positives, we state without equivocation that in the main, many […]
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20 December 2024
The Management of the Jones Communications Network (JCN) and a special Committee of The Civil Society and Person of The Year Awards are pleased to announce that Ms. Shanta Knowles, the next Commissioner of Police is the JCN Person of the Year for 2024. Every year for over two decades JCN gives the award to […]
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20 December 2024
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The new Family and Juvenile Court Complex is now open and will allow forconfidentiality of sensitive family matters to be assured. Prime Minister PhilipDavis cut the ribbon to mark the complex officially open.The new courts come complete with mediation rooms and expertise for pretrialdispute resolution when dealing with family […]
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20 December 2024
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina at Paradise Landing is one of themost popular marinas in The Bahamas, and this past weekend it receiveda major boost with the opening of Carnivale Bahamas, a Chicago basedLatin-Fusion restaurant now with a location on the world-famousParadise Island.It was an extravagant grand opening with hundreds […]
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20 December 2024
By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer As civil unrest fuelled by vicious gang activity continues to create an unsafe andunstable society in Haiti, the six member contingent from the Royal BahamasDefense Force (RBDF) have had the signing of necessary documents and othersecurity procedures resolved and are now ready to carry out their duties in Haitiand […]
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