27 August 2014
Baha Mar announced Monday that Alex Pariente has been named Executive Vice President, International Marketing for the Baha Mar Casino and Resort, the centerpiece of the $3.5 billion integrated gaming resort. The Baha Mar Casino and Hotel, which will feature the largest casino in The Caribbean with 100,000 square feet of gaming space and a […]
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26 August 2014
Parliamentarians were expected to vote on the package of four Constitutional Amendment Bills Monday, but Government Leader in the House Dr. Bernard Nottage announced that the much anticipated exercise had to be delayed as the bills are still being tweaked. There has been much controversy surrounding the compendium of bills over the past few months […]
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26 August 2014
Police have captured a suspect in reference to one of those homicides that occurred over the weekend. According to police, around 11:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from the Flying Squad Unit went into the Hanna Road area where they arrested a 32-year-old man for questioning in reference to a murder that occurred early Sunday morning. Twenty-two-year-old […]
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26 August 2014
Days after he was fired as chairman of the Gaming Board, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament for Fort Charlotte Dr. Andre Rollins said the fact that he was terminated from the post further proves his belief that it is time for new political leadership and maturation in the country In fact, he said […]
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26 August 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced that several meetings will take place to discuss the economy and crime. “We are going to have special meetings over this specifically with respect to the economy and crime which are two major issues because unless we are able to cause both of them to improve significantly then the […]
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26 August 2014
The nation’s second island-city has seen growth in hotel occupancy levels over the past six months. According to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics, between January and July 2013 -136,262 rooms were occupied in Grand Bahama. In the same period in 2014, 203,446 rooms were occupied – a difference of 67,184. In […]
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26 August 2014
While police officials have not confirmed his identity, the Journal has learned that the prime minister’s press liaison officer and Deputy Director of Bahamas Information Services (BIS) Latore Mackey was gunned down early Monday morning. According to police, the 37-year-old received a bullet to the neck. When the Bahama Journal arrived at the murder scene […]
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25 August 2014
Employees at the Bahamas Oil Refinery Company (BORCO) were recently awarded with a safety award for having worked one million hours without a “Lost Time Injury” since February 2011. This means that there were no injuries received while at work that were severe enough to require an employee miss a day or longer of work, […]
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25 August 2014
The murder trial of 27-year-old Leroy Smith of Old Boat Alley and 26-year-old Tony Smith of Kelly’s Lane – the men who police believe are responsible for the 2012 shooting death of Tristan Bartlett continues in the Supreme Court before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. Taking the witness stand on Friday was John Charles, a friend […]
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25 August 2014
Schools throughout the country will open their doors to thousands of children in a matter of days and Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald assured that school repairs are going well and all indications show that those repairs will be completed in time. He added that the government has been hard at work to ensure that quite […]
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