25 August 2014
Fort Charlotte Member of Parliament Dr. Andre Rollins was fired from his position as chairman of the gaming board with immediate effect after weeks of exchanging fiery words with his party’s leaders and most recently questioning Prime Minister Perry Christie’s leadership skills. In a brief press statement release on Friday, the government thanked Dr. Rollins […]
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25 August 2014
Police now believe that the vehicle that struck and killed a man early Sunday morning was the same vehicle driven by the suspects believed to be behind two weekend murders that occurred hours apart. According to reports, sometime around 1:30 a.m. a 20-year-old male resident of Lyon Road left his sister’s home through Strachan’s Alley […]
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25 August 2014
Police in Abaco have arrested three men for credit by fraud. According to the police, shortly after 2:00 p.m., they received information that the three men were at a business establishment making a large transaction by credit card. Officers responded and upon further enquiry arrested the three men – one was 23-year-old and the other […]
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25 August 2014
The man killed on Lyon Road off Shirley Street Thursday night was recently released from Her Majesty’s Prison. He was identified by his mother as 23-year-old George Nixon. Police captured a suspect – a 32-year-old man of Sutton Street in reference to this homicide Friday morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police B.K. Bonamy Jr. told reporters […]
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25 August 2014
Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a sudden death that has left a 33-year-old man dead. Police said on Saturday shortly after 9:00 a.m., they received information that a man was at work at a local resort in the Lucaya area when he was reportedly electrocuted. He was transported to the Rand Memorial Hospital where […]
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25 August 2014
Three traffic fatalities have claimed the lives of four people on Abaco, Andros and Exuma in separate incidents over the weekend. According to sources in Abaco, 21-year-old Janero Stuart of Murphy Town was killed in a traffic accident Saturday. Reports are that shortly before 5:00 p.m., police received information that there was a traffic accident […]
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25 August 2014
The Bahama Journal has been reliably informed that one of Baha Mar’s attorneys was recently in court and has been formally arraigned in connection with a traffic fatality that occurred on New Year’s Day. Baha Mar’s Associate General Counsel Tracy Ann Ferguson has been charged with killing in the course of dangerous driving. According to […]
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25 August 2014
More than 100 Haitians were captured over the weekend in Ragged Island as part of a joint operation between the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) and the Department of Immigration. According to reports, while on routine patrol in the southern Bahamas on Saturday, HMBS Nassau received information that Ragged Island locals had spotted a Haitian […]
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25 August 2014
RBC Royal Bank announced over the weekend that it plans to relocate its branch on Paradise Island effective October 17, 2014 and as a result there will be some employees who lose their jobs. The branch will be consolidated with RBC’s Main Branch on Bay Street as part of RBC’s strategy to reconfigure its branch […]
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25 August 2014
It sits amidst the hustle and bustle of Paradise Island’s Marina Village, yet its old-world elegance and iconic style takes diners, seemingly, to another, more peaceful place in time. Chef Jean-Georges Vongertichten’s Café Martinique – just one of several fine-dining options offered at the famed Atlantis, Paradise Island – was recently named among the 10 […]
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