18 August 2014
Longtime public servant Harold Munnings died over the weekend at the age of 90, the Journal has confirmed. Munnings was 90-years-old. He served as former permanent secretaries in both the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Health. Mr. Munnings was also the co-ordinator of the 1973 Bahamas Independence Secretariat and served in that capacity […]
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18 August 2014
Convicted rapist Oscar Ingraham will have to wait until the end of the month before he is sentenced following his rape conviction. His sentencing has been put off on two occasions because his psychiatric report was not ready. He was last scheduled to be sentenced on August 8. Ingraham was convicted of the home invasion, […]
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18 August 2014
Police are questioning officials from a local elementary school regarding the death of a three-year-old who drowned at Montagu Beach on Thursday. Head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle confirmed that several people were being questioned but that it was too early to say whether charges would be filed. “We are still […]
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18 August 2014
Two murder suspects who police believe are behind two of the country’s latest murders are expected to answer to the charges in a Magistrates Court today. According to police officials a 26-year-old man of Yellow Elder Gardens will be arraigned for the murder of 33-year-old mother of four Nadia Cartwright. It was around 2:30 a.m. […]
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18 August 2014
Despite the flip-flop by Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis and opposition from several government Members of Parliament during debate on constitutional amendments with regards to equality and gender, Co-Chair of the Public Education and Advocacy Group for the upcoming referendum Theresa Moxey-Ingraham remains confident that the bills will pass in the House […]
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18 August 2014
The first Bahamian graduates of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Aerodrome Inspectors Training Programme represent an important step in the development of civil aviation in The Bahamas, according to Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin. “This is an historic new paradigm for the Department of Civil Aviation,” she told the graduates last week. […]
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18 August 2014
After nearly a week of arguments and uproar both inside and outside the House of Assembly over the proposed amendments to the Constitution to achieve gender equality, the Commonwealth Of Women Of Parliamentarians (CWP) found it necessary to launch a ground campaign in an effort to combat the growing misconceptions on the proposed amendments. Chairman […]
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18 August 2014
The fall 2014 semester at the College of The Bahamas (COB) is set to begin today, but on Sunday students, teachers and faculty members expressed grave concerns that the institution is beginning yet another semester with no president at the helm. In a press release issued yesterday by representatives of the Union of Tertiary Educators […]
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18 August 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie met with members of the Church as well as members of the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) over the weekend to come to a consensus on the four controversial constitutional amendment bills set to tackle gender equality in The Bahamas, the Journal can reveal. According to Journal sources, the meeting took […]
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18 August 2014
The government has made it clear – the proposed amendments to the constitution to promote gender equality between men and women will not open the door for same sex marriages, yet concerns continue to flare with those who remain unconvinced with the government’s assurance, therefore prompting the attorney general and others with a bird’s eye […]
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