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OPTIMISM IN HAITI Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill
 
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OPTIMISM IN HAITI

There is new hope for security in Haiti as countries around the world are pledging more support and funding to bring about peace and security in that Caribbean country.  The new Council there claims that the Haitian people are optimistic about the future.   The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged another $160 million in […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) Amendment Bill 2024 by the Davisadministration has breathed new life into the agency which is animportant arm of national security.Some of the major changes to the Bill include a change in name fromthe National Crime Intelligence Agency […]

MOT Staff Complete Certification Course

12 August 2014

Staff from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism offices around the world underwent three weeks of intense training to complete a Sales and Marketing Certificate Programme designed especially for the ministry in conjunction with Nova Southeastern University. The programme was created to achieve Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe’s vision for tourism employees; to be prepared to […]

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Gov’t Gets More Shares in BTC —BTC to spend $65 Million to Improve Services

12 August 2014

Only months after the government regained two per cent of its shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) from Cable and Wireless (CWC), Prime Minister Perry Christie announced that the government was able to secure an additional two per cent worth in shares from CWC. Prime Minister Perry Christie briefly made the announcement during the […]

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Four Killed In 13 Hours

12 August 2014

Homicide detectives found themselves scrambling from one bloody scene to the next after a spree of shootings between Sunday night and Monday morning claimed the lives four people within a matter of hours, prompting authorities to again urge Bahamians to stop taking matters into their own hands. In the most recent incident, it was around […]

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Former Senator Roston H. Miller Passes Away

12 August 2014

Former Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Roston H. Miller passed away on Saturday in the United States, his family has announced. Miller was the first Free PLP candidate to run in an election after the “Dissident Eight” left the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in 1970 and formed the Free Progressive Liberal Party. He ran unsuccessfully […]

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“BPSU Falling Apart,” Says TUC Leader

12 August 2014

President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Obie Ferguson recently foreshadowed the end of his union’s major labour rival – The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) and noted that the once largest labour representative has lost focus of its primary agenda. Mr. Ferguson who appeared Sunday as a guest on Jones and Company, said in […]

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25-year-old Father is Suicide Victim

12 August 2014

The 25-year-old man who police said is the victim of suicide after he was found hanging on Saturday has been identified as Kelvin Strachan of Eden Street. According to reports Strachan’s lifeless body was found around 2:30 a.m. Saturday hanging by a cord tied to a tree at Baldwin Avenue off Farrington Road. Reports indicate […]

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No Reduction In Smart Phone Duty, Says Williams

11 August 2014

Despite a push from the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organisations (CANTO) to it member states to reduce tariffs on smart phones, Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO Leon Williams advised yesterday that this reduction is unlikely to happen here in The Bahamas until there is a major tax reform. The reason, Mr. Williams said, is […]

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Construction Increased In First Quarter

11 August 2014

The construction industry performed well in the first quarter of 2014, according to the Central Bank’s latest Quarterly Economic Review. “Construction sector activity continued to be dominated by large-scale foreign investment projects in the hotel sector, as the government’s public sector infrastructure programme tapered,” the report said. “Data from domestic banks, insurance companies and the […]

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Man Shot In Stomach

08 August 2014

A man was left nursing serious wounds after being shot in broad daylight on Wednesday. According to reports, the victim was sitting in front of his Nicholl’s Court, Yellow Elder Gardens Home shortly before 4:00 p.m. Wednesday when the occupants of a white four door Honda Civic pulled up and fired several shots before speeding […]

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Gov’t Moves to Increase Graduation Rate

08 August 2014

The government will implement two new programmes at the start of the 2014/2015 school year that will seek to increase the number of Bahamian students who actually graduate high school. Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald announced on Wednesday that a student achievement officer programme and an evening institute will be launched. “Each senior high school […]

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