13 June 2014
Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said government officials will hold a second round of talks with the United States Government at a high level meeting, as the country continues its quest to get to the bottom of the US’ National Security Agency spying scandal. The two sides first held talks over the details as to […]
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13 June 2014
A man who was reported missing by family members a week ago was found dead Saturday in the Clifton Pier area, the victim of an apparent suicide. On the scene Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said it was just after 10:40 Saturday morning when officers from the Western and Airport police stations were called […]
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13 June 2014
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash penned and submitted a document to a major human rights watchdog, outlining “the violation of my family’s human rights” and is calling for a “whistleblower protection act” to be introduced. On Sunday the FNM chairman emailed a copy of the 10-page document titled, “Democracy is under assault in […]
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13 June 2014
The Cuban government is expected to facilitate the return of its citizens to The Bahamas to participate in the ongoing case involving the alleged abuse of Cuban detainees by Royal Bahamas Defense Force officers (RBDF) at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell. “The letters rogatory have […]
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13 June 2014
Tennille Darville was just 21-years-old when she watched her mother die from cancer in 1999. Years later, she was diagnosed with the same deadly disease. “So, it’s because my mother passed away from cancer-related complications, and I, too, have been affected by cancer that I know firsthand the demands and stress it takes on one’s […]
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13 June 2014
The Bimini Bay Coalition (BBC) announced Friday that it will immediately begin the appeal process to overturn a Supreme Court decision to set aside a Privy Council injunction which halted dredging in Bimini. On Friday, Justice Hartman Longley lifted the injunction ordered a week earlier by the Privy Council which stopped dredging until the Resorts […]
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28 May 2014
A 28-year-old woman has turned herself into authorities in connection with a stabbing incident that left an 18-year-old man dead early yesterday morning, police have confirmed. The incident occurred just before 1:00 a.m. on Miami Street. The woman alleges the man attempted to rob her. When police arrived at the scene, they found the man’s […]
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28 May 2014
A 24-year-old man who family members said was recently released from prison was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon as he played a game of dominoes through Odle Corner off East Street. Family members on the scene whose screams and wails pierced the afternoon air identified him as 24-year-old Kentlee Milford of Eneas Jumper Corner off […]
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28 May 2014
The government’s considering introducing value added tax (VAT) at a rate of between 7 ½ and 10 per cent, a reduction that will be accompanied by expenditure controls, the Bahama Journal can confirm. Sources have further revealed that the controversial new tax will “very likely” be introduced in early 2015, several months after the 2014/2015 […]
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28 May 2014
Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham gave approval for the United States to monitor and record cell phone calls in The Bahamas in 2009 while former Commissioner of Police Reginald Ferguson assisted American surveillance officials with setting up the phone tapping system, a top Christie Administration official confirmed to the Bahama Journal yesterday. The official, who […]
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