26 June 2014
Chevanese Sasha Gaye-Hall, the Jamaican national who is the first person to be tried and convicted for human trafficking in The Bahamas, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. During her sentencing before Senior Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs on Wednesday, Gaye-Hall was initially sentenced to 15 years at Her Majesty’s Prisons, but Justice […]
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26 June 2014
Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis is calling on the Church to protect Bahamians against a tax policy that he is convinced with further burden them and remove the hope of a better life. Dr. Minnis was referring to the government’s proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) that will be introduced at a rate of 7.5 per […]
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26 June 2014
Business vendors operating on Cabbage Beach at Paradise Island took to Rawson Square with placards and posters Wednesday morning and claimed that Senior Vice President of Public Relations at Atlantis Ed Fields is “violating the rights of local business owners in The Bahamas.” According to Monique Taylor, president of the Cabbage Beach Business Owners Association, […]
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13 June 2014
The 2014 Labour Week kicked off over the weekend and over the next few days officials of the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB) have planned a number of activities to commemorate this year’s event As customary, the NCTUB will pay tribute to two trade union leaders. This year’s honorees are David […]
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13 June 2014
A 17-year-old boy, believed to be the son of well-known convicted drug traffickers became the country’s latest murder victim after he was brutally stabbed to death Sunday night. According to Journal sources the victim is Enrico Major, the son of Dwight and Keva Major. Police did not immediately confirm the victim’s identity last night but […]
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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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