27 May 2014
Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting incident that left a man dead late Sunday marking that island’s eighth murder for the year. Reports are that shortly before midnight, police received information that a male was shot multiple times about the body while at a sports bar located on East Atlantic Drive. Officers responded […]
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27 May 2014
A man was arraigned in a magistrate’s court on Monday in connection with the recent $350,000 West Bay Street drug bust. Shawn Robins, 26 of Trinity Lane, Stapledon Gardens and Sandy Point Abaco was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court facing one count of possession of dangerous drugs, namely Indian Hemp. Robins was one of five […]
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27 May 2014
Officials are investigating what may have caused a fire to destroy a three bedroom home in a shanty town through Montgomery Avenue on Monday. Officials were notified shortly before 8:00 a.m. and met the single story wooden structure engulfed in flames. According to the Director of Fire Services for the Royal Bahamas Police Force Superintendent […]
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27 May 2014
An American woman died following an apparent boating accident on the island of Bimini Sunday, police have reported. According to police, the 26-year-old was on board a boat that left south Bimini with a number of passengers. However, the vessel collided into Turtle Rock, off south Bimini. Police were alerted shortly after 10:00 p.m., Sunday […]
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26 May 2014
With only days to go until the government presents its 2014-2015 Budget, Free National Movement Chairman Darron Cash yesterday the Bahamian people have little reason for optimism that the prime minister will present a balanced approach to the country’s fiscal priorities. “For the last 12 to 18 months Ministry of Finance officials have been going […]
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26 May 2014
After conducting its community clean up and outreach initiative in the areas of Bain Town, Kemp Road and Englerston over the last few weeks, on Friday the Urban Renewal 2.0 along with the love97’s ‘Operation Love Your Country’ took the initiative to the community of Mason’s Addition. During Love97’s ‘Issues of The Day’ live broadcast […]
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26 May 2014
A teen boy was killed Saturday after he lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a boulder, police have said. According to reports, shortly after 11:00 p.m. the 16-year-old male of Government Subdivision was travelling west by himself on Shell Road in Murphy Town when he apparently lost control of the […]
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26 May 2014
Police are hoping to escort six men before a court early this week in connection with a major drug bust in western New Providence on Friday. Intelligence led Drug Enforcement Officers (DEU) headed to an area opposite St. Alban’s Drive, commonly referred to as the Sand Track around 6:00pm, where they reportedly spotted the suspects […]
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26 May 2014
An injunction from the Privy Council on Friday ordered that the controversial dredging in Bimini to accommodate Resorts World Bimini Bahamas be discontinued immediately. In documents obtained by the Journal on Friday, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council said after consideration of the appellant’s application, who in this case is listed as Bimini Blue […]
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26 May 2014
The government of The Bahamas is committed to ensuring that a wider representation of women in parliament is made a reality, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie who pointed to the disproportionate number of women in parliament and politics as an injustice. As keynote speaker for the opening ceremony for the regionalCommonwealth Women Parliamentary Association […]
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