21 May 2014
A 23-year-old man was arraigned in the magistrate’s court on Monday afternoon for the execution style murder of a Masons Addition man earlier this month. Kirkwood Rolle of #6 Smith Hotel is believed to have killed Clarence Coakley Jr. According to police reports, the 19-year-old was gunned down on April 7 just before 10:00 p.m. […]
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21 May 2014
As the country reaches the final stretch to the start of this weekend’s International Amateur Athletic Federation’s (IAAF) World Relays, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr. Daniel Johnson yesterday assured that those attending and participating in the event will not have to worry about their safety. Dr. Johnson said that strict security measures were […]
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21 May 2014
Protecting the country’s borders, warding off illegal immigration and fighting drug, gun and human trafficking will soon be made easier for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) after the first boat in a fleet of nine arrived in the capital Monday. The HMBS Arthur Dion Hanna sailed into The Bahamas ahead of schedule after making […]
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21 May 2014
The phone calls of people in The Bahamas may have been secretly recorded as a part of a top secret United States surveillance programme, an online article alleges. The article titled, “Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA is recording every call in The Bahamas,” appears on the online site, The Intercept. In the article, […]
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21 May 2014
Free National Movement (FNM) Senator John Bostwick was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt on Monday on a ammunition possession charge after he was arrested in the Grand Bahama International (GBIA) airport this past weekend. The George Street resident was taken into custody on Saturday evening after authorities reportedly found 10 live rounds of .22 […]
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19 May 2014
Police are yet again seeking the public’s assistance in their investigations after a bloody weekend left three people – two men and one woman – dead in separate attacks. In what appears to be the most gruesome of the three, the Bahama Journal received reports of a woman whose throat was slit and her body […]
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19 May 2014
A former Cabinet minister and the attorney for several web shop operators is going head to head with a leading clergyman who recently condemned the government’s decision to regularise the local web shop industry. President of Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) Dr. Myles Munroe is convinced that moving ahead with such a plan will lead […]
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19 May 2014
The Bahamas Postal Service has released a set of stamps celebrating the christening of Prince George. Born July 22, 2013 and christened October 23, of that same year, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Prince George is also third in […]
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19 May 2014
A part from opening three mew murder investigations from the weekend, police are also probing a number shooting and stabbing incidents that have occurred. According to reports, just after 10:00 p.m. on Saturday a 21-year-old Nassau Village man was shot while in the Florida Court Area. Police arrived at the scene and met the man […]
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19 May 2014
Free National Movement (FNM) Senator John Bostwick was arrested in Freeport on Saturday after he attempted to board a domestic flight with 10 rounds of ammunition in his possession. According to police, the senator was arrested following a routine search of his bag while at the Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) when authorities spotted the […]
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