12 May 2014
Despite police officials beefing up their presence in crime hotspots throughout the capital by sending more of their men on the streets, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage admitted Friday that there are some crimes that just will slip through the cracks and there is nothing authorities can do about it. Love 97 radio talk […]
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12 May 2014
The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) on Thursday joined efforts with the government to provide relief supplies for more than 100 Abaco residents who were left homeless following a massive fire at one of the island’s shantytown communities. Staff members were mobilised to shop and deliver the necessary items to officials as a part of […]
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12 May 2014
Minister of Social Services Melanie Griffin is calling on the country to pull together to fight the number of child abuse cases which she said is ‘alarming’. Police statistics indicate that over a 13-year period, 2, 746 children under the age of 16-years have been molested. “It’s an appalling situation and an appalling figure over […]
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12 May 2014
Bahamian leaders have joined the growing number of people from around the world to condemn the abduction of more than 200 girls in Nigeria and to call for their safe return. Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell on Saturday said The Bahamas government joins with the world in demanding the return of the 200 […]
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09 May 2014
Bahamas National Trust park wardens recently joined an international research team to learn more about the rare and endangered Bahamian Rock Iguana. BNT park wardens Shenica Campbell, the new park warden in Nassau and Grand Bahama Deputy Park Warden Ellsworth Weir, participated in the research expedition organised by the Shedd Aquarium for a week-long research […]
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09 May 2014
There are no improprieties in the government’s acquisition of 17 acres of land in Central Eleuthera where the government intends to construct a hospital, said State Minister for Legal Affairs Damien Gomez yesterday. Mr. Gomez spoke to the Journal outside the House of Assembly where he responded to a number of concerns expressed by Montagu […]
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09 May 2014
Another man being electronically monitored with an ankle bracelet was murdered Thursday night. He has been identified as 19-year-old Clarence Coakley Jr. Coakley was killed Wednesday just before 10:00 p.m. in Masons Addition. The victim’s aunt, who spoke to the Bahama Journal, yesterday before going to the morgue with other family members to identify Coakley’s […]
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09 May 2014
The family of murdered banker Stephen Sherman said they are “one step closer to closure” after the man convicted of his murder was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Roy Jones handed down the sentence to murder convict sentenced 24-year-old Janaldo Farrington. He also received life imprisonment for conspiracy to […]
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09 May 2014
The Ministry of Education hosted a Mini Health Fair for its employees on Thursday in an effort to promote a healthy workforce. Senior Education Officer of the Guidance and Counselling Unit, Zoe Powell touted the initiative, stressing that healthy staff members have proven to be more productive. Ms. Powell added that there are many factors […]
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09 May 2014
Over 100 junior and senior police officers went behind the wheels of patrol cars and on motorbikes and headed into hotspot crime areas yesterday afternoon as part of an “aggressive and vicious assault” on crime; a vexing issue one senior police officer said has left the country at a crossroad. Leaving behind office work, the […]
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