14 April 2014
Extensive consultation has been undertaken with the tourism industry and across government and industry in both China and the Bahamas to guide the development of a Two Center Tourism Program with the Chinese tourist traveling to both the United States and Canada. According to a release from the Ministry of Tourism, it noted that The […]
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14 April 2014
Police have confirmed that a 19-year-old man drowned yesterday while swimming in waters near Sife Cove. Sife Cove is a canal located just off Hanna Road. The man was swimming along with a group of people around 3:15 Sunday afternoon when he went under water and resurfaced. When his group realised that he never returned […]
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14 April 2014
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation last week weighed in on the ongoing drama between the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and the Bahamas Marine Pilots Association (BMPA) who are fighting for safer working conditions, and said the lengthy row could have negative effects on the country’s maritime industry. The drama first unfolded when the […]
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14 April 2014
The Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Rev. Dr. Kendall Stubbs was adjourned last week to July. The matter was expected to continue on April 8 and 9. When the matter continues it is expected that a scenes of crime officer and the pathologist will testify. Stubbs’ wife, Carolyn has already testified in the matter. […]
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14 April 2014
A 59-year-old man died in a house fire that occurred Friday night, police confirmed Saturday. The Bahama Journal spoke with the brother of the deceased who was identified by the name “Kevin.” “When I came home I saw the place was on fire but I didn’t know he was inside the house,” Kevin’s brother Herbert […]
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14 April 2014
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose partially decomposed body was found in bushes in the Dignity Gardens area yesterday morning, said CDU chief Paul Rolle. Superintendent Rolle said a young girl walking in the area noticed a strong stench emanating from nearby bushes. The girl checked the area and […]
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14 April 2014
A reformed criminal who once wreaked havoc on the streets of New Providence believes members of the government and the police have failed to address the root causes of crime. Valentino Brown, 39, in his ‘gang-banging’ days, said did everything from robbing and stealing to attempting to take another person’s life. However, the former gangster […]
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14 April 2014
A failure to curb the scourge of child abuse in The Bahamas could have dire consequences for abused persons and the Bahamian society as a whole over the short, medium and long term, Minister of Social Services and Community Development, Melanie S. Griffin said. Mrs. Griffin said a key component of ending or reducing child […]
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14 April 2014
Another multi-million dollar marijuana field was discovered in Grand Bahama last week, according to police. Intelligence led Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Officers along with their U.S. counterparts to a two and half mile undeveloped area in east Grand Bahama where they found a number of marijuana plants ranging between one foot to five feet tall, […]
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14 April 2014
There will be layoffs at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), according to RBC’s Managing Director, Nathaniel Beneby Jr. While he could not confirm exactly how many jobs have been made redundant as the bank’s “holistic” review of costs continues, Mr Beneby said he was confident that net reductions would be “favourable”. The Bahama Journal […]
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