02 April 2014
Preliminary data from the Central Bank of the Bahamas’ Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, for February 2014 suggest a lacklustre outturn for the tourism sector over the last month. According to the report released last week, the data analysed reflected persistent sluggishness in the high value-added stopover visitor segment. “Based on a sample of large […]
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01 April 2014
Police in Grand Bahama have issued a wanted bulletin for a man suspected of incest. Maxene Baptiste, 35, of the Mudd, Abaco, is wanted by the Central Detective Unit in Abaco for questioning in reference to the incident. He stands at 5’6’ tall, slim built with brown complexion and short hair. Police are asking anyone […]
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01 April 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday urged Caribbean countries to focus on developing a strategic human development policy in order to remain competitive in the global financial sector. As keynote speaker during the opening of the Caribbean International Financial Services Forum at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel, the prime minister, who also serves Minister of Finance […]
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01 April 2014
The Kingdom of Morocco presented the first of several gifts expected to be made to the Bahamian government yesterday by delivering hundreds of thousands of tons of premium fertiliser to the country, “Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said. The minister confirmed that the fertiliser, which will be used predominantly at the soon-to-be opened Bahamas Agriculture […]
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01 April 2014
Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said that he isn’t worried about the United States’ latest advisory to its citizens over crime in The Bahamas. The minister said yesterday that it is the country’s right to warn its people about the conditions in another country when its citizens are travelling there. He said it […]
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01 April 2014
It is uncertain whether he is the lone suspect, but yesterday a Freeport man appeared alone in a magistrate’s court charged in connection with a multi-million dollar drug field discovery on Grand Bahama last week. Anthon Thomas,22, appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes on charges of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply and conspiracy […]
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01 April 2014
The father of the 15-year-old girl who was gunned down outside a nightclub in Grand Bahama early Sunday morning told The Bahama Journal yesterday that she had a troubled past. According to Lloyd Smith, his daughter, Alexis, would have still been alive if she had not moved out of their house at such an early […]
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01 April 2014
Four people have been taken into custody for questioning in reference to two recent homicides that occurred on Grand Bahama, police confirmed yesterday. In the latest incident which occurred shortly before 2:00a.m Monday, a man was shot while at the Boom-Boom Room nightclub in an area on Adventurer’s Way commonly referred to as the “Ghetto.” […]
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01 April 2014
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is pleased that this PLP administration has finally turned its attention after being in office for two years to addressing the needs of the country’s marines, but still leader Branville McCartney questions whether the money is being effectively utilised. The government tabled a resolution in the House of Assembly two […]
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01 April 2014
Police Superintendent Stephen Dean confirmed last evening that a man was killed in a shooting incident in Grand Bahama. This incident apparently occurred along Weddell Street shortly after 9:00 last night in the same area where a man was shot to death at a nightclub early Monday morning. The victim in last night’s shooting died […]
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