17 March 2014
Bimini police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal stabbing that has left a Caucasian man dead. According to reports, shortly before 7:00 a.m. on Friday, police received information about a man’s body that was found lying on the grounds of Big Game Resort and Marina. Officers responded and upon arrival met a male […]
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17 March 2014
The Special Needs School, located on Deveaux Street, is nearing completion and should be ready next month, according to Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald. In an exclusive interview with the Bahama Journal, the education minister said, the government remains committed to taking care of children with special needs and that the school, which will be […]
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17 March 2014
Less than a week after allegedly committing the crime, a 21-year-old Grand Bahama man was on Friday arraigned in connection with the shooting death of Carifta gold medalist Rimardo Rolle. Appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Helen Jones was Hudson Estates resident, Javaro Davis. Police said it was shortly before 2:00a.m., Sunday that they received information […]
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17 March 2014
The Industrial Tribunal is expected to relocate to the newly completed offices at Saffrey Square in Bank Lane ahead of schedule, the Bahama Journal has learnt. Last week Contractor Audley Hanna of construction firm, Paradigm Construction, gave representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Works a tour of the project and he also updated them […]
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17 March 2014
Criminal defense attorneys, fed up with the removal of stenographers from the Magistrates’ Courts, have received a date in the Supreme Court for their lawsuit against Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to be heard. The matter is set for April 19 before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. The attorneys who make up the Criminal Bar Association said […]
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17 March 2014
The Bahamas Crisis Centre yesterday rejected a $1,000 cash donation from Tall Pines Member of Parliament Leslie Miller, offered to the organisation as an apology for offensive remarks he made recently about domestic abuse. Mr. Miller announced in the House of Assembly last Thursday that he made the donation to help in the fight against […]
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17 March 2014
National Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy Bishop Franklin Ferguson warned yesterday that the country is in danger of becoming the “Wild, Wild West” if the crime rate continues to increase. Bishop Ferguson’s comments came as he delivered the national address at the closing of the Church of God of Prophecy’s 2014 Conclave […]
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17 March 2014
The prosecution and the defense are set to present their closing submissions to the jury today in the trial of former Eight Mile Rock High School teacher Andre Birbal. Birbal’s attorney Ramona Farquharshon-Seymour called her first and only witness to the stand on Friday, Dr. Heasting Johnson. Dr. Johnson was the medical practitioner that did […]
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17 March 2014
Climate change and sea level rise are things The Bahamas cannot ignore, according to Minister of the Environment, Kenred Dorsett. Minister Dorsett’s comments came during a trip to Los Cabos, Mexico last week where he attended the 19th Forum for Environmental Ministers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Dorsett addressed those assembled Thursday urging […]
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17 March 2014
Charges against Attorneys Fred Smith and Keod Smith following an incident last year have been dropped by the Office of the Attorney General, according to sources. The matter came up in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Fred Smith was charged with causing harm to another man after allegedly knocking him down while on Jaws Beach […]
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