12 March 2014
Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders unanimously adopted a 10-point plan which calls for reparations for the infliction of slavery on Caribbean colonies by certain former European colonisers during the first day of Heads of Government Meetings in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The 10-point plan includes calling for a formal apology for slavery, some debt cancellation […]
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12 March 2014
State Minister For National Security Keith Bell refused five interviews outside Cabinet on Tuesday but when asked if he was the one who authorised that wedding between a drug suspect and his fiancé while the man was in custody at the Central Police Station, he denied the claims. Yesterday Journal sources revealed that despite Police […]
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12 March 2014
A jailhouse wedding made headlines on Monday after a man suspected of attempting to push more than $50,000 worth of drugs through the country was allowed to marry his fiancé from his cell. The jail house wedding took place at the Central Police Station, were Kendrick Tinker married his fiancé while in custody. On Tuesday […]
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12 March 2014
It is the kind of honour that only a decade ago might have seemed unattainable – a student from The Bahamas with learning disabilities and special needs being admitted into the highest academic organisation in high schools in the United States. But this month, a Bahamian with Asperger’s – the high-performing form of autism – […]
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12 March 2014
Two colleagues in the real estate arena, William Wong and Chris Darville, have now merged their real estate businesses into one company to form Darville-Wong Realty. The details were finalised on February 1. Both Wong and Darville, said they seriously have been discussing the merger for the last four years and decided now to make […]
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12 March 2014
The head of the Bahamas Tourism and Hotel Association (BTHA) is calling for Bahamians to throw their support behind a Smart Tax; one that protects the tourism industry, government revenue, the economy and employment opportunities now and into the future. Pointing to the major tourism investments on tap for the country, BTHA President Stuart Bowe […]
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12 March 2014
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday maintained her position that the criminal justice system is being improved despite threats from lawyers to sue her over the removal of court reporters from the Magistrate’s Court. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet, Mrs. Maynard-Gibson declined to comment on the lawsuit because she had not yet seen it. Nonetheless, she […]
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11 March 2014
Three men were arraigned yesterday in connection with the seizure of more than 50 pounds of marijuana on Friday. Kendrick Tinker, 35, Elvardo Farrington, 34, and Devon Rolle, 28, appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes where they faced charges of possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply and conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with […]
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11 March 2014
Local tourism officials and their partners spent two days meeting with airline representatives at the Routes Americas Conference in El Salvador, Central America in a bid to improve airlift to The Bahamas. Routes Americas is held annually in the Americas to facilitate exchanges between airlines, airports and tourism authorities. Representing the Ministry of Tourism were […]
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11 March 2014
Some 52 young Bahamians will participate in the first ever Urban Renewal Maritime Programme. The 50 males and two females will undergo the Boat Captain’s License A and B course, which will be taught by Daniel Murray, a pioneer in the boating industry. Delivering the keynote address at the official launch at the Pelican Bay […]
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