06 November 2013
Officers of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) kicked off the celebration of their 61st anniversary as a penal institution with a performance and exhibition in Rawson Square yesterday. The exhibition booths displayed handicrafts made by male inmates and officers. The week-long celebrations include several school visits and will conclude with a family fun day at the […]
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06 November 2013
A fast-growing environmental group is applauding Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder for supporting legislation that would give Bahamians access to key government information. Save the Bays, which is committed to preserving, protecting and restoring The Bahamas’ marine environment, has been pushing for the government to enact the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The group has […]
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06 November 2013
A leading clergyman is suggesting the government tax the illegal number houses as a way of generating revenue and offsetting the impending value added tax (VAT). The government has announced plans to introduce VAT on July 1, 2014 as a means of broadening the country’s tax base. The Bahamas will apply a 15 per cent […]
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06 November 2013
A Supreme Court jury on Tuesday acquitted an inner city man of murder. Jermaine Taylor, of Minnie Street, was on trial for shooting Michael McIntosh to death two years ago. On July 24, 2011 police officers went to the intersection on Young Street and Frogman Lane off East Street and spotted a man lying on […]
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06 November 2013
The king of Rake N’ Scrape is lending his voice to the queen of conch. Kirkland ‘KB’ Bodie – a musician on a mission – released his newest environmental song Tuesday, a tribute to the national delicacy and a plea to conserve conch. Recorded and produced in conjunction with a Bahamas National Trust (BNT) initiative […]
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06 November 2013
Two men who masterminded a plot to rob a high-end jewelry store two years ago will have to wait a little bit longer to appeal their convictions. The appeal was put off due to a delay with the transcripts from their trial. Jonathan Armbrister, 36 and David Collins, 34, were convicted last year of conspiracy […]
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06 November 2013
Police have launched an island-wide manhunt for the suspects who gunned down a man outside his Pinewood Gardens residence yesterday morning. Lamar Roberts, 29, was approached by two men wearing hooded sweaters around 6:30 a.m. Monday. The men opened fire as Roberts attempted to flee. He was shot multiple times about the body and died […]
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06 November 2013
Even after winning a landmark court case last summer where a judge ruled they would regain more than 1,200 acres of land in Abaco and New Providence, a family from Stone Mountain, Georgia is back in The Bahamas fighting local Bahamians who are trying to take it all away. Claudia Cyrus said Tuesday that after […]
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06 November 2013
Debate on the much talked about Gaming Bill has again been postponed. Parliamentarians were expected to begin debate on the proposed legislation today, but that plan was shelved. The Bahama Journal understands that House members will instead open debate on the National Tripartite Council Bill. An inside source yesterday insisted the government had never set […]
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06 November 2013
Bahamas Ambassador to Cuba Alma Adams on Tuesday expressed condolences to the family of Lyford Cay Foundation Chairman Manuel Cutillas, who died of a heart attack in Panama over the weekend. He was 81. Cutillas, a former chairman of the Bacardi rum and spirits group and long-time resident of The Bahamas, was a native of […]
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