04 September 2013
Two leading national programmes have joined forces to provide youths with a positive, quality experience. Thirty members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) have completed a training course hosted by the Governor General’s Youth Award. The course is mandatory for any volunteer who intends to operate a unit or assist with the delivery of […]
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03 September 2013
Authorities have taken several suspects in custody for three murders that occurred this past weekend and are searching for five more “major suspects” – four of whom are related. Over the weekend a female Atlantis worker who had just left a wedding and a murder trial witness were gunned down. The killings took place in […]
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03 September 2013
Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald said Monday that he was satisfied with the condition of schools as thousands of youngsters arrived at their respective campuses for the start of the new academic year. Mr. Fitzgerald met and greeted students at Claridge Primary, T.A. Thompson Junior High and C.I. Gibson Secondary schools early Monday morning. The minister […]
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03 September 2013
Miami-based human rights group members, who have launched relentless attacks on The Bahamas following allegations that Cubans were abused at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, say detainees are reporting “improved conditions” at the facility. Democracy Movement Leader, Ramon Saul Sanchez said over the past three months he has heard nothing but bad things from Cubans […]
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03 September 2013
Industrial action may still be looming at two schools as Bahamas Union of Teachers (B.U.T) President Belinda Wilson says lingering concerns and repeated calls for the removal of the schools’ principals may lead teachers to withdraw their services. The B.U.T has repeatedly called on the Ministry of Education to remove Principals Myrtle McPhee (Anatol Rodgers […]
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03 September 2013
A 36-month project has been launched to help the government in its fight against human trafficking to and from The Bahamas. Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage said Monday that the project is designed to strengthen the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) capacity to respond effectively to human trafficking. According to the minister, a […]
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03 September 2013
Four men – three of whom are from Andros – were charged in a magistrates’ court yesterday in connection with last week’s drug bust in Andros. Zintworn Duncombe, 28, of Fresh Creek, Andros; Kenwood Smith, 37, of Bearing Point; Dario Cash, 21, of Fox Hill and Branaldo Young, 28, of Mars Bay, Andros stood before […]
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03 September 2013
A Bahamian family that has had three of their loved ones murdered in two years fears that more of their relatives will be killed off if the people they suspect of the killings are not arrested soon. The Journal has learned that one of those three murder victims from the weekend is the close relative […]
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02 September 2013
The 42 young people who participated in this year’s Youth In Parliament in July made history when they presented a full report of recommendations from their session to Minister of Youth, Dr. Daniel Johnson. The 151-page report was presented to the minister on Friday. Director of Youth, K. Darron Turnquest told The Bahama Journal that […]
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02 September 2013
Police are warning thousands of students returning to schools across the country today that they will be arrested and charged in court if they go on their schoolyards with anything that could be considered a weapon. Superintendent Stephen Dean made the announcement yesterday during a news conference at the Road Traffic Division. He said over […]
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