28 May 2013
After its door to door assessment of eastern New Providence, the team from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) found that the majority of loss as a result of last week’s flood was that of furniture. First Assistant Secretary for NEMA Crystal Glinton, immediately after the assessment in the St. Anne’s and Yamacraw areas ended […]
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28 May 2013
Human rights do matter; and so does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Clearly, then, the right to life should be considered and described as the world’s number one right thing owed by every human person; regardless of gender, age, social condition, faith, creed, race or disability. This is why – and here closer to […]
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28 May 2013
A Monastery Park resident expressed outrage over the damage sustained to her property from oil that seeped into her yard during last week’s severe thunderstorm and subsequent flooding. Deborah Knowles’s home is located on Pelican Crescent in Monastery Park. Mrs. Knowles said she woke up Wednesday morning to find that the oil that she believes […]
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28 May 2013
A fire that broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship Monday did enough damage that the rest of the cruise was canceled and company said the more than 2,200 passengers aboard will be flown from the Bahamas back to Baltimore. The fire that on the Grandeur of the Seas began at 2:50 a.m. Monday was […]
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28 May 2013
Leader of the Christian People Movement (CPM) Stephen Serrett was brought before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez to face three charges of incest. According to court dockets, the 51-year-old had sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old that is related to him. Police also say that between 2011 and 2012, Serrett had sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old boy, […]
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28 May 2013
Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Ranford Patterson Monday defended the church against critics who have charged that the religious community has been silent amid the rash of crime inflicting the country. Dr. Patterson said even though there may be the appearance that the church is not involved in the fight against crime, on a daily […]
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28 May 2013
Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller said he is upset at the apparent sabotage at the corporation’s Clifton Pier Power Station that will cost BEC hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair. Mr. Miller told the Bahama Journal that just before 10:00 p.m. Sunday night, officials discovered that a 31 megawatt engine was sabotaged […]
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27 May 2013
Six web shop operators have instructed their attorney to withdraw an appeal of Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett’s refusal to grant an injunction in their case. Attorney Wayne Munroe, who represents The Island Game, FML Group of Companies, Island Luck, Asue Draw, Whatfall and Chances Internet Services, said his clients asked him to discontinue the […]
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27 May 2013
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts has called Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis and his party “hypocrites and full of double talk.” Less than a week after heavy rain caused extensive flooding through several parts of New Providence, the FNM leader criticised the PLP Government on its slow response to the […]
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27 May 2013
Pinewood Member of Parliament Khaalis Rolle on Friday responded to critics who have been blasting the government and its agencies over the response in the immediate aftermath of last week’s severe thunderstorm that left parts of New Providence submerged in water. Mr. Rolle’s constituency was one of the areas most affected by that storm system. […]
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