06 August 2019
An early morning drive in Abaco, on Sunday, resulted in the death of an adult female, bringing the total number of traffic fatalities for the country to 23, according to The Journal records. Police in the Northern Bahamas are investigating the circumstances surrounding a two car collision on Don McKay Boulevard that claimed the life […]
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06 August 2019
The Emancipation holiday weekend was marred by two murders in less than 24 hours in the capital. Police are investigating and looking for the triggermen responsible for the fatal shootings that happened only nine hours a part. The latest homicide occurred shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, when a male was sitting behind his home […]
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06 August 2019
Minister of Health Dr. Sands said chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) in The Bahamas are “too serious of a matter and should not be trivialized by petty political gamesmanship”. Dr. Sand’s comment was in response to Englerston Member of Parliament Glenys Hanna-Martin’s statement that called for the minster and the Ministry of Health to respond to […]
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06 August 2019
Following the country’s latest homicide, New Covenant Baptist Church Pastor Emeritus Simeon Hall warned Bahamians that they should not “cower” the spirit of murder and accept is as the “new normal”. “A demonic culture of deadly violence increases not merely because some are set on criminality, but because of the comfortable, so-called ‘good people’ who […]
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06 August 2019
Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting and stabbing incident that has left three males with injuries. Reports are that shortly after 12 a.m., Emancipation Monday, police responded to a report of a shooting incident at a resort on Silver Point Drive. On arrival, officers met an American male with gunshot wounds to the […]
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06 August 2019
Bahamas Public Services Union President Kimsley Ferguson is making the push to secure increased salaries for public servants, adding that he will not allow civil servants to be “taxed to death”. Mr. Ferguson told the reporters this past Friday, that having discussed briefly with Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis concerning salary increases, he intends to […]
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06 August 2019
Police on the Island of New Providence are probing a slew of weekend armed robberies and are seeking assistance in identifying and locating other persons responsible. Police said on Sunday, shortly before 3 p.m., an armed male entered a business establishment on John F. Kennedy Drive and robbed the cashier of an undetermined amount of […]
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06 August 2019
Three men were arrested in Grand Bahama on Sunday, after they were caught in the act of shop-breaking and stealing, according to police on that island. Police said the alleged thieves broke into a business establishment on Settlers Way, shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday. Officers were alerted to the break-in when an alarm was […]
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06 August 2019
The Bahamian government expressed condolences following the mass shootings that took place in the United States this past weekend. “The government and people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas are deeply saddened to learn of two mass shootings that occurred in the states of Texas and Ohio, over the weekend,” a statement issued by the […]
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06 August 2019
Over the Emancipation holiday weekend, thousands of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) consumers were left frustrated as load shedding intensified causing electricity to go off intermittently in several areas throughout New Providence. Some Bahamians, who were annoyed by the vexing load shedding issue, complained that they were not properly notified prior to the power outages. […]
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