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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax
 
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Ambassador Jones Receives Golden Jubilee Award

By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall Jones was among the manyBahamians who received the Golden Jubilee Independence Award for theiroutstanding service to the country.“It is an honour for me to be honoured by the government and people of TheBahamas for the Golden Jubilee of The Bahamas. I have been […]

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PM Hopeful Following Successful UN Resolution on Tax

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Philip Davis, in a written statement, applaudedthe recent passage of a United Nations (UN) resolution that calls for the creation of anintergovernmental committee open to all United Nations member states with a bureau ofapproximately 20 members, elected with gender and regional […]

Mitchell Denies PLP Internal Conflict Claims

31 July 2019

Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell denied claims on Tuesday of an internal conflict within the PLP.  In a local daily, former Tall Pines Member of Parliament Leslie Miller accused Mitchell of not looking out for his colleagues who want to run again in the 2022 general election.  The chairman said all members are on […]

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‘Sword of Damocles Hangs Over PM’

31 July 2019

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis warned Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that the vote of no confidence “hangs over his head like the sword of Damocles”.  In his response to the prime minister’s encouragement to the PLP to bring on the vote of no confidence, Davis said yesterday that the opposition will move the […]

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PM Defies Opposition

31 July 2019

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is confident that the drama surrounding the deal to rent the Town Centre Mall to house the General Post Office will not affect his party being reelected.  When pressed on the issue yesterday the prime minister assertively said “no”. “The people realize that everything was done in a transparent manner […]

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School Repairs Cost $9 Million

31 July 2019

Cabinet ministers yesterday toured four of nine schools that are undergoing extensive renovations, which according to Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd, come at a cost of approximately $9 million. The money for the work, he added, is available. “The resources are now being distributed as necessary and what we mean by resources is money of […]

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Man Found Dead with Head Injury

30 July 2019

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was found dead on Sunday.  According to police, shortly before 5 p.m., they responded to Sea Breeze Drive, off Beatrice Avenue, Sea Breeze Estate, where a man was found unresponsive, with an injury to the head.  Paramedics were called to the scene and […]

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Woman Stabbed in Parking Lot

30 July 2019

Police are investigating a stabbing incident which left a woman with injuries. According to police, shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday, a woman was in the parking lot of a bar on Rosedale Street, when she got into an altercation with another woman, which escalated, resulting in her being stabbed about the body.  The injured […]

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Man Struck by Lightning Dies

30 July 2019

Police in Andros are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was struck by lightning on Monday. According to police, shortly after 12 p.m., a man and woman went on a fishing trip a few miles off Red Bays, Andros, when they were caught in an electrical storm.  Police said the man […]

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30,000 Support Stop Disney Campaign

30 July 2019

The ‘STOP DISNEY – Last Chance for Lighthouse Point’ campaign on Monday received more than 30,000 signatures in support of their petition against Disney Cruise Line to select an alternative site to construct their multimillion-dollar project at Lighthouse Point.  The campaign garnered attention to the more than 20,000 people who had signed the petition within just […]

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Man Arrested Over Altercation at Fusion Superplex

30 July 2019

Police arrested a 50-year-old man on Saturday in connection with an altercation at Fusion Superplex which left an employee with injuries. The man also suffered from serious injuries to the body and was taken to hospital to be treated. According to police, on Friday a female employee of Fusion Superplex was in the employee parking […]

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NPO Bill Passed in Senate

30 July 2019

The contentious Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) Amendment Bill was a part of the compendium of bills passed in the Senate on Monday. The bills are aimed at helping The Bahamas meet the requirements to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force. Leading off the government’s contribution, Attorney General Senator Carl Bethel said the […]

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