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OPTIMISM IN HAITI Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill
 
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OPTIMISM IN HAITI

There is new hope for security in Haiti as countries around the world are pledging more support and funding to bring about peace and security in that Caribbean country.  The new Council there claims that the Haitian people are optimistic about the future.   The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged another $160 million in […]

Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

Govt. defends NIA 2024 amendment bill

By Gerrino J. SaundersJournal Staff Writer The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said the NationalIntelligence Agency (NIA) Amendment Bill 2024 by the Davisadministration has breathed new life into the agency which is animportant arm of national security.Some of the major changes to the Bill include a change in name fromthe National Crime Intelligence Agency […]

Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review – An Exemplary Legacy

07 August 2019

Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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“We are not helpless here”

07 August 2019

We  applaud the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for issuing a statement condemning  the recent carnage in the United States of America  in which  some nine  persons were killed in  a popular nightlife district  in Dayton, Ohio and  22 killed in a shopping mall in  El Paso, Texas. The level of violence in America should be […]

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‘Calls for McAlpine’s Resignation Won’t Affect FNM’

07 August 2019

The Free National Movement’s Pineridge Constituency Association’s wants their Member of Parliament Frederick McAlpine to resign and while some may reason it’s a blow that may weaken the governing party’s chances at the polls come 2022, Deputy Prime Minister and fellow Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest isn’t at all convinced. “This makes us stronger as […]

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PLP Maintains Plan for No Confidence Motion

07 August 2019

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis maintaining the party’s stance to move a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis despite Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest calling it a “fools errand”, as well as Dr. Minnis himself, welcoming the idea, adding that move will only show the strength of the Free National […]

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Dames Assures Police are Solving Crime

07 August 2019

Three homicides and a police involved shooting made quite a bloody holiday weekend in the capital and still there is the assurance from National Security Minister Marvin Dames that police are on top of the fight against crime. “You can’t find any country that can boast about having a zero murder rate and so these […]

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Education Director Wants More Policies for Small Learning Environments

07 August 2019

Director of Education Dr. Marcellus Taylor believes there should be more government policies to provide self-directed and smaller learning environments. While appearing as a guest on Love 97’s radio talk show Jones and Co. on Sunday, Dr. Taylor said he has no objections to homeschooling and other specialized learning provided they are basic prescription. “If […]

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Coach Charged for Credit Fraud

07 August 2019

Two men were charged with a string of fraud related charges in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.  Former track and field athlete and coach 41-year-old Allan Mortimer was arraigned for seven counts of credit card fraud. Between January and July of this year, it’s alleged that Mortimer obtained a credit of more than $2,800 from Fusion […]

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BPL Investigates Weekend Outages

07 August 2019

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is investigating the causes of this past weekend’s power outages which resulted in intermittent load shedding throughout New Providence.  Yesterday, BPL Director of Public Relations K. Quincy Parker confirmed information revealed earlier this week by Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Paul Maynard that three of the corporation’s generation assets […]

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Man Gunned Down by Police

07 August 2019

Police shot a man dead in Fox Hill on Tuesday. According to police, shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday they responded to reports of gunshots on Grant Street, Fox Hill where they encountered a male acting in a suspicious manner.  Police said as they approached the suspect, he produced a firearm, pointed it in the […]

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Davis Wants Travel Advisory

07 August 2019

With at least 31 killed in the U.S. this past weekend 1,300 miles apart, 22 in El Paso, Texas and nine in Dayton, Ohio, in mass shootings, the question is now being brought to the fore again, and that’s – is it time for The Bahamas to issue travel advisories to Bahamians traveling to the […]

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