Archive | August, 2012

Island Luck Awards 20 Scholarships

Popular web café, Island Luck awarded 20 students with scholarships to further their education starting in September. The students received the scholarships yesterday at a ceremony at Success Training College which they will attend once the new semester begins. President of Success Training College, Carlton Neymour said education has always proven to be an effective […]

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Roads Open For School Monday -Davis: If We Met A Mess, We Have To Fix It

By K Quincy Parker Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works Philip Davis said yesterday that some will roads will be opened for school traffic on Monday, and while he would not say the Free National Movement (FNM) “made a mess” of the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP), he said his government has […]

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Hall: Murdered Victims Must be Remembered

A local pastor is calling on the families of murder victims to join with other grieving Bahamians and place the names of their lost loved ones on a memorial wall erected in their honour. To commemorate the third anniversary of the memorial wall, New Covenant Baptist Church Senior Pastor Bishop Simeon Hall called on those […]

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Commission Set To Review Constitution- Will Present Recommendations Next March

The newly appointed 13-member commission assembled to review the constitution and make recommendations for changes will begin its regular meetings beginning mid-September, according to Constitutional Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney, QC. The commission was formally introduced during a luncheon at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel yesterday. The Constitutional Commission was appointed by Prime Minister Perry Christie […]

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IMF Officials To Visit Bahamas

Prime Minister Perry Christie announced on Wednesday that officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have scheduled a visit to The Bahamas to assess the country’s finances. During a meeting with members of the clergy on Wednesday at the Wyndham Nassau Resort Prime Minister Christie said during the third week of October the IMF officials […]

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4 Murders In 4 Days – Man Gunned Down In Redland Acres

A 51-year-old Redland acres man became the fourth person to be murdered this week after he was gunned down just feet away from his home yesterday. Family members have identified the victim as Owen Julius Hanna. Hanna’s death bumps the country’s murder count to 82 for the year, investigators said. Officer-in-Charge of the Central Detective […]

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Ministry Abusing Power, FNM

The Opposition last night accused the Ministry of Education of abusing its power by refusing high achieving students grants because they are not studying at the College of The Bahamas, the University of the West Indies (UWI) or other local colleges. The Free National Movement (FNM) claims that students with GPAs of 4.0 who are […]

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Gold, Cash and Human Bloodshed

We believe that no license should be given to anyone who wants to trade cash for gold; cash for silver or cash for copper; or cash for any other precious metal. All such sales should be banned. There are times in life when those who would rip others off do their thing in plain sight […]

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FOREIGN CRIMINALS DUMPED HERE

A former high ranking police officer has accused the United States of exacerbating this country’s crime problem by dumping criminals in The Bahamas who are not Bahamian and should be sent elsewhere. In an exclusive interview with the Bahama Journal yesterday, former Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson raised concerns about an increasingly large percentage […]

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Man Killed Over Gold Chain

A retired Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) worker was gunned down in front of a Carmichael Road home yesterday over a gold chain. The victim, Ernest Hepburn, was shot to death as he sat on the porch talking with one of his friends. Two gunmen walked up to the two men, snatched a gold necklace […]

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