The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis addressed the ongoing negotiations regarding the sale of the GrandBahama Port Authority (GBPA) and said the government is willing to “step to the plate” toacquire the Port Authority.The government has long been searching for a private investor or buyer that would meet itsstandards and is open […]

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By Latonya RobertsJournal Staff Writer Lunch vendors, who work with the Ministry of Education under the NationalSchool Lunch Program, expressed their disappointment with the program.Several lunch vendors came forward to reveal that they are taking money out oftheir own pockets to fund the school lunch program. In addition, the lunch vendorssaid they are not being […]

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By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Making history on Tuesday, Cabinet was convened in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama.Cabinet ministers gathered in the newly opened Obadiah H. Wilchcombe building to focus on the$1.5 billion in new investments for the island.Cabinet addressed the creation of job opportunities and infrastructure redevelopments, but somepolitical pundits were skeptical of the […]

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By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Senator Ryan Pinder announced that thegovernment will implement new legislation for the protection of domestic intellectual propertyassets.This announcement came during the recent Small Business Development Center, AccessAccelerator where Minister Pinder discussed the upcoming intellectual property law reform.“The plain truth is that when it […]

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The campaign of the Free National Movement candidate for West Grand Bahama and BiminiBishop Ricardo Grant has sustained a body blow when it was revealed this week that he and hiswife were involved in an illegal pyramid scheme in Grand Bahama.The allegations sent shockwaves and the FNM faithfuls reeling. Former Prime Minister HubertIngraham, who is […]

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o Rumors have been confirmed that the prime minister has requested and accepted the resignationof Sylvanus Petty as executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).In a press statement from the Office of The Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon, it wasconfirmed that Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper accepted the resignation on behalf ofPrime Minister […]

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The parent company of Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) Liberty Latin America(LLA), has decided to sell its cell phone towers to a third party that would maintain them for abasic rate.LLA announced in a recent statement that it entered into an agreement with Phoenix TowerInternational (PTI) in a move that would allow the company to generate […]

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By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has come forward to set the record straight regarding anarticle printed by a local daily which suggested that he advised Free National Movement (FNM)Leader Michael Pintard not to participate in the upcoming by-election.“There was a big headline in the Tribune that said I told the […]

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By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis, duly dubbed “Brave,” encouraged Progressive LiberalParty (PLP) supporters to follow him in being exactly that and to fight for TheBahamas.Mr. Davis encouraged party supporters during his address on the second day of thePLP’s 55 th National Convention at Baha Mar.“We have to fight some powerful economic […]

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By Chloee DeveauxJournal Staff Writer Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham demanded that Minister of Labour and the PublicService Pia Glover- Rolle take back the misleading comments she made concerning the FreeNational Movement (FNM) during the recent Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Convention.Mr. Ingraham took time out of his endorsement of FNM candidate Bishop Ricardo Grant toaddress […]

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