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WASHINGTON - John McCain wants the presidential campaign to be about Barack Obama — that's why he talks about him so much.
Earlier yesterday, the Marlins were said to be holding a slim chance of pulling off a trade for Manny Ramirez.
At the end of nearly a full week of competitive swimming The Bahamas team that competed at the recent 17th Caribbean Island Swim Championships in Jamaica secured a seventh place overall finish.
Bahamas Sea Turtle Group Launches International Ad Campaign to Stop the Slaughter of Sea Turtles in The Bahamas.
Bahamas Government urged to pass legislation to stop the killing and torture of sea turtles in The Bahamas says Bahamas Sea Turtle Conservation Group. Turtle Group asks: If Cuba can protect sea turtles, why can't The Bahamas?
Police officials have launched a manhunt for a drug suspect who escaped from police custody, a senior police official confirmed yesterday.
An internal inquiry has also been launched into the escape.
Only a day after risking their lives on treacherous seas, in some cases leaving behind family and friends, more than 200 illegal Haitian immigrants were sent back to their homeland yesterday aboard two separate Bahamasair flights.
The 50-year-old Haitian man arrested by the police in Grand Bahama last week with more than $2.3 million cash in his possession has been released from police custody pending further investigation, the Journal has learnt.
Nearly 300 illegal Haitians were captured early yesterday morning after another human smuggling attempt in Bahamian waters went wrong.
Police are investigating reports that some aboard the vessel may have drowned.
Employers hiring illegal immigrants could soon face more public penalties as the government works to reign in the number of illegal immigrants that flock to Bahamian shores every year.
Director General of Bahamas Information Services Sir Arthur Foulkes welcomed a delegation from the International Department of the Central Committee Communist Party of China, during a courtesy call at Bahamas Information Services office in the Monarch Building, East Bay Street on Monday, July 28.
US Airways passengers bound for Reagan National will try today to get home from the Bahamas after a frightening first flight. Darya Shahbazi, a passenger from Fairfax County, tells Fox 5 their Airbus A-319 had just taken off from Nassau Monday when a large rattling sound from the engine turned into sparks and leaking fuel.
The Bahamas High Commissioner to Canada His Excellency Michael Smith recently toured the North Pole weather station operated by the Canadian Govern-ment. He was with a contingent of 19 Ambassadors and High Commissioners from countries representing Eu-rope, Asia, The Americas, and Africa.
Remarks by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Announcement of Ross University Branch Freeport, Grand Bahama Monday, 28th July, 2008
A vigilante businessman who stopped and searched a couple’s car at gunpoint following a break-in at his home has been
convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
A chestnut-colored coffin draped with the Bahamian flag attracted the stares of every eye in the packed auditorium, where solemn crowd of uniformed officers, family members, friends and fraternity brothers gathered to say their final good-byes to Corporal 2453 Desmond Burrows.
The government is doing all it can to address the scourge of crime in The Bahamas, said Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.
And while Ingraham admitted that the fear of crime pervades the society, he said there was no immediate solution to the problem.
Two Grand Bahama residents were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate Court on Friday to answer two separate charges of killing in the course of dangerous driving.
Chairman of the board of Sunshine Holdings Franklyn Wilson says that, the state of the Bahamian economy is "foul".
ColinaImperial Insurance Company, the leading life and health insurance provider in The Bahamas, selected Plexis Healthcare Systems to provide its claims processing and benefits administration software solution. Plexis Claims Manager will automate claims processing and streamline benefits administration for ColinaImperial's health claims in The Bahamas and U.S.; Plexis Direct will provide for real-time electronic claim submission and adjudication via the Internet, using Mitan Technologies' real-time claim submission and response portal.
As part of the continued Grand Life Ambassador training programme (a customer service awareness training programme spearheaded by the Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board), Pelican Bay Hotel at Lucaya completed the first of several planned training sessions with 15 employees on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 coordinated by Judy Duncombe, Director of Human Resources, Pelican Bay at Lucaya and co-facilitated by Gina Turner, Senior Officer, CHE and Pauline Wells, Executive Trainer, CHE both of the Ministry of Tourism.
The newly opened Marley Resort and Spa, West Bay Street, Nassau Bahamas, hosted a private party for both local and international models involved in The 12th annual Bahamas Fashion Week.
Grand Bahama recorded its fifth traffic fatality on Friday after a police officer allegedly struck a two-year-old boy who was trying to cross the road with his mother.
The government moved yesterday to tab on a $10 stamp tax to all freight shipments entering the country, from food to furniture to computers — the last item supposedly "tax free".
An internal investigation among Arawak Cay vendors will be launched in a bid to determine whether the family-friendly area is a prostitution hot spot.
Cavalier Construction is well known in The Bahamas for building beautiful and high end homes throughout the islands. They have also built some of the country’s largest projects including: The Savoie Residence at the Abaco Club, Bayroc Condos in New Providence, and the Atlantis Convention Centre on Paradise Island, to name but a few.
Parliamentarians on Wednesday debated a bill that would empower the Airport Authority to directly impose charges and fees for the use of the Lynden Pindling International Airport.
Murder accused Asa Bethel, who was found dead hanging from a shower at Her Majesty's Prison, should not have been left alone, former prison Superintendent Edwin Culmer said yesterday
As the weeks quickly roll by and the departure date for our Bahamian Olympic Team draws ever near, excitement and anticipation levels mount. Determined to help see our athletes once again blaze a trail of glory, Furniture Plus a local, Bahamian owned company has stepped forward to assist the valiant efforts being made by the Bahamas Olympic Association’s fundraising committee.
A Qantas passenger airliner en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne in Australia was forced to land in Manila, the Philippines capital, on Friday after a hole appeared in the fuselage of the Boeing 747-400 and the cabin decompressed.
After Hurricane Dolly unleashed a fury of damaging winds and wicked rain on the U.S.-Mexico coastline and diminished to a tropical storm, widespread flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley became the top concern on Thursday.
White House hopeful Barack Obama has landed in Berlin to begin the European leg of his international tour, ahead of November's US presidential poll.
Residents passing The Mall Drive in the vicinity of Burger King may have noticed a new structure being erected next to Star General, which will soon be the new home of Cable Bahamas and its parent company Colum-bus Communications.
Two Americans visitors - a father and son - who were charged with defrauding Atlantis out of tens of thousands of dollars, will have to pay a fine and the casino or serve time in prison.
Richard Bissell Sr., 73, and his son Richard Bissell Jr., 48, of East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, were charged together in Court 11 with credit by false pretenses.
Since the early 1990s local families and visitors from around the globe have been enjoying an annual beach party on Fiddle Cay just north of Green Turtle Cay. This great gathering usually takes place around the beginning of July on the day before Regatta Time in Abaco’s first race at Green Turtle Cay.
Two Abaco men cheated death after narrowly escaping a plane crash at sea off West End, Grand Bahama.
For only the second time in the history of The Bahamas' judiciary, the Bahamas Court of Appeal yesterday held a sitting in Grand Bahama at the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre.
A cursory examination of police drug seizures reported to The Nassau Guardian in 2008, shows that at least $13 million worth of cocaine and marijuana have been taken off the streets. That number includes the $1.6 million seizure police made on western New Providence in the early morning hours Monday.
Sir Sean Connery hits back at ex-wife's 'vicious lies'
SIR Sean Connery has accused his former wife of "vicious lies" over claims he is refusing to leave his son a penny of his fortune in his will.
Diane Cilento claimed the James Bond star is fed up with son Jason cashing in on his name and told him to earn his own living.
The cast and crew of hit TV comedy Scrubs swelled the population of a small Bahamian island recently when they filmed an episode on location there.
Just hours after a Supreme Court judge sentenced convicted murderer Michael Simmons to life in prison, the victim's father went to his daughter's grave and prayed.
A leading European financial publication has named the Bank of The Bahamas the best bank in The Bahamas for a second time.
President of the Bahamas Omnibus Association Nicholas Jacques and Founder of the Public Transit Association Reuben Rahming are calling for this busing system, despite there being some disagreements on methods to achieve this.
Palm Beach County health officials say five people in the area have recently fallen ill from consuming tainted fish. Authorities blame sicknesses on grouper caught in Bahamas
The family and friends of Levi Gibson, President of Levi Gibson Real Estate Ltd., announce with regret the death of Levi Gibson today Friday 18th July 2008 at Doctor’s Hospital in Nassau at 1 p.m. following a brief illness. Mr. Gibson was 94 at the time of his death.
A 13-year veteran of the Royal Bahama Police Force lost his life during a routine firearms training exercise in waters off Goodman’s Bay Wednesday, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Hulan Hanna confirmed to the Bahama Journal on Wednesday.
Dozens of bloody shoe prints marked the scene of the country's 40th homicide, where a woman, who was a marriage counselor and entrepreneur, was stabbed to death.
A select group of experts met on Centreville Hill last week to launch a process that could change the face of Bahamian broadcasting and drag our antiquated communications and information sector kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Starting at Winton Rugby Centre, the Cuckoos Rally de Rugby will take your team on a tour of the island in which you will collect clues and items that will at least make you better informed about the island and at best win you a fortune in gold.
Supermodel Heidi Klum swam in shark infested waters in The Bahamas in a bid to make her a stronger person.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the primary telecom operator in the Bahamas, has selected Nortel to expand its GSM network services throughout the country. The network expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008.
The United States dominated Bahamas 111-51 to start day two of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship played in Formosa, Argentina.
As international oil prices rose to nearly $150 a barrel over the weekend, some motorists say they are bracing themselves for another hike in prices at local pumps.
International reports indicate that oil prices spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel on Friday. But by yesterday morning, prices had eased back down to $143.69 per barrel.
Police reported that an armed robbery occurred at NAPA Auto Parts located at Blue Hill Road and Coconut Grove Avenue around 3:40 pm Friday.
Two armed men entered the store and ordered customers to lie on the floor while they robbed the establishment of an undetermined amount of money, police reported.
The culprits escaped on foot.
A 31-year-old New Providence man was detained in hospital over the weekend after sustaining a gunshot wound to the stomach during a shootout with police officers, according to police reports
The serenity of a quiet family island settlement was shattered on Independence Day by the gruesome reality of the country’s 38th murder.
While pointing to government interest in bringing a regional port to Exuma, a former MP for the community has reservations about the location now being eyed, worried it could stymie tourism.
Police were careful not to characterize Chan Pratt's death as suspicious. Circumstances surrounding the death of world-renowned Bahamian artist Chan Pratt are unclear.
The four men police say are allegedly responsible for the brazen Scotiabank robbery on Wednesday were hauled before the courts yesterday to answer to a string of charges.
Thirty-year-old James Miller of Malcolm Allotment, 21-year-old Janquo Mackey of Market Street, and Anthony Williams, 33, of McKinney Drive, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez and charged with 23 counts connected to the July 2 daytime robbery.
Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest said The Bahamas has a lot to be proud of as the country has accomplished much during its short 35 years as an independent nation. Giving the keynote address at the National Pride Day celebrations in Rawson Square yesterday, Turnquest said that as the country gets ready to celebrate its birthday this year, Bahamians ought not forget how far they have come and just how much the country has accomplished in a little over three decades.
Its showtime! The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Scotiabank Olympic Trials will get underway this evening at the Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium at 6:00 p.m. The event has attracted top athletes from around the country, all in hopes of qualifying for the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
A shift in spending habits to say nothing of consumer appetite is nibbling away at the bottom line of sit-down restaurants across Nassau as Bahamians increasingly opt to take away their meals.
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