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August 10, 2022
ADO Bahamas Executive Chairman: Much to learn from Jamaican agriculture industry with ¼ of population engaged in farming

Following a recent week-long agricultural tour and immersion experience in Jamaica, Agricultural Development Organization (ADO) Executive Chairman Philip Smith said The Bahamas could benefit from the learning experiences of its regional neighbour which produces a massive amount of the food consumed on island in addition to successfully exporting products.

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September 17, 2013
Jamaican company to hire 100 for GB center

A Jamaican company has received approval to set up a contact center operation in Freeport which has set out to hire 100 employees...

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May 21, 2013
Bahamas to host Tottenham - Jamaican Football Match as part of 40th Independence Celebrations

The Bahamas will make history on May 23, 2013 as its new $30 million Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will serve as host to an exhibition match between Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the Jamaican national football team on Nassau Paradise Island.

Both teams accepted an invitation from the Government of The Bahamas, which set the stage for the first match featuring a Premier League Club i...

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February 08, 2013
The Bahamas to host Tottenham Hotspur vs. Jamaican

The Bahamas will make history on May 23, 2013 as its new $30 million Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will serve as host to an exhibition match between Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the Jamaican national football team on Nassau Paradise Island.

Both teams accepted an invitation from the Government of The Bahamas, which set the stage for the first match featuring a Premier League Club i...

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January 21, 2016
Court of Appeal quashes Jamaican woman's human trafficking conviction

A JAMAICAN woman previously convicted in The Bahamas' first human trafficking case tried in Supreme Court will be returning to her home country as early as Thursday evening after the Court of Appeal quashed her conviction and sentences.

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March 20, 2020
Jamaican man beaten, thrown off minibus after sneezing

A 38-year-old farmer from Bethel Town, Westmoreland, said that he was beaten and thrown off a bus on Monday, after he sneezed multiple times and was accused of carrying the deadly COVID-19...

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August 16, 2019
Jamaican man fined, recommended to be deported

A 27-year-old Jamaican man was fined and recommended to be deported on Friday for turning a brief visit to his mother into a two-year stay...

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June 24, 2019
Bahamians Attended Funeral of Former Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga

The Hon. Elsworth Johnson, Minister for State for Legal Affairs (right), and H.E. Reuben Rahming, Bahamas Ambassador to CARICOM States (left), represented the Government of The Bahamas at the State Funeral for the Late Former Jamaican Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga...

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June 20, 2019
Immigration chief admits releasing Jamaican woman to the officer who allegedly raped her

THE assistant director of immigration yesterday admitted to releasing a Jamaican woman into the custody of the senior immigration officer who allegedly raped her, as he said he had no reason to suspect anything untoward would happen...

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November 09, 2018
Bahamas International Film Festival-JAMAICAN MAN

JAMAICA MAN is a subjective documentary profile of British expat Nigel Pemberton. A biographical picaresque, inspired narratively by Spalding Gray and visual by Slim Aarons, the film is a highly stylized...

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