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March 01, 2018
Nursing Haitian mother, two others freed pending trial
A court yesterday ordered that three Haitian mothers accused of entering the country illegally be reunited with their children. The women - Rosenaica Jean Baptiste, 21, Mirline Joachim, 31, and Eliana Saintilima, 35 - were charged with illegal landing after they were arrested following a [...]
Reginald Dudley Saunders Funeral Services
February 16, 2018
Reginald Dudley Saunders Funeral Services
Funeral Service for the late Reginald Dudley Saunders affectionately called "Reggie" age 70 years of Turtle Drive, Carmichael Road and formerly of Mastic Point, Andros will be held on Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at New Destiny Baptist Cathedral, William Thompson Auditorium, Jean [...]
Free to work without status
February 17, 2018
Free to work without status
Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton yesterday ordered that Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles be allowed to work and live in The Bahamas pending the outcome of the government's appeal. But Hilton stayed his order that Jean-Charles be issued status to permit him to remain in The [...]
February 16, 2018
Constitutional citizenship: No gap, no ambiguity and no amendment required
Dear Editor, It appears that the Jean Rony Jean-Charles case will finally cause the government to address the long-standing and vexing problem of illegal immigration in our country. I trust that the government and the courts use wisdom to properly adjudicate the case and bring [...]
PLP chair: Changing costs law will stop Smith
February 12, 2018
PLP chair: Changing costs law will stop Smith
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday suggested changing the law with regard to the awarding of court costs in order to stop Fred Smith, QC, from his ongoing litigation against the government. Smith is the lawyer for Jean Rony Jean-Charles, a 35-year-old Bahamas-born man [...]
Bid to jail senior members of govt
February 07, 2018
Bid to jail senior members of govt
LAWYERS for Jean Rony Jean-Charles are seeking constitutional relief over his re-arrest and detention over the weekend, and have asked the court to commit executive members of government to prison for contempt.
Move to have ministers jailed
February 07, 2018
Move to have ministers jailed
Charging an "egregious abuse of executive power", attorneys for Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles are seeking to have Attorney General Carl Bethel, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, former Director of Immigration William Pratt, Officer in Charge of the Carmichael Road Detention Centre Peter Joseph and Royal Bahamas [...]
Davis: Judge overreached in immigration matter
February 07, 2018
Davis: Judge overreached in immigration matter
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis yesterday called a Supreme Court judge's decision ordering that Jean Rony Jean-Charles be issued status to remain in The Bahamas upon applying, "judicial overreach". Weighing in on the matter, which has generated great public debate, Davis said [...]
February 06, 2018
39Someone out there helping me, helped me not go crazy39
LAST week, Jean Rony Jean-Charles was living a nightmare, trapped in abject poverty in a Haitian slum he defined as "hell".
Free at last
February 06, 2018
Free at last
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday stressed the case of Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles has placed the government in a position uncovered by law or the Constitution, and urged the country to exercise restraint and let the law take its course following Mr Jean-Charles' release from custody yesterday...
February 02, 2018
Mitchell: Immigration dept 'perplexed' by lack of clarity on ruling
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday suggested the Immigration Department is "perplexed" by the lack of clarity in the government's position on the recent landmark Supreme Court ruling on Bahamas-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles.
Detained
February 05, 2018
Detained
Jean Rony Jean-Charles, the man at the center of a controversial immigration ruling that has attracted widespread national attention, landed back in The Bahamas from Haiti on Saturday afternoon, but was quickly taken into custody by immigration authorities after the judge in the matter agreed [...]
February 02, 2018
Minnis: Govt. will make best decision over man deported to Haiti
While the government has already announced its intention to appeal a Supreme Court ruling ordering Jean Rony Jean-Charles be returned to The Bahamas and given status after being unlawfully detained and sent to Haiti last November, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday the government [...]
Govt preparing travel document
February 01, 2018
Govt preparing travel document
The Office of the Attorney General intends to appeal Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton's ruling ordering the government to immediately issue a travel document to Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles to return from Haiti, and grant him status to permit him to remain in The Bahamas. [...]
Fraudulent papers now central issue
February 01, 2018
Fraudulent papers now central issue
AS HE confirmed plans to speedily facilitate Bahamas-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles' return to the country, Minister of Immigration Brent Symonette yesterday said his case will bring the longstanding issue of fraudulent documentation to the forefront.
Judge orders man's return from Haiti
January 31, 2018
Judge orders man's return from Haiti
Ending a four month ordeal that saw a man arrested, detained and involuntarily sent to Haiti without ever being charged, a Supreme Court judge yesterday ordered the government to immediately issue a travel document to Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles to allow him to travel from [...]
Alone in a hellhole, praying to go home
January 24, 2018
Alone in a hellhole, praying to go home
BAHAMAS-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles said he was given the equivalent of $4.69 to start a new life in Haiti...
I told them - check. They said: 'You going to Haiti'
January 23, 2018
I told them - check. They said: 'You going to Haiti'
JEAN RONY Jean-Charles was waiting for his friend to purchase a few cigarettes before heading to a job site when he was arrested by immigration officers in early September last year...
That Vodou that who do
January 13, 2018
That Vodou that who do
Eric Jean-Louis (b. 1957) is an artist hailing from Haiti, well-known and much loved and it is easy to see why. His work is filled with the human and natural balance of light and dark, the duality we all struggle with and that we see [...]
December 11, 2017
Grace Jones to receive Bahamas International Film Festival Career Achievement Award
Jones?s Latest Film ?Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami?, Directed by Sophie Fiennes to Screen in Bahamas...
Amnesty seeks urgent action on missing detainee
December 11, 2017
Amnesty seeks urgent action on missing detainee
INTERNATIONAL human rights group Amnesty International issued an appeal for "urgent action" on behalf of Jean Rony Jean-Charles, a client of attorney Fred Smith, QC, whose whereabouts became a subject of concern and attention last week...
Immigration set deadline on detainee
December 08, 2017
Immigration set deadline on detainee
THE government must produce detainee Jean Rony Jean-Charles and bring evidence to justify his detention on December 19 or be held in contempt of court, according to a ruling in the Supreme Court yesterday...
VIDEO: Fred Smith, QC, removed from Detention Centre
December 04, 2017
VIDEO: Fred Smith, QC, removed from Detention Centre
ATTORNEY Fred Smith, QC, was physically removed from the Detention Centre yesterday morning, after he was blocked from seeing a client and "ignored" by Department of Immigration supervisors...
New murder record
September 16, 2011
New murder record
The morning after government and religious leaders led observances on the National Day of Prayer, the country's murder record was shattered with the shooting of three men in Over-the-Hill communities. The killings pushed the murder count so far for 2011 to 96 -- two notches above the count for the entire 2010.
A fourth man, who was shot in another incident, was in serious condition in hospital, po...
Bahamas born - but held for 3 months
December 01, 2017
Bahamas born - but held for 3 months
A 34-year-old man born in The Bahamas is petitioning the courts over the lawfulness of his detention of some three months at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre...
November 23, 2017
Bahamas: Shocking images of child injured in illegal immigration crackdown
Shocking and appalling images have surfaced of a young child who suffered severe facial injuries during an aggressive Immigration apprehension exercise in North Andros, The Bahamas...
November 21, 2017
Waterkeepers Bahamas Trains Volunteers to Test Waters for Swim Safety
Waterkeepers Bahamas Executive Director Rashema Ingraham spends hours at beaches in The Bahamas every week, but she isn?t splashing in the water, combing for shells or searching for treasure. Ingraham is part of a team that tests water at 16 public beaches in The Bahamas on a regular basis...
"Cargo" in Theatres December 1
November 21, 2017
"Cargo" in Theatres December 1
Mark your calendars! After three sold-out Gala Premieres, the hugely anticipated film ?Cargo? will sail into theatres in New Providence in just a few weeks on December 1, 2017...
Elder Antoinette Maria Armbrister Pratt
October 05, 2017
Elder Antoinette Maria Armbrister Pratt
Funeral service for Elder Antoinette Maria Armbrister Pratt, 63 yrs., a resident of Golden Isles Road, will be held at New Destiny Baptist Cathedral at Wlliam Thompson Auditorium, Jean Street on Saturday, October 7th, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. Officiating will be Apostle Delton Fernander, assisted [...]
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September 14, 2017
Inagua residents who stayed behind in storm say no regrets
Arthur Pritchard, 62, contemplated the government's warning to evacuate Inagua ahead of what was predicted to be the strongest hurricane to impact the southern islands on record, but yesterday the Matthew Town resident said he does not regret riding out the storm on the island.
Hurricane Irma impacted Inagua on Thursday with over 180-mile-per-hour winds.
Pritchard's home on Nesbit Street sustained...
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