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PM DAVIS: The Bahamas Offers Certainty 53a15

By Julian Reid Bahama Journal News Editor Prime Minister Philip Davis told businesspeople in New York on Thursday that The Bahamas offers certainty. “Certainty in our governance. Certainty in our legal framework. Certainty in our business environment. And certainty in our direction as a nation committed to stability, integrity, and sustainable growth”. His comments were […] 37454w

BUDGET

DAVIS MAKES HISTORY — First Budget Surplus since 1973 6g281x

A balanced budget has been a common phrase tossed around by successivegovernments, but something that has been seemingly unachievable, at least untilnow.During his 2025/2026 budget communication in the House of Assembly PrimeMinister Philip Davis who is also Minister of Finance announced that, in summary,his Government’s expenditure and policy actions in the budget included measuresthat will […]

EDITORIAL – ON SOLID FOOTING 51s1s

30 May 2025

The budget communication in the House Assembly on Wednesday by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Philip Davis is receiving high praises across the length and breadth of The Bahamas. It has in it a number of firsts which placed the governing Progressive Liberal Party in an enviable position and must now force […]

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Pintard: Budget “An Unbalanced Reality” 2aa2d

30 May 2025

By Arianna NeelyJournal Staff Writer Michael Pintard Leader of the Official Opposition Free National Movementdescribed The Davis istration’s 2025/2026 Budget Communication thatboasts of achieving a balanced budget and a surplus as an “unbalanced reality.”During a press conference from the Minority Room following the Prime Minister’scommunication Mr. Pintard accused the Prime Minister of trying to sell […]

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No U.S. Student Visas 2o4p

30 May 2025

BY GERRINO SAUNDERSJournal Staff Writer If you were hoping to get a student visa for the United States, you’re going to haveto wait for a while. How long is uncertain. On Tuesday, U.S. President DonaldTrump’s istration ordered U.S. Embassies around the world to stopscheduling appointments for student visas as it prepares to expand social mediavetting […]

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EDITORIAL – THE RIGHT DIRECTION 155o6t

30 May 2025

As The Bahamas celebrates another Randol Fawkes Labour Day with low levels of unemployment, Bahamians should take notice of the relative calm in the ranks of the Trade Union movement in the country. While there are grievances and unresolved issues, to be sure, it is commendable that the Minister of Labour and the Public Service, […]

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EDITORIAL – WE’RE IN TROUBLE 521en

30 May 2025

The Bahamas has lost roughly twelve hundred young black men in the last ten years due to black-on-black violence.  It is that type of crime through violence, or when a homicide occurs often at the point of a gun or a knife, when one black man kills another of the same colour. There is a […]

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RENEWAL FOR GRAND BAHAMA — $800 Million Deal Signed 1d4j3c

30 May 2025

By Julian Reid Bahama Journal Editor Prime Minister Philip Davis said an $827 million deal to develop the New Grand Lucayan Resort that was executed in Freeport, Grand Bahama yesterday “will long be ed as pivotal for the people of Grand Bahama.” “It’s time to turn the page on hardship, to leave heartbreak behind.  It’s […]

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NEW LEGISLATION TO STRENTHEN FINANCIAL SERVICES MOVED TO THE SENATE 6l2b25

30 May 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor The government is proud of the work it has done that has resulted in The Bahamasbeing removed from the European and French financial services blacklist for noncooperative countries.In its most recent sitting of Parliament debated and ed acompendium of nine financial service related bills the government hopes […]

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PM promises Americans vigilance over Chinese and Cuban activity s4tk

30 May 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor The United States is one of our closest neighbors and by far the most powerful, andthere is no secret that they have been at odds with both China and Cuba fordecades, and now The Bahamas seems to be caught in the middle, something thegovernment says it wants no […]

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Ingraham: FNM must unite to win general elections 3g2350

30 May 2025

By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor There will be no Free National Movement (FNM) victory in the 2026 generalelections if the party does not unify itself, according to former FNM leader andPrime Minister Hubert Ingraham.During his tribute to the late John Henry Bostwick at the memorial held at theFNM headquarters Mr. Ingraham encouraged […]

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EDITORIAL – OUT OF ORDER 2m604t

30 May 2025

We live in a world of duplicitous politicians and some who have the audacity to lecture where they do not have the moral authority to do so.  This week the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited seven Prime Ministers of Caribbean Countries to the State Department, including Prime Minister Philip Davis of The […]

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