The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Three men and one woman were arrested yesterday after police searched their Lucaya apartment and allegedly found $1,000 worth of marijuana. Police and Immigration officials, in a joint effort, searched the apartment after noon. There they found one pound of marijuana. The group, made-up of three Dominicans and one Jamaican, was taken into custody. They […]

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Investigators are following significant leads into the country’s latest homicide. According to reports, shortly after 11:00 Monday night, police reported that 33-year-old Lavardo Demetrius Dean had just arrived at his Goggle Eye Road home off Soldier Road when a gunman approached him and shot him several times. Police said the culprit was wearing a red […]

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Small and medium-sized business are still struggling due to the ailing economy, but officials from the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) said it will continue to do whatever it can to minimise the impact of the many problems that exist. BCCEC CEO Winston Rolle told the Bahama Journal yesterday that the business […]

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Due to new road closures in the Wulff Road and Soldier Road area, motorists now have to adjust to major traffic congestion during peak hours of the day.

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Acting Court of Appeal President Justice Christopher Blackman raked a prosecutor over coals yesterday, for being ill prepared for court and ultimately causing the adjournment of a case. Prosecutor Uel Johsnon’s lack of preparedness cost murder convict Foster Knowles’ appeal hearing to be adjourned to next week. Knowles was appealing his conviction for possession of […]

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The Christie administration believes that forming a strong partnership with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is paramount to the island’s economic recovery and according to the newly appointed Minister of Grand Bahama, Dr. Michael Darville, the task of strengthening that relationship has already begun. Under the previous administration the relationship between the government and […]

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Authorities discovered the body of an 82-year-old American man floating in waters in Grand Bahama yesterday. Officers from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) said the visitor was from Pennsylvania. Police made the discovery shortly before 3:00 p.m. Officers were called to the Taino Beach area and spotted the body at the rear of Bell Channel […]

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The Opposition has announced the names of the four people who will make up its team in the upper chamber. Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday advised the Governor General that former Minister of Education Desmond Bannister will serve as leader of opposition business in the Senate. He will be joined by former Minister of […]

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Meteorologists are predicting a below average 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season as forecasts indicate that hurricane activity will be “tame.” Met Officer at the Department of Meteorology Godfrey Burnside said unlike past years, the upcoming hurricane season is not expected to cause as much damage as it did in years past. “As a matter of fact, […]

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With years’ worth of a weakened economy, the Minister of Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville said his new ministry has taken a three-pronged approach to reviving the nation’s second city. Dr. Darville told the Bahama Journal on Tuesday that more focus on agriculture, alternative energy and training is exactly what Grand Bahama needs to bounce […]

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