The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Loopholes in the country’s judiciary have made way for a massive abuse of the bail system, according to Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, who said lawyers and defendants have been able to fly under the radar and go scot-free, due to a system that is plagued with poor record-keeping and file management. Mrs. Maynard-Gibson said the […]

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Although many feel that the last surviving founder of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) William ‘Bill’ Cartwright did not get the recognition he deserved in life, his death has prompted the Christie administration to renew its commitment to ensure that national heroes are given their rightful honours. During Cartwright’s state recognised funeral yesterday at St. […]

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The Urban Renewal Centreville Centre yesterday announced a partnership with a construction company that will give jobs and training to some of the unemployed youth in the area. Head of the Urban Renewal Centre Inspector Ricardo Richardson said that the decision by CEO of Inline Project Company Construction Firm Michael Jones to assist the centre […]

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The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday urged the government to attack crime at its root by making parents of juvenile criminals responsible for their children’s offences, a notion that the party said is actually supported by legislature. “Under Section 125 of the Child Protection Act, parents are made responsible for certain acts of juveniles and […]

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State Minister for National Security Keith Bell cited the fact that there were no reported homicides in the country for more than a week as evidence that the government’s crime-fighting strategies are working. Mr. Bell told members of the Senate during his contribution to the budget debate yesterday that the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) crime […]

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If Dr. Bernard J. Nottage and his colleagues in the new Christie level administration want to succeed in the days, weeks, months and years ahead, they should be minded to remember that they must break with business as usual. Instead of calling for yet-again-another Town Meeting, Dr. Nottage might really wish to make it his […]

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We lament the fact that our country has become that kind of place where an angry parent can remonstrate with her one child and say to his face that she will keep his insurance up to date so that – on his demise – she would have money sufficient to the challenge of burying his […]

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The country will say a final farewell to Bahamian hero William “Bill” Cartwright today in a state funeral at St. Gregory’s Anglican Church. A number of government and Opposition MPs, politicians, family and friends are expected to attend the homegoing service for the man hailed as a freedom fighter and trailblazer. A native of Long […]

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Authorities are on the hunt for two men who they believe abducted a 51-year-old man. Police said the man was kidnapped on Friday around 5:35 p.m., as he sat in his car on Cowpen Road. According to police reports, the man was approached by two gunmen. They stole his 2008 Kia Sorento licence plate # […]

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The Christie administration is committed to expanding and modernising airports throughout the country in an effort to boost tourism numbers and revive the economy for several of the islands, according to the prime minister. Prime Minister Perry Christie said although the airport expansion project is well underway in New Providence with Lynden Pindling International Airport […]

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