The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

While The Bahamas and the region face many threats to its fisheries resources, steps are being taken through the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) to effectively address these threats and find possible solutions. Fisheries ministers of the 17 members states of the CRFM convened here in the capital on Friday for their one-day annual meeting, […]

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An American cruise ship visitor, who was expected to leave The Bahamas yesterday afternoon, has drowned in West Grand Bahama, police said. The 61-year-old Pennsylvania resident arrived in Grand Bahama yesterday morning. Police were notified about the incident at 12:21 p.m. yesterday. Police were called to the Deadman’s Reef area where the female visitor, along […]

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Police expect to charge at least five men before the courts early this week in connection with a boating tragedy off Abaco, which claimed the lives of 11 Haitians. Two of the five men are from New Providence, while the remaining three are from Abaco. Police Press Liaison Officer Inspector Chrislyn Skippings could not confirm […]

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The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) collected more than 300 pints of blood during its fifth annual blood drive at the Mall at Marathon this past weekend and sent a majority of what it collected to the Princess Margaret Hospital’s (PMH) blood bank. The telephone company began its blood drive at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. But, according […]

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The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government has said that the country’s immigration policies will remain as they were, however Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said under the Christie administration, the laws regarding illegal immigration will be strictly enforced. Throughout the recent election campaign, the PLP made border security and illegal immigration big issues […]

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Some of the men and women who once ran the country have been appointed shadow cabinet ministers, the Free National Movement (FNM) announced yesterday. Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis named a 12-member shadow cabinet, including himself, to oversee the Christie administration’s 21 cabinet ministers. A shadow cabinet is made up of senior MPs who are […]

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Former cabinet minister and Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney yesterday blasted the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) decision to seek the public’s help in the crime fight. He said the government should be providing Bahamians with answers to fight crime, not calling on them for help. Last week, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage […]

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Location, Smart Tech Construction and Pricing, Trump Recession The Town Homes at Turnberry in the gated community of Charlotteville in the West are all but sold or leased, with just 7 Townhomes available. All 257 Lots have now been sold and 70 of the 80 Townhomes are now occupied. Following a successful fast-paced sales uptake […]

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Less than five per cent of Bahamians give blood regularly, according to a leading doctor. Head of the Critical Care Unit Dr. Michael Darville told the Bahama Journal that there is an urgent need for Bahamians to donate blood. “There is a need to increase the amount of donors in the donor pool,” he said […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie is not holding true to the promises he made during the campaign trial, especially those ones he made to Grand Bahamians, according to the Democratic National Alliance (DNA). In a statement released by former DNA candidate for Pineridge Osman Johnson, the prime minister has yet to visit the nation’s second city […]

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