The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

With thousands planning on travelling to the United States this summer or needing to apply for student visa for studies in the fall, officials at the United States Embassy are advising applicants to begin the application process now. Members of the press were apprised of some changes in the visa application process, which affect everyone, […]

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A 15-year-old teenage girl yesterday recounted the most horrific experience of her life, after she was the victim of a shooting incident in an over the hill community. In an exclusive interview with the Journal, the 11th grade student of C.R. Walker Senior High School said while the near death experience is something she will […]

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While the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has promised to take the gambling issue to a referendum in a bid to decriminalise Bahamians playing the popular numbers game in local web houses, Prime Minister Perry Christie said the plan will still make it illegal for Bahamians to gamble in casinos. During his contribution on the 2012/2013 […]

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Despite the country’s severely constrained fiscal headroom, the government can only cut back so much, according to a Cabinet minister. State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis said some expenses are difficult to reduce like debt servicing. “The government is legally bound to make these payments and must do so fully and in a timely manner […]

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After two weeks of intense debate the 2012/2013 budget was passed in the House of Assembly Thursday afternoon, paving the way for the Christie administration to begin financially implementing many of the plans it has to “rebuild the country.” The final budget is set at $2.2 billion – $1.8 billion for recurrent expenditure and $400 […]

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We today counsel and caution any and all Bahamians – inclusive of National Security Minister, the Hon. Bernard J. Nottage – who would seek to describe the fight against crime as if there is some kind of war going on. Such is demonstrably not the case. If the situation ever did so arise, there are […]

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Christmas is still six months away, but that certainly hasn’t stopped the Sandals Foundation from purchasing a few high ticket items for two well deserving charities. The foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts, recently donated 10 computers to the Bahamas AIDS Foundation and the PACE Programme. “We are very happy to make this contribution […]

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A joint commission between The Bahamas and Haiti may be the solution to the human smuggling problem and illegal immigration between the two countries, according to the immigration minister. Fred Mitchell, who also serves as the foreign affairs minister, told the Bahama Journal that in light of the tragedy at sea this past Sunday, a […]

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A 20-year-old man awaits sentencing after being found guilty of a murder in the nation’s second city on Tuesday. Bendricko “Buju” Bain appeared before Justice Hartman Longley in the Supreme Court. The conviction is in relation to the death of Kevin Alexander Carey of McLeans Town in October 2009. Police discovered Carey’s body in a […]

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Millions of dollars are being earmarked for the Bahamas Out Island Promotions Board (BOIPB) – which as its name suggests – is responsible for promoting, through strategic marketing all the Family Islands. The money is a whole lot more than the drop in the bucket that the government claims the organisation has been getting for […]

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