The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

One of the men who were allegedly a part of last week’s bank robbery in New Providence has been captured, while two of three men who held up a bank in Long Island are still on the lam. Police worked throughout the holiday weekend to find the duo, but were unsuccessful. Last Thursday at 10:00 […]

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A suspect accused of shooting a police reservist to death during a botched robbery has been arrested, police have confirmed. The 28-year-old Joe Farrington Road was arrested at home yesterday. The 55-year-old police reservist, who has still not been identified, was shot outside the Super Wash Laundromat on Prince Charles Drive on Thursday. According to […]

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Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson is resting comfortably today after he fell ill during the Labour Day Parade Friday and was taken to hospital. Mr. Ferguson, who marched along with thousands of workers in Friday’s parade, had made it near to the parade route’s end at Arawak Cay when he began experiencing some […]

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The country’s workforce marked the Labour Day holiday by recommitting itself to seeking to improve the overall working conditions in the country while ensuring they continue striving to be productive on the job. Politicians marched along with a cross section of the country’s workforce representing various unions during Friday’s parade. Labour Minister Shane Gibson, a […]

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Dame Marguerite Pindling was sworn in as the country’s third deputy to the governor general. Dame Marguerite is the widow of the country’s first Prime Minister the late Sir Lynden Pindling. The brief ceremony was held at Government House at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. Family members, close friends, colleagues and religious leaders gathered to witness the […]

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In a sense, it was – as the saying now goes – déjà vu all over again this week-end past for any number of nurses and other medical personnel at the Princess Margaret Hospital. As in another instance some years ago, these people found themselves in the bloody middle of gunfire and mayhem as one […]

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The Christie administration is looking to resurrect the film industry in Grand Bahama as a way to add new facets to the country’s number one industry and provide a much needed boost to that island’s ailing economy. In fact, while speaking with Journal Business recently, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said work has already begun to […]

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There are a number of new tourism marketing campaigns that may be hitting international airwaves soon as officials at the Ministry of Tourism are working to release new commercials. According to Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe, officials have been working on several new ideas to promote The Bahamas and ultimately attract new business from markets […]

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