The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

In the midst of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season, The Bahamas has received even more resources to assist with flooding and flood-related disasters. On Tuesday, officials from the US Embassy and the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) attended a ceremony at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) Coral Harbour Base where they handed over the […]

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Police officials in Exuma said the man they believe is responsible for that island’s first murder for the year is a mental patient with a history of psychological issues. In fact, police told the Bahama Journal that the murder suspect has been admitted to the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre four times in his life, with his […]

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Authorities in Grand Bahama and Abaco are looking for six men who are wanted for murder to armed robbery. Chancelaire Baptiste 52-year-old Sand Bank, Treasure Cay, Abaco resident is wanted for questioning in connection with a North Abaco boating accident that killed 11 people. Garrin Lucken Gibson, 33, who is also known as “Dog,” is […]

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Business owners in eastern New Providence are calling on the Christie administration to begin speaking with them about the ongoing road closures that have inconvenienced their businesses for more than a year. The members of the Prince Charles Drive Business Association (PCDBA) argue that their businesses have suffered significant financial losses as result of the […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie’s mother-in-law, Trixie Hanna has died in hospital. Hanna passed away at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) yesterday at 6:50 a.m. She was 81. The Journal understands that Hanna was surrounded by her family members, including daughter and wife of Prime Minister Christie, Bernadette Christie as well as several close friends. Hanna, […]

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The new government subsidised medical insurance plan that the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) has been fighting tooth and nail for finally took effect this week. The need for the insurance coverage became even more pressing when the union’s self-contracted insurance coverage with Bahama Health ended two years ago. But, in January the union and […]

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Public school students may soon have to pay a nominal one time registration fee at the beginning of every school year if the government buys into the idea which Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilsons insists will go a long way in helping with additional school expenses. “I think the time has come […]

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Popular talk show host, Ortland Bodie Jr. was yesterday ordered to pay a $2,500 fine to a local charity following disparaging remarks he made on his show last month about a sitting judge. The host of the More 94.9 FM programme, Real Talk Live, has apologised to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Isaacs for his June […]

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A cabinet minister admitted yesterday that many Bahamians are in distress and “suffering in silence,” but refuse to use the government’s national crisis hotline for help. In fact, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin said the hotline is being underutilised by the public. “There is much pain and suffering in our country and many persons suffer […]

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Perry Christie has been in the prime minister’s chair for over two months now and he has yet to appoint chairmen for several key boards – further proof that lateness and indecision continue to define his style of governance, according to the Free National Movement (FNM). In a press statement released yesterday FNM Chairman Charles […]

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