The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahama Journal was alerted Friday of an alleged scam being carried out by a group of people claiming to be affiliated with a non-existent South Florida-based airline. According to information received by The Journal, the alleged ploy began more than two weeks ago when an ad was placed in local dailies announcing a job […]

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Major health concerns are looming at Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) after a number of prison guards have reportedly broken out in rashes, believed to be scabies, due to what they call the “unsanitary and disgusting conditions” at the Fox Hill prison. A group of prison officers who spoke to the Bahama Journal anonymously said a […]

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The names of 25 more murdered victims were on Sunday added to a memorial wall erected in their honour at the New Covenant Baptist Church. To mark the wall’s third anniversary, Senior Pastor at the church, Bishop Simeon Hall called on the families of those men and women murdered in The Bahamas to place their […]

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Government officials said they are still working out a plan to figure out how to best compensate those business owners who were adversely affected by the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP). Minister of Works and Urban Renewal Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said recently, that a decision was made to compensate those affected […]

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A war of words continues between two major political parties over a sitting MP accused of spewing racial slurs. On Sunday, the Free National Movement (FNM) accused the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) of trying to defend the indefensible. Just last week, Deputy House Speaker Dion Smith, who is also the PLP’s MP for Nassau Village, […]

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Former Attorney General in the Pindling administration Paul Adderley is very ill in hospital. Mr. Adderley, who is one of framers of the country’s constitution, was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) early yesterday morning, where up to press time he was listed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Bahama Journal spoke briefly […]

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The Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama was hit with a sickout over the weekend that medical officials admit had the potential to cripple operations at the healthcare facility. The sickout, which began Friday, was organised by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff, who say they are frustrated by “critical operational inefficiencies.” A significant number of […]

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Some of this nation’s youth – through no fault of their own – are fated to be failed by any number of this nation’s social institutions inclusive of both Church and State. Most of us seem to have forgotten that there was once a time when our people [fathers, mothers and other extended family] did […]

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Former Bahamas Supermarkets workers have rejected an offer from officials to accept $2 million in severance payments. Wanslaw Turnquest, who represents hundreds of workers, said both sides were at an impasse last Friday. “We have 356 that were employed at the closure of the company at March 30. Prior to that there were 116 workers […]

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During what is typically known as the slow tourism period, the Bimini Bay Resort and Marina has announced that the hotel property will be closed for the next eight weeks. According to a press release sent from the company, the resort will be undergoing a seasonal closure beginning September 30 and is scheduled to reopen […]

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