The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Former Member of Parliament for the St. Agnes Constituency, Bruce Brennen has died. He was 99. Brennen, who passed away yesterday, was a contractor by trade and served in both houses of Parliament – as vice president of the Senate and as an MP. Brennen entered politics in 1972, defeating Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. He served […]

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The homicide count increased by one yesterday following a brazen daylight shooting in an Over-the-Hill community. Shortly before 4:00 p.m Tuesday, detectives scrambled to Dunmore Street off Hospital. “Upon arrival, we saw evidence that led us to believe that someone was shot. The male was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital with chest wounds,” Superintendent […]

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Braving inclement weather, CIBC FirstCaribbean staff from across the region, along with supporters of CIBC’s Annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Run for the Cure on Saturday participated in a walk/run, raising over $30 million for the ongoing fight against cancer. Managing Director, Customer Relationship Management and Strategy, Trevor Torzsas, who walked along with his family, […]

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National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson was yesterday accused of using his “privileged” ministerial position to reveal private information on Free National Movement (FNM) North Abaco candidate, Greg Gomez. Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash yesterday said the minister “shamelessly” breached professional ethics by revealing information contained in Gomez’s National Insurance Board (NIB) files. Controversies […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash yesterday alleged that prior to the May 7 General Election a Department of Local Government official advised Greg Gomez that his application to work as a Family Island administrator had been approved, but after the election told him he would not be appointed because he was an FNM. […]

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Very many of the men and women who run things in this country are – relatively speaking – some of this land’s most distinguished, lettered and publicly unknown folks. They owe their power to the positions they hold in this nation’s permanent and pensionable establishment. Unlike politicians who come and go, these men and women […]

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Pictured is the new video conferencing system put in place by the Government. The system will link The Royal Bahamas Police Force, Her Majesty’s Prison, The Public Hospitals Authority, the Magistrates’ Courts, and several offices in Grand Bahama.

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Having forgotten that there was once a time when Bahamians did own thriving businesses Over-The-Hill, today’s bewildered Bahamian is now convinced that no new thing can ever again come out of these heart-land communities. Indeed, one of the more unfortunate facts of life in today’s Bahamas has to do with what happens to a people […]

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Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO Geoff Houston says his company will be spending more than $60 million over the next year to launch the nation’s fastest internet service in a bid to win over that segment of the market. “What we saw when we upgraded our mobile offerings was an almost insatiable appetite among Bahamians […]

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The days of prison buses speeding through Nassau to get inmates to court may soon come to an end now that the government has introduce a criminal integrated system that will allow suspects to attend to court via video conferencing. At a news conference at the Attorney General Office on Monday Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson […]

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