The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said he had been in talks with Senator Zhivargo Laing about Mr. Laing’s desire to leave front line politics well before he made his resignation from the Senate public this weekend. At a press conference held at the party’s Mackey Street headquarters on Sunday, Dr. Minnis said […]

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The board of directors of the National Insurance Board (NIB) is seeking to terminate NIB Director Algernon Cargill adding that they are only awaiting Cabinet’s approval to give him his walking papers for allegedly “abusing” millions of dollars of public funds , the Bahama Journal has learnt. In a letter to Minister responsible for NIB […]

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The United States and the Caribbean: Seizing the Opportunities Ahead In 2011, St. Kitts and Nevis faced spiralling crime and one of the world’s highest per capita homicide rates. Working with U.S. government-sponsored legal advisors, the Kittitian government, police, and prosecutors put in place new policies and practices that led to a double-digit drop in […]

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The Free National Movement (FNM) is questioning the prime minister’s credibility after he admitted that next month’s gambling referendum is “unconstitutional” and amounts to an “opinion poll” and that the London-based consultant group hired to advise the government on the gambling referendum did not submit a report to his administration. In a statement sent out […]

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A chartered accountant is warning the government to hold the line on indirect personal taxation as a study of 26 countries revealed what its authors called “the yawning gap” between the ability of high and low tax economies to attract and retain talent and investment. The study, conducted by UHY, the international accounting and consultancy […]

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In an effort to establish regulations for stem cell therapy and research in The Bahamas, Health Minister Dr. Perry Gomez has assigned a task force that will make recommendations to the government to set guidelines for the controversial practice. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the capacity to renew themselves and to differentiate into […]

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said it did not matter who won the United States presidential election as ties between the United States and The Bahamas will always remain “strong.” Minister Mitchell congratulated Barack Obama and sent a formal congratulatory note on behalf of the government. “The fact is that our relations are close […]

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Government officials said they are “cautiously optimistic” following high level bilateral talks with Dominican Republic officials concerning the years long problem of Dominican poachers in Bahamian waters. The meeting was held in that country from October 30 to 31 and it was the first meeting of that kind to ever take place. And according to […]

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The man whose partially clad, bullet riddled body was found lying in the street Monday has been identified as Brittaney Burrows. The 22-year-old Bozine Town resident was found just behind the PDX Affordable Air Freight Solutions store just off Tonique Williams Darling Highway before noon Monday. At this point, police suspect that Burrows’ death was […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Acting Chairman Darron Cash said he is expecting the race for the party’s chairmanship to be a two man run off between himself and one other FNM member. “Dion Foulkes and I are the only two candidates,” he said, “And we expect that we will be the only two candidates.” Speaking […]

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