The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

There has been “some progress” in the saga involving former employees of City Market, according to Minister of Labour Shane Gibson. Mr. Gibson told the Bahama Journal last week that he knows the respective parties have been meeting. “They met just [last] week and I can tell you there has been progress made,” he said. […]

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Over $2 million worth of drugs were discovered on a Family Island on Friday, authorities confirmed yesterday. Police officers, Defence Force marines and US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officers confiscated 49 bales of marijuana and two go fast speed boats in Bimini. The drugs weighed 2,300 pounds and have a street value of $2.3 million. […]

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Dear Editor, Initially I did not intend to write a commentary on the weekend’s events over at Atlantis, but since persons have asked: I have said in past op-eds and it bears repeating – national events should always be apolitical, meaning no political party should at any time be the focal point or muse for […]

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Midshipman Ernestine Cleare-Rolle of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the newest addition to the Officer’s Corps after successfully completing Naval Officer Training in England. The rigorous eight-month training course is designed to prepare naval/military cadets for the important leadership and management positions they will assume throughout their careers in the Defence Force. The […]

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A pastor and father of three was killed early Saturday morning in a ht-and-run on Carmichael Road. The pastor has been identified as 48-year-old Reverend Dr. Kendall Stubbs from the Remnant Tabernacle of Praise Church on Carmichael Road. When the Bahama Journal arrived on the scene, several members of the congregation had already gathered and […]

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Former Free National Movement (FNM) Cabinet minister Dion Foulkes yesterday sounded the alarm on the size of the Christie Cabinet and went a step further, noting that 30 Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MPs have been rewarded with high paying jobs since the PLP assumed office nearly six months ago. He also raised concerns about the […]

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