The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Government officials are satisfied that cleanup efforts in relation to that oil spill off Grand Bahama last week have progressed well. On Friday, Minister of Transport and Aviation, Glenys Hanna-Martin along with several other officials from the Department of Environmental Health Services and other government agencies did a fly over of the area to make […]

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The homicide count climbed on Friday after a Kennedy Subdivision was killed. Police have requested the public’s assistance in locating the two men who may be responsible for the shooting incident that has left a 40-year-old man of Zinna Court dead. The incident reportedly occurred shortly before midnight on Saturday. Police said the victim had […]

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Officials from One Family Junkanoo group are excited over coming out third in during the BTC Boxing Day Parade. The parade is scheduled for December 26 beginning at midnight. On Saturday, scores of group representatives and supporters gathered on Arawak Cay for the selection drawing for both Junkanoo parades. One Family will come out third […]

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Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) officials are firing back at Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney for comments he made about the organisation’s “Say No” campaign. Last week, the third party leader shunned BCC’s campaign on the upcoming gaming referendum saying that more issues need to be addressed. “I think there are more pressing issues […]

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An internal investigation by the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has revealed that the officials at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) did not err in their decision to discharge a male patient who has since accused them of kicking him out of the hospital. In a press release sent Friday PHA officials confirmed that Tamario Hepburn […]

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Oil is being stolen from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) all over the country, according to BEC Chairman Leslie Miller. Mr. Miller, who was speaking to the Bahama Journal Sunday, said the widespread theft is only coming to light now because of the 70,000 gallon oil spill that occurred last week Tuesday. Officials said BEC’s […]

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State Minister for National Security Senator Keith Bell said Caribbean countries like The Bahamas are forced to deal with a new breed of criminal as “super countries” like the United States and the United Kingdom are notorious for shipping hardened criminals out of their lands and to smaller countries. Senator Bell appeared as a guest […]

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Agriculture Minister V. Alfred Gray said his ministry is looking to perform a major expansion of the school based agriculture programme beginning in the New Year. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Minister Gray said the government is looking to get more schools involved in the programme and to ensure that those already in […]

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One of the crueler sides of that thing we call ‘human-nature’ has to do with the extent to which we – as such creatures – adapt to situations and conditions once thought both abominable and incomprehensibly unfit for us. In case after dread case, we note how human beings can become numbed and often quite […]

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