The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Umbrella unions protested outside the House of Assembly Wednesday demanding the government intervene on behalf of the 140 workers recently laid off by the Wyndham Resort. Union leaders led the demonstration which included workers carrying signs, singing songs and calling for Baha Mar Chairman and CEO Sarkis Izmirlian to leave the country. The protesters gathered […]

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New Award, Eligible Fields of Study and Application Deadlines Announced Lyford Cay Foundation, Inc. and the Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation are now accepting online applications for academic and technical training and vocational scholarships for study at approved institutions in the U.S., Canada, the UK and the Caribbean. All applications must be made through the Foundations’ […]

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The Constitutional Commission has been given an additional three months to hand in its report. In a letter dated Monday, February 11, Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney QC requested that Prime Minister Perry Christie give the 13-member commission more time to submit its report. Mr. McWeeney said given the considerable public interest to constitutional reform, the […]

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Officials at the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) said they are concerned about the shoddy service most Bahamians have had to deal with from utility service providers and are in the process of rolling out a standard for customer protection measures. From dropped calls, shoddy cable service and poor customer relations, URCA Director of […]

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Teachers at Anatol Rodgers High School are entering the third day of sit-ins today despite assurances Tuesday from Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald that their concerns are being addressed. For a second consecutive day yesterday, classes at the high school were disrupted because teachers again refused to report to their classrooms until several of their health […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie has come under heavy fire for “bad mouthing” Baha Mar principals in front of a number of stakeholders involved in the multi-billion dollar Cable Beach resort development. During the Chinese New Year celebration over the weekend, Mr. Christie shocked attendees when he blamed Baha Mar for the state of relations with […]

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When the government presents the midterm budget next week, Prime Minister Perry Christie said the country will get a real picture of exactly how the country’s account books look and according to the nation’s chief the truth might not be what most people want to hear. Prime Minister Christie said the country has a very […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday admitted that he had a discussion with Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian prior to 140 workers being laid off from the Wyndham Nassau Resort. The workers were given their walking papers on Friday. “I indicated to them last week that I spoken to Mr. Izmirlian before he left The Bahamas […]

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Anyone with an iota of good sense concerning the long history of policing in a society that was once slave-based and where in the aftermath of slavery, the constabulary’s focus was put on protecting the people who owned property. Peace and justice, love and dignity receded giving way to a brutally-efficient scheme of things where […]

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Grand Bahama police have identified the island’s third traffic fatality victim as 30-year-old Randy Russell of Scott Avenue, Freeport. Last Wednesday, police received a report of a traffic accident on Grenfell Avenue. Officers spotted a grey 1993 Mercury Tracer, which was suspected of being stolen, and attempted to stop the driver. The driver tried to […]

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