The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The government is considering assisting former City Market workers by paying half of their benefits, according to Labour Minister Shane Gibson. After the company went belly up almost a year ago about 356 workers were left without millions of dollars in severance and pension pay. The workers say they are owed $4.3 million and recently […]

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FREEPORT – The island of Grand Bahama is ready to play its role in the maritime sector and ready to work hand and hand with other government agencies in accomplishing that goal, says the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville, Minister for Grand Bahama. Dr. Darville was on hand to welcome participants in the National Maritime Workshop, […]

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The 400 non-faculty workers at The College of The Bahamas in the near future are expected to cease the industrial action imposed on the college as a result of not receiving payments from an industrial agreement. The workers have been awaiting pay increases and bonuses from an industrial agreement since 2009 and have been on […]

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Things are tough not only for the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, but also for most so-called ‘ordinary’ Bahamians. This is surely part and parcel of developments in the past five years that have struck the Bahamian people so very hard. Indeed, we now reel not only at the hammer blows inflicted by […]

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The young man killed Monday afternoon has been identified as 18-year-old Sean Lavando Munnings. According to police, the Sir Lynden Pindling Estates resident was in a fight with another man through Balls Alley, off Shirley Street around 2:00 p.m. when he was stabbed in the neck. Munnings was taken to hospital where he died soon […]

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Prison Superintendent Dr. Elliston Rahming may be on his way to Washington to take up an ambassadorial post, but who will replace him at the helm of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) remains a mystery. Dr. Rahming is slated to leave next month. However, when asked who would assume the top position at the Fox Hill […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said he is still awaiting access to the files in connection with a criminal case that that was dismissed by the Office of the Attorney General. Dr. Minnis said to date he has sent two formal letters to Prime Minister Perry Christie requesting that he has unfettered […]

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Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) executives have filed an appeal to overturn a recent ruling by Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett ordering union elections to take place by the end of the month, the Journal has learnt. In court papers filed Tuesday, BHCAWU President Nicole Martin and 11 other union executives are […]

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There could soon be a resolution to the dispute between the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union (BCPMU) over the termination of a top union official from the communications giant, revealed Labour Minister Shane Gibson Tuesday. The parties have been at odds since BTC abruptly terminated Elizabeth Thompson from […]

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Sadly, there are any number of aspiring politicians –men and women alike – who would [if they could] become law-makers. ‘Sad’ is the word precisely because so very many of these people know next to nothing about government; little about their country’s social history – and precious little about this nation’s Constitution. We have come […]

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