The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash blasted the Christie administration Sunday for politicising Thursday’s plane crash on Mayaguana that killed three people. Mr. Cash said the actions and statements of Prime Minister Perry Christie, Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin and Mical MP V. Alfred Gray in the moments following the tragedy were “deeply […]

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Detectives from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) have another murder investigation on their hands and as a result are searching for two men who shot and killed a man at Baillou Hill Road Sunday morning. According to police, the incident reportedly occurred around 5:15 a.m. in the area of School Lane. Preliminary reports indicate that […]

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The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has been working with schools and other industry stakeholders on a range of initiatives to prepare the industry and Bahamians for the employment opportunities which will become available throughout the nation as a result of the Baha Mar development. “We are taking a multi-faceted approach to prepare our […]

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Former candidate in the recent Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) elections Dave Beckford said growing frustration with the current union executive council has led workers at the Our Lucaya Resort in Grand Bahama to petition to sever ties with the union. Mr. Beckford, who was unsuccessful in his bid to unseat BHCAWU […]

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Super Value President Rupert Roberts has made the claim that food sales within The Bahamas are down 20 per cent. Mr. Roberts, whose company employs over 800 people, said that the deterioration has been occurring since 2007. He says the only way Super Value survived is because City Market went down. “Even if City Market […]

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Three Columbian women, who were arraigned last month on drug charges, were sentenced to four years in prison in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Maria Esther Rojas Sosa, Leydi Valencia Londoro and Yamile Andrea Nino were sentenced after being convicted of possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply after allegedly being found with […]

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A round of meetings with Prime Minister Perry Christie and a number of other government officials have, for now, quieted rowdy members of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) who have been in protest mode for three straight days. According to BEWU President Stephano Greene some positive steps have been taken in the Bahamas Electricity […]

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Former Free National Movement (FNM) Blue Hills MP, Sidney Collie lost three of his family members in that fatal plane crash in Mayaguana yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Collie’s mother 81-year-old Edith Barnes-Collie and his sister and brother-in-law, Enamae and Tim Polowick. Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade told reporters yesterday that the incident reportedly […]

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The Ministry of Education is set to undergo an array of fixtures to several public schools throughout the country. Director of Education Lionel Sands said yesterday that during the summer months, the ministry will carry out their usual process of upgrading and fixing schools. The school atop the list is the North Eleuthera High School […]

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Well known activist and former Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate Rodney Moncur was arraigned in court yesterday for posting images showing the remains of a man who died while in police custody back in February. Moncur, 56, known for his outlandish tactics, made a dramatic entrance into the Magistrate’s Court Complex screaming, “Freedom…I am a […]

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