The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A full military funeral service will be held today for the late retired Acting Deputy Commissioner Christopher Noel McCoy. He died on March 26, 2013. The service will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of God Auditorium on Joe Farrington Road. His body was laid out in the foyer of the Paul Farquharson […]

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Director of education Lionel Sands announced yesterday that there is a lack of ‘tech savvy’ teachers within the country’s education system. Speaking to over 200 aspiring educators during the Future Teachers of The Bahamas National Conference under the theme ‘Yes I Can’, Mr. Sands said that there are too many teachers in the country who […]

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Grand Bahama police apprehended several illegal immigrants into custody on Wednesday. Reports indicate that around 12:43 a.m., officers from the West End Police Station, while patrolling in the area of Bahama Beach, observed a 2003 green Dodge Caravan. The vehicle was intercepted and brought to a stop where officers found four male illegal immigrants, all […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis extends his condolences to the family members of the three persons killed in the accident that occurred in Mayaguana early Thursday morning. Dr. Minnis in a press statement yesterday praised one of them, Mrs. Edith Barnes-Collie saying, “Mrs. Collie gave the FNM and the country her sons […]

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Today we recall that there was once a House Select Committee on Crime and that it was chaired by the Hon. Dr. Bernard J. Nottage. We also recall that the said Committee on Crime did outline its strategies and goals in examining crime in the country. The committee was headed by Dr. Bernard Nottage, MP […]

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The union representing angry workers at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has gotten at least one step closer in their industrial fight as Prime Minister Perry Christie had promised that he and Labour Minister Shane Gibson would have met with them yesterday. Up to press time, there was no word from Bahamas Electrical Workers Union […]

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Newly-elected President of the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) Jannah Khalfani said now that union elections are behind them she and her new board are hitting the ground running to continue on with union business. At a press conference held Wednesday, Mrs. Khalfani introduced the new BNU board members and noted that last month’s elections were […]

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Despite having the report in his possession for two weeks, the Minister responsible for the National Insurance Board (NIB), Shane Gibson told reporters that he still can not say when the results of that audit will be released. Speaking to reporters before the weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday, Minister Gibson could not give reporters any specific […]

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Health Minister Dr. Perry Gomez admits that the city’s morgue needs to be reconstructed because it has been overcrowded for years. “I know the morgue is always almost full for a long time even when I was in practice,” he told reporters Tuesday. “So I am not surprised that the situation would be the same. […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash yesterday called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to fire Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller immediately in response to the ongoing industrial action among employees at the corporation. Mr. Cash said Mr. Miller’s reckless actions have led to a disruption of services to the public and employee […]

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