The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) is calling for the resignation of Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller after one of its members was terminated from the corporation without notice. The union claims that Melinda Cunningham, an entry level clerk in the Customer Service Department at BEC, was given a letter by BEC […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie is shown alongside his wife Bernadette, Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes and Lady Foulkes at the opening cermony at the 42nd annual Carifta Games.

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A Grand Bahama woman drowned on Easter Sunday after the car she was riding in fell overboard into a canal. Authorities in the second city said the woman’s body was pulled from the water at 3:00 a.m. The Police Emergency Room got a call at 2:36 a.m. informing them of the incident on Port of […]

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We are on all fours with Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade when he confesses: – “…When your public loses confidence in you then, of course, you are on very, very shaky ground…” The fact today is surely as follows: – The Police Force is on very shaky grounds! In addition, there is today no doubting the […]

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A man who was shot to death off Montrose Avenue Saturday is the country’s 25th murder victim. Police said the victim, who has not yet been identified, was found dead at 2:00 a.m. on Peach Street. The man, who is Caucasian, had a gunshot wound to the upper body. More than a week ago a […]

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A man’s body was discovered missing from the city morgue only after a mortician went to retrieve his remains to prepare it for burial. Officials at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) now have to figure out what happened to 45-year-old William Symonette’s body. Symonette was found dead on a beach in Rock Sound, Eleuthera last […]

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The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) is once again finding itself in the hot seat with a married mother accusing two rogue officers of forcing her to live through a horrific ordeal over the Easter Monday holiday. Phedra Forbes, a 26-year-old woman who works at Nassau Flight Services (NFS) told The Bahama Journal that she […]

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Hotels in New Providence and Paradise Island reported lower total room revenues in February, according to the Central Bank of The Bahamas’ latest economic report. The bank’s Monthly Economic and Financial Developments (MEFD) report for February noted that those revenues slipped by 6.3 per cent. “A decrease in room stock at one property combined with […]

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Authorities are searching for five men who shot a 37-year-old man and robbed his female companion at a popular hangout spot. According to police the incident reportedly occurred around 11:50 Sunday night. The victim was at Potter’s Cay Dock along with a female relative, when one of the men snatched her jewelry. Police added that […]

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Ticket sales for the 42nd Carifta Games have exceeded expectations as every day of the event was sold out. Laura Pratt-Charlton, committee member responsible for ticket sales said ticket sales went great, however, many people failed to take advantage of advanced ticket sales and thus caused for there to be a “mad rush” during each […]

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