The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Leader of the Christian People Movement (CPM) Stephen Serrett was brought before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez to face three charges of incest. According to court dockets, the 51-year-old had sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old that is related to him. Police also say that between 2011 and 2012, Serrett had sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old boy, […]

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Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Ranford Patterson Monday defended the church against critics who have charged that the religious community has been silent amid the rash of crime inflicting the country. Dr. Patterson said even though there may be the appearance that the church is not involved in the fight against crime, on a daily […]

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Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller said he is upset at the apparent sabotage at the corporation’s Clifton Pier Power Station that will cost BEC hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair. Mr. Miller told the Bahama Journal that just before 10:00 p.m. Sunday night, officials discovered that a 31 megawatt engine was sabotaged […]

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Six web shop operators have instructed their attorney to withdraw an appeal of Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett’s refusal to grant an injunction in their case. Attorney Wayne Munroe, who represents The Island Game, FML Group of Companies, Island Luck, Asue Draw, Whatfall and Chances Internet Services, said his clients asked him to discontinue the […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts has called Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis and his party “hypocrites and full of double talk.” Less than a week after heavy rain caused extensive flooding through several parts of New Providence, the FNM leader criticised the PLP Government on its slow response to the […]

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Pinewood Member of Parliament Khaalis Rolle on Friday responded to critics who have been blasting the government and its agencies over the response in the immediate aftermath of last week’s severe thunderstorm that left parts of New Providence submerged in water. Mr. Rolle’s constituency was one of the areas most affected by that storm system. […]

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Central Grand Bahama Member of Parliament (MP) Neko Grant wants the deputy prime minister to stop playing the blame game when it comes to his ministry. The Free National Movement (FNM) parliamentarian, in a press statement yesterday, expressed his disappointment in Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis after he threw the blame of problems at the […]

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A very recent IDB study confirms something most Bahamians already know:- we have managed – by crass neglect -to nix this nation’s development; and so, we now learn that the Inter-American Development Bank has found that The Bahamas is now wallowing in a situation where youth unemployment is perniciously and persistently high and where there […]

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Police have arrested a third person in connection with the death of 42-year-old Javon Glinton. Officers from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) arrested the 28-year-old man of Cordeaux Avenue around 5:14 Sunday morning. According to reports, around 9:44 p.m. on Wednesday, Glinton – a resident of Cordeaux Avenue was standing in front of a home […]

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A mother in her late 40s and her two sons spent the weekend behind bars. The mother, 47, and her sons ages 28 and 21-years-old were arrested on Friday at their Sri Lanka Drive home. According to police reports, around 7:00 p.m. officers from the Selective Enforcement Team (SET), executed a search warrant at the […]

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