The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahamas Contractors Association (BCA) has secured a $75,000 grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the first of its kind. “Bahamians are on the right course and are taking advantage,” said Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald during a news conference at The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) yesterday. “The government has taken a […]

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A pedestrian was killed in a traffic accident Tuesday evening, police said. The incident occurred at 8:40 p.m. in the Spikenard and Cowpen Roads area. Authorities said the driver of a gold 1994 Ford truck, who was traveling east on Cowpen Road, struck the woman.. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. In other […]

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Authorities in Grand Bahama found human skeletal remains in bushes in the Heritage Subdivision area on Wednesday. A team of Central Detective Unit (CDU) officers was dispatched to the scene. Doctors and EMS personnel also confirmed the remains are human. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death. Police believe the […]

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Six commemorative stamps were unveiled yesterday to mark the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Band’s 120th anniversary. The unveiling was held at the Paul H. Farquharson Conference Centre. Among those in attendance were Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, Postmaster Leslie Cartwright, Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin, members of the executive management team, senior […]

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For months he has been tight-lipped, but National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson finally revealed yesterday that the National Insurance Board (NIB) forensic audit cost the government a whopping $861,606. The government hired the Grant Thornton (Bahamas) accounting firm to carry out the audit after now axed NIB Chairman Gregory Moss and NIB’s Board wrote Minister […]

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A 25-year-old man was on Wednesday charged with the country’s 21st murder. Neville Woodside of Lazaretto Road was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez for the March 21 murder of 31-year-old Sherwin Roberts Holbert. Holbert was killed shot to death as he sat in his car outside a Chinese take-out restaurant. Police allege that Woodside […]

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Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday summoned RIU General Manager Pedro Cepeda to the Department of Labour a day after the Paradise Island resort fired a group of its workers. Mr. Gibson, while outside parliament yesterday, said he is disappointed in the decision by the executives at the RIU hotel to fire 30 employees. The workers […]

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For the second year in a row fewer Bahamian students registered to sit the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education examinations (BGCSE). In 2011, there were 9,415 registered candidates. That number dropped to 9,009 in 2012 and dropped yet again this year by nearly 2,000 to 7,138. Family Island students make up 2,483 of those […]

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Suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill will be fired, according to sources within the government and NIB. The embattled director could also face criminal charges, according to a top cabinet minister. The Bahama Journal understands that NIB’s Board decided yesterday to give Mr. Cargill his walking papers. Board members were locked in a […]

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If The Bahamas fails a third test by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) the country could be placed on the world blacklist of country’s with the worst aviation standards. Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin on Wednesday tabled the Civil Aviation Safety Amendment Regulations, 2013 in the House of Assembly and noted that in 2009 and […]

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