The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The teen girl who escaped from a police station earlier this week faced a laundry list of charges yesterday. Acting Chief Magistrate Joyann Pratt-Ferguson made the decision after arraigning the teen on four charges including attempted armed robbery, possession of an unlicensed shotgun namely a Maverick 12-gauge shotgun and possession of seven live rounds of […]

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Despite the morning showdown in the House of Assembly which led to Opposition members leaving the chamber, the controversial Stem Cell Therapy and Research Bill was passed late Wednesday evening. Prime Minister Perry Christie highlighted the successes that he believes this bill will bring to The Bahamas particularly as it relates to medical students and […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Leader, Dr. Hubert Minnis has been named and suspended from the House of Assembly for its next two sittings. This after House Speaker, Dr. Kendall Major asked Dr. Minnis to withdraw statements from the House of Assembly to which he refused. Senior police officers made their way to Dr. Minnis, prompting […]

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A 45-year-old Marathon resident was yesterday arraigned on nearly 40 counts of fraud. Errol Knowles still has to be charged with another 30, making a total of 70 counts. Court dockets indicate that between April 30 and July 24, the Isabelle Boulevard resident received up to $32,000 worth of goods and cash by way of […]

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Edison Key was the only Free National Movement (FNM) Member of Parliament to not join in the Opposition’s demonstration in the House of Assembly during the debate on the Stem Cell Research and Therapy Bill and he said that is because this battle is one he does not support. “I’m not a follower,” I’ve never […]

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The government is hoping preliminary investigations into claims that Cuban detainees are being treated inhumanely in The Bahamas be augmented by a formal investigation. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, that investigation would be headed by a former justice of the Court of Appeal and a religious leader. “We […]

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Nine months after Pastor of Remnant Tabernacle of Praise Reverend Dr. Kendal Stubbs, was killed in a hit and run accident, the family said Friday that they have yet to get closure on the matter. In fact his widow Carolyn Stubbs said she thinks the justice system has failed them. She told the Journal recently […]

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Traffic police were very busy over the weekend as they were left investigating two traffic fatalities – one in Grand Bahama and the other in New Providence. In Grand Bahama, officers said sometime around 2:00 Sunday morning, police received information of a traffic accident on Queens Highway and Yellow Pine Road. Officers and EMS personnel […]

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A 13-year-old girl who attempted to rob a store this past Friday is now facing more charges after she escaped from police custody from the Grove Police Station and captured just hours later. According to Superintendent Don Wilson, the teen escaped through a window at the station around 1:40 p.m. Monday after she asked a […]

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If there are more parenting workshops for young parents, there will be a reduction in the level of crime being experienced in the country, according to Senior Pastor at the Grant’s Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Peter Joseph. The church held a workshop for the first time on Saturday and according to Pastor Joseph it is […]

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