The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

There is a high demand for government homes as over 1,000 people have already registered, according to Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett. The minister, who spoke to reporters before heading into the weekly Cabinet meeting, a project manager and fund administrator have both been selected to help facilitate the government’s $60 million housing programme. “We now […]

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The Christie administration and mega resort Baha Mar may be a step closer to mending fences now that the government has verified the resort’s price tag of $118 million spent on road works along West Bay Street. Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis confirmed the figure as he addressed the issue with reporters outside Cabinet office […]

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Two leading national programmes have joined forces to provide youths with a positive, quality experience. Thirty members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) have completed a training course hosted by the Governor General’s Youth Award. The course is mandatory for any volunteer who intends to operate a unit or assist with the delivery of […]

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Authorities have taken several suspects in custody for three murders that occurred this past weekend and are searching for five more “major suspects” – four of whom are related. Over the weekend a female Atlantis worker who had just left a wedding and a murder trial witness were gunned down. The killings took place in […]

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Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald said Monday that he was satisfied with the condition of schools as thousands of youngsters arrived at their respective campuses for the start of the new academic year. Mr. Fitzgerald met and greeted students at Claridge Primary, T.A. Thompson Junior High and C.I. Gibson Secondary schools early Monday morning. The minister […]

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Miami-based human rights group members, who have launched relentless attacks on The Bahamas following allegations that Cubans were abused at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, say detainees are reporting “improved conditions” at the facility. Democracy Movement Leader, Ramon Saul Sanchez said over the past three months he has heard nothing but bad things from Cubans […]

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Industrial action may still be looming at two schools as Bahamas Union of Teachers (B.U.T) President Belinda Wilson says lingering concerns and repeated calls for the removal of the schools’ principals may lead teachers to withdraw their services. The B.U.T has repeatedly called on the Ministry of Education to remove Principals Myrtle McPhee (Anatol Rodgers […]

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A 36-month project has been launched to help the government in its fight against human trafficking to and from The Bahamas. Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage said Monday that the project is designed to strengthen the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) capacity to respond effectively to human trafficking. According to the minister, a […]

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Four men – three of whom are from Andros – were charged in a magistrates’ court yesterday in connection with last week’s drug bust in Andros. Zintworn Duncombe, 28, of Fresh Creek, Andros; Kenwood Smith, 37, of Bearing Point; Dario Cash, 21, of Fox Hill and Branaldo Young, 28, of Mars Bay, Andros stood before […]

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A Bahamian family that has had three of their loved ones murdered in two years fears that more of their relatives will be killed off if the people they suspect of the killings are not arrested soon. The Journal has learned that one of those three murder victims from the weekend is the close relative […]

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