The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The 42 young people who participated in this year’s Youth In Parliament in July made history when they presented a full report of recommendations from their session to Minister of Youth, Dr. Daniel Johnson. The 151-page report was presented to the minister on Friday. Director of Youth, K. Darron Turnquest told The Bahama Journal that […]

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Police are warning thousands of students returning to schools across the country today that they will be arrested and charged in court if they go on their schoolyards with anything that could be considered a weapon. Superintendent Stephen Dean made the announcement yesterday during a news conference at the Road Traffic Division. He said over […]

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Seven years after the incident occurred, prison escapees Barry Parcoi, Corey Hepburn and Forrester Bowe have another two years to go before the matter comes up on the Supreme Court calendar. Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs on Friday adjourned the case to April 20, 2015. The trio, along with fellow inmate, convicted murderer Neil Brown […]

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) officials are expected to announce their new chairman today. Back in July, Mark Humes – who also ran on the party’s ticket in the Fort Charlotte Constituency in the last general election – tendered his resignation as party chairman. “Over the last few weeks we have been interviewing potential candidates,” DNA […]

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The preliminary inquiry into a matter involving community activist Rodney Moncur has been adjourned to October because a witness failed to show up to court. Inspector Mark Barrett, the man whom Moncur said arrested him, was expected to appear in court on Friday but never showed. The prosecution told Magistrate Constance Delancey, who is presiding […]

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Despite repeated calls from Cuban-American protesters and the Opposition for him to resign in the wake of allegations that Cuban detainees were abused Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell says he is “unapologetic” and will continue to defend his government against individuals and groups trying to defame The Bahamas. Last week, an alleged report detailing abuse […]

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Two people – a court witness and an Atlantis employee on her way home from a wedding– were killed this past weekend, pushing the country’s homicide count to 79. This is the second consecutive bloody weekend that police have had to deal with. On Saturday, a man was shot to death in the Nassau Village […]

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