The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Valley Boys made a sweep of this year’s Junkanoo season after winning the New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade yesterday dethroning last year’s champions – the Shell Saxons Superstars. In addition to taking top overall honours, the Valley Boys also won best lead costume, best music and Shirley Street performance. The Boxing Day champions brought […]

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The smell of gas still filled the air on John F. Kennedy Drive Wednesday night as police investigated the country’s second traffic fatality for the year. According to Superintendent of Police Stephen Dean, the incident occurred shortly after 7:00 p.m. “Police arrived on the scene and preliminary reports tell us that two vehicles – a […]

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A mother and her son are dead following a massive fire that broke out in The Mud, Abaco on Tuesday evening. According to police, the fire broke out just after 9:30 p.m. Radio Abaco Owner, Silbert Mills told the Bahama Journal yesterday that the devastation is unlike any he has ever seen before. “There are […]

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If you were to ask a number of Bahamians what they think about what the Christie administration has in store to tackle this problem, they’d tell you nothing much will change unless and until everyone gets on board to help win the war. Escalated saturation patrols, the reinstallment of 12-hour shifts and additional criminal courts […]

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Police are still trying to determine the identity of a man who was found murdered in bushes adjacent to the Yellow Elder Primary School on New Year’s Eve. According to police, the man’s body was found shortly after 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. Head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle said the victim died […]

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Two men are dead following the New Year’s Day holiday after being shot in two separate incidents. The first murder of 2014 was recorded through Hospital Lane after a man was shot to death just after 2:00 a.m. According to police, the man was sitting in a vehicle in the area when a man armed […]

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Arthur Carey, 31, of West Street, and 26-year-old Godfrey Minnis of Rupert Dean Lane, were brought before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson Pratt to be charged with that deadly shooting in Bain Town two weeks ago. At the time, the inner-city community was having a “Bring Back The Peace” party when a number of men opened […]

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