The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Sandals executives say they remain “astonished” by what they said are the Bahamas Hotel and Maintenance Workers Union’s (BHMAWU) “ongoing efforts to destabilise the resort’s 720-strong workforce and undermine the resort’s efforts to drive tourism to The Bahamas.” On Thursday, 187 unionised workers voted to strike against the Cable Beach resort claiming that executives refused […]

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Helen Brown said she does not need police confirmation nor DNA tests to prove that the man’s body found shot and burnt beyond recognition is that of her son 30-year-old Nekos Kemp. She told The Bahama Journal Friday that Kemp left their Malcolm Road home around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and never returned home. She said […]

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The march against crime, dubbed the “Freedom March,” was a success, according to the march’s organisers. Anti-crime activist, Rodney Moncur told reporters that he was pleased with the turnout on Saturday and that he hopes that the government took note of it. “Today you see a coalition of Bahamians who will march and continue to […]

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Greater diligence is needed when carrying out judicial duties, according to Court of Appeal President Justice Anita Allen. Justice Allen said as much during the opening of the High Court last week. “It is incumbent on us, to do more to ensure that the negative perception which hangs over us does not continue, by showing […]

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A Cuban fishing vessel was apprehended by Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Nassau last Thursday, for illegal foreign fishing, possession of sharks and long line fishing apparatus in Bahamian waters. According to a press release sent out by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) yesterday, HMBS Nassau under the Command of Lieutenant Commander Raymond King was […]

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Collins Mansion on Shirley Street, which once housed the Ministry of Education, will be transformed into a historical museum and is expected to cost the government between $12million to $14 million. Deputy Prime Minister, Philip Davis said as much during Swinging Soiree hosted by the Historic Bahamas Foundation on Saturday night. “We also need to […]

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Scores of College of The Bahamas (COB) faculty and staff said they have not yet had an opportunity to meet with the four presidential candidates selected by the presidential search committee. In a press conference held late last month, Interim President, Dr. Earla Carey-Baines told the press that the four finalists would have been on […]

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Attorneys for the Public Hospital Authority (PHA) have questioned whether the role of the management of a debt financing process of the PHA constituted an abuse of power and misconduct that would warrant disciplinary action. The firm McKinney, Turner and Co. said that the board was misrepresented in negotiations surrounding the handling of a $55 […]

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