The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Less than a week after allegedly committing the crime, a 21-year-old Grand Bahama man was on Friday arraigned in connection with the shooting death of Carifta gold medalist Rimardo Rolle. Appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Helen Jones was Hudson Estates resident, Javaro Davis. Police said it was shortly before 2:00a.m., Sunday that they received information […]

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The Industrial Tribunal is expected to relocate to the newly completed offices at Saffrey Square in Bank Lane ahead of schedule, the Bahama Journal has learnt. Last week Contractor Audley Hanna of construction firm, Paradigm Construction, gave representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Works a tour of the project and he also updated them […]

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Criminal defense attorneys, fed up with the removal of stenographers from the Magistrates’ Courts, have received a date in the Supreme Court for their lawsuit against Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to be heard. The matter is set for April 19 before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. The attorneys who make up the Criminal Bar Association said […]

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The Bahamas Crisis Centre yesterday rejected a $1,000 cash donation from Tall Pines Member of Parliament Leslie Miller, offered to the organisation as an apology for offensive remarks he made recently about domestic abuse. Mr. Miller announced in the House of Assembly last Thursday that he made the donation to help in the fight against […]

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National Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy Bishop Franklin Ferguson warned yesterday that the country is in danger of becoming the “Wild, Wild West” if the crime rate continues to increase. Bishop Ferguson’s comments came as he delivered the national address at the closing of the Church of God of Prophecy’s 2014 Conclave […]

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The prosecution and the defense are set to present their closing submissions to the jury today in the trial of former Eight Mile Rock High School teacher Andre Birbal. Birbal’s attorney Ramona Farquharshon-Seymour called her first and only witness to the stand on Friday, Dr. Heasting Johnson. Dr. Johnson was the medical practitioner that did […]

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Climate change and sea level rise are things The Bahamas cannot ignore, according to Minister of the Environment, Kenred Dorsett. Minister Dorsett’s comments came during a trip to Los Cabos, Mexico last week where he attended the 19th Forum for Environmental Ministers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Dorsett addressed those assembled Thursday urging […]

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Charges against Attorneys Fred Smith and Keod Smith following an incident last year have been dropped by the Office of the Attorney General, according to sources. The matter came up in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Fred Smith was charged with causing harm to another man after allegedly knocking him down while on Jaws Beach […]

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The union is expected to find out as early as today whether it has secured sufficient votes to request a strike certificate, a move that would pave the way for strike action. On Friday Vice President of The Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCISWU) Sloane Smith told the Bahama Journal he was confident […]

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Homicide detectives were busy over the weekend after two fatal shootings occurred just hours apart. In the most recent incident, police said it was just after 1:30 a.m. yesterday when a man was sitting in his Nissan Sunny in front of a residence located at East Storr Court in Yellow Elder Gardens, when a man […]

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