The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A jailhouse wedding made headlines on Monday after a man suspected of attempting to push more than $50,000 worth of drugs through the country was allowed to marry his fiancé from his cell. The jail house wedding took place at the Central Police Station, were Kendrick Tinker married his fiancé while in custody. On Tuesday […]

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It is the kind of honour that only a decade ago might have seemed unattainable – a student from The Bahamas with learning disabilities and special needs being admitted into the highest academic organisation in high schools in the United States. But this month, a Bahamian with Asperger’s – the high-performing form of autism – […]

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Two colleagues in the real estate arena, William Wong and Chris Darville, have now merged their real estate businesses into one company to form Darville-Wong Realty. The details were finalised on February 1. Both Wong and Darville, said they seriously have been discussing the merger for the last four years and decided now to make […]

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The head of the Bahamas Tourism and Hotel Association (BTHA) is calling for Bahamians to throw their support behind a Smart Tax; one that protects the tourism industry, government revenue, the economy and employment opportunities now and into the future. Pointing to the major tourism investments on tap for the country, BTHA President Stuart Bowe […]

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Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday maintained her position that the criminal justice system is being improved despite threats from lawyers to sue her over the removal of court reporters from the Magistrate’s Court. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet, Mrs. Maynard-Gibson declined to comment on the lawsuit because she had not yet seen it. Nonetheless, she […]

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Three men were arraigned yesterday in connection with the seizure of more than 50 pounds of marijuana on Friday. Kendrick Tinker, 35, Elvardo Farrington, 34, and Devon Rolle, 28, appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes where they faced charges of possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply and conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with […]

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Local tourism officials and their partners spent two days meeting with airline representatives at the Routes Americas Conference in El Salvador, Central America in a bid to improve airlift to The Bahamas. Routes Americas is held annually in the Americas to facilitate exchanges between airlines, airports and tourism authorities. Representing the Ministry of Tourism were […]

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Some 52 young Bahamians will participate in the first ever Urban Renewal Maritime Programme. The 50 males and two females will undergo the Boat Captain’s License A and B course, which will be taught by Daniel Murray, a pioneer in the boating industry. Delivering the keynote address at the official launch at the Pelican Bay […]

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Criminal defense attorneys fed up with the removal of stenographers from the Magistrates’ Courts announced yesterday that they are filing a lawsuit against Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson. The attorneys who make up the Criminal Bar Association said Monday, that this is a fight for justice. The group held a press conference on the steps outside […]

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Hundreds of workers at the Immigration and Customs departments could possibly go on strike next week if the results of a strike poll are in their favour on Friday. Vice President of the Bahamas Customs Immigration Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) Sloane Smith announced yesterday that the union has already sent a letter to Minister of […]

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