The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis told The Bahama Journal yesterday that whenever the government tables the regulations to make web shop gaming legal in The Bahamas the FNM will not support it. When Tourism and Gaming Minister Obie Wilchcombe made the announcement in the House of Assembly on Wednesday that the government […]

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The Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) yesterday expressed disappointment that the government has decided to regularise web shop gaming despite Bahamians voting against it in last year’s referendum and warned that its effects will be disastrous. BCC President Reverend Dr. Ranford Patterson even went as far as saying that he will not support any further referenda […]

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The national flower of The Bahamas the Yellow Elder in full bloom. (Photo: Lamond Johnson)

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The bill to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) could be introduced in the House of Assembly this month, according to officials in the finance ministry. The sources confirmed to the Bahama Journal over the weekend that the reason the bill has not been tabled is because there are “still pieces of it that need to […]

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Former chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Brian Moree, Q.C. said public sector reform is critically needed in the country due to that sector being “seriously overstaffed.” Currently, there are over 20,000 people employed with the public service. Mr. Moree, who appeared on the Love97/JCN talk show, Jones and Company with host Wendall Jones […]

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A man suspected of trying to steal hundreds of feet of copper wire from the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) managed to get away last week but, police were able to recover the would-be stolen goods. According to reports, shortly before 3:00 a.m. last Wednesday, officers from the Southwestern Division were on routine patrol on Rocky […]

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Marine pilots have submitted their resignation letters to the Freeport Harbour Company (FHC) amid claims that conditions at the harbour violate international standards and pose significant danger to their health. Managing Director of The Bahamas Maritime Pilots Association (BMPA) Erin Ferguson said the pilots have repeatedly asked FHC to address their concerns. However, he said, […]

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Representatives of a fast-growing eastern New Providence development returned from the Miami International Boat Show this week with reports of their best year ever in the show that spans 2.5 million square feet, attracting tens of thousands of visitors shopping or dreaming over a fantasy land of boats, all things marine, exotic destinations and, more […]

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A payroll tax would be a better solution for the country at this point, suggested Attorney and former Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Brian Moree, Queen’s Counsel, who warned that the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) could deteriorate the country’s economy. Mr. Moree, who appeared on Jones and Company Sunday, said VAT will […]

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One of the five men police believe are behind last Monday’s $800,000 marijuana bust in the Sea Breeze area wasted none of the court’s time on Friday and pleaded guilty to all four drug possession charges. Fifty-one-year-old Peter Alexander Taylor of Little Harbour, Mangrove Cay, Andros took the rap for the hefty drug bust. Taylor, […]

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