The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt yesterday granted bail to two American men charged with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of an American man on Bimini last Friday. Tyler Michael Valles, 19, a resident of Key Largo, Florida and Robert Francis Schwarz, 62, of Connecticut, are accused of the stabbing death of Pennsylvania-native Carl Yerger […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie is expected to table a resolution in Parliament today that will allow the government to enter into a $232 million loan agreement with Deutsche Bank. The announcement came during a press conference last evening in the Cabinet office at which time Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage explained that the […]

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A familiar face returns to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The company’s former CEO Leon Williams has been appointed a special adviser to BTC Chairman and Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless Communications (C&WC) Phil Bentley. As special adviser, Mr. Williams will advise Mr. Bentley on local affairs and telecommunications issues in The Bahamas and […]

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Okyanos Heart Institute, whose mission it is to bring a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using adult stem cell therapy has raised $8.9 million in its Series B offering. Passion Group founder Ali Shawkat led the round and is a visionary entrepreneur-investor with […]

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Officials at the Freeport Harbour Company (FHC) on Tuesday sought to set the record straight about port safety concerns raised by a number of its employees. In a press statement issued yesterday, FHC CEO Godfrey Smith said the port’s safety record is supported on many levels despite the “ill-informed remarks purely on the basis of […]

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Former Eight Mile Rock high school teacher Andre Birbal was found guilty yesterday on two counts of unnatural sex. The six-woman, three-man jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict on Tuesday afternoon and concluded that the 51-year-old did commit the crimes from January through June 2002 and then again from September 2003 to January 2004. During […]

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A young woman who authorities said is one of two female victims in the country’s first human trafficking for prostitution trial cried while testifying in the Supreme Court yesterday that she had been forced into prostitution. The woman is the second of two complainants to testify in the ongoing trial where 24-year-old Chevaneese “Sasha” Gaye-Hall […]

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The recent remarks made by Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller which made light of the issue of domestic violence have prompted an online petition from a coalition of groups seeking an apology from the prime minister over the incident. Three organisations – “Holla Back Bahamas,” “Citizens for a Better Bahamas,” and “Bahamas Against Sexual Violence […]

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Thousands of employers are currently being prosecuted for delinquent accounts with the National Insurance Board (NIB). Several years ago, officials from the country’s social safety net embarked on a vigorous programme of getting employers to pay their NIB contributions for their employees and bring them up to date. Failure to do so resulted in many […]

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During a meeting that he said lasted more than hour Tall Pines Member of Parliament (MP) Leslie Miller said Monday that at no point was he told that his $1,000 cheque donation to The Bahamas Crisis Centre would be rejected. The MP who has now received nationwide backlash for joking about domestic abuse, is now […]

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