The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A 25-year-old man was arraigned in the Magistrates Court on Wednesday for a 2013 murder. Rashad Cooper of Quarry Mission Road appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt for the murder of Leroy Adderley on September 5, 2013. Adderley, the 48-year-old father of three was gunned down at his Boyd Road home, only a month after […]

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Operators at Commonwealth Funeral Home said Wednesday that they suspect arsonists are behind an overnight fire that gutted the tiny building on Independence Drive and racked up an estimated $300,000 in damages. When the Journal arrived on the scene yesterday afternoon, all that were left were two empty caskets and the shell of what used […]

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Family Island administrators were yesterday admonished to put all those hired since 2012 on contracts. Leading debate on amendments to the Local Government Act in the House of Assembly yesterday, Local Government Minister V. Alfred Gray made it clear that this group of workers will be very disappointed as they will not become permanent by […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday charged business leaders to take more of an active role in enhancing the country’s economy as he made a pitch for more public private partnerships (PPP) noting their importance in overall development. “I place great emphasis on partnerships between government and the private sector as a means of advancing economic […]

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The government is working to toughen existing polices to fight financial crimes in the country, but Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson declined to say whether The Bahamas would stand to receive negative ratings from regional bodies like the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) if the web shop industry continued to be unregulated. “The prime minster […]

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Detectives were busy yesterday interviewing family members of the young woman shot and killed in her home early yesterday morning. According to Police Assistant Superintendent B.K. Bonamy, investigators were yesterday conducting a background check on the victim to determine if she were the intended target and what was the motive behind the fatal shooting. Authorities […]

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An American couple’s pleasure cruise to The Bahamas was cut short after they were arrested and charged with failing to declare firearms and ammunition. Police said they searched a pleasure boat moored at East Bay Street shortly after 2:00 a.m. Sunday and found two rifles that Randal Tim, 57 and his wife Traci Justice Tim, […]

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National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage said he is “rather disappointed” and concerned that both the United States Embassy and Carnival Cruise Lines are putting their citizens and passengers on high alert for criminal activity in The Bahamas. Just days ago, officials at the US Embassy were the ones to make public the attempted armed […]

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The police commissioner has recommended that charges be brought against the high ranking police officer who authorised the now infamous “jailhouse wedding” earlier this month which turned out to be a public relations nightmare for the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF). Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade confirmed Tuesday that an internal investigation into the matter found […]

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The 15 to 24 age bracket is the most sexually active in The Bahamas and also accounts for the highest number of sexually transmitted infections, according to Coordinator of the Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Committee Larrie Williams-Ferguson. Mrs. Ferguson added that there has also been a rise in syphilis infections among this particular group between […]

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