The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Hundreds of Haitian nationals in Abaco are homeless today after the shantytown they lived in burned to the ground early yesterday morning, destroying more than 50 homes in the process. One hundred and fifty people were reportedly left homeless. Police received the call shortly before 1:00 a.m. that a fire had erupted in the Sand […]

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Dr. Winston Campbell has become the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) first board-certified specialist in the field of sleep medicine, not only in The Bahamas, but the entire Caribbean. Sleep disorders are known to comprise the hub of high risk factors in The Bahamas, particularly as it involves the prevailing epidemic of chronic non-communicable […]

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In an industry dominated by men, Sandy Campbell, one of a handful of female merchant mariners in the world and one of about 15 female mariners in The Bahamas has made it her mission to share the joys, challenges and triumphs of the profession with high school students and young adults during multiple interactive sessions […]

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Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Centerville Perry Christie presented awards to the winners of the second annual Centerville Urban Renewal Poetry Competition during a prize giving ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday. Among the 10 finalists, sixth grade Columbus Primary School student Keshon Williams placed first, tie for second Romero Moxey […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash is taking legal action against the commissioner of police and the attorney general in the wake of what he claims was the unlawful search and seizure of his property from officers of the Central Detective Unit (CDU). The Bahama Journal understands that it was around 9:30 a.m. Thursday […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie has declared that the country is fighting a crime war. With 11 murders recorded in April alone and the country now at 40 for the year, according to Journal records, the prime minister told reporters Thursday that there has to be a new strategy put in place to wipe out this […]

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More than 200 foreign nurses are being recruited to work in the public healthcare system; the majority of whom are set to take up positions in the Princess Margaret Hospital’s (PMH) long delayed Critical Care Block. According to Bahamas Nurses Union President Jannah Khalfani, of that group, some have been recruited from throughout the Caribbean, […]

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After five days on the run, police nabbed the armed robbery suspect who escaped custody while at the Grove Police Station Friday, Superintendent Stephen Dean announced yesterday. Tamicko Williams, 24, was arrested during a massive police operation across New Providence which also led to the arrests of 24 other people on a number of serious […]

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Police have identified two emerging criminal gangs which are actively recruiting young men in the Englerston community, Officer-in Charge of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle said yesterday. During a press conference at CDU headquarters, Supt. Rolle acknowledged that the inner-city community was a growing criminal hotspot and that in light of a […]

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Two alleged murderers were yesterday added to the number of people on remand at Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP). Dominic Moss, 23 of #36 Commonwealth Boulevard was on Thursday arraigned in connection with the April 23 murder of Renaldo Braynen whose alias is Scar. According to police, Braynen was in the area of Dunmore Street after […]

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