The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Effective today, Baha Mar officials announced that the Wyndham Nassau Resort will cease its operations. In a press statement issued Thursday, officials noted that the closure will not result in layoffs and the operations of the Crystal Palace casino will continue. The Wyndham Nassau Resort will become the Crystal Palace Training Hotel. “Banquet halls, meeting […]

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Last week, golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus made one of the last in a series of scheduled visits to the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Baha Mar before the course and the resort open this coming December. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is the highest tier of design offerings at Nicklaus […]

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A day after one of the major umbrella unions in the country threatened to completely shut the country down if a number of labour issues are not sorted out, Thursday was celebrated around the world as International Workers Day. In a message to workers in the region sent by the Caribbean Congress of labour, of […]

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The country may come to a standstill next month as more than 260,000 unionised workers may strike for a minimum of three days, according to Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson who urged the government to address pending labour industrial agreements before strike action is taken. Mr. Ferguson said that prior to any strike […]

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Winning a new Kia came as a big surprise to Gabriella Evans even though she had good odds – a one in five chance -as a finalist in BTCs recent “Text2Win”mobile phone contest. But win she did. With crowds packing the Mall at Marathon Centre Court to witness the Finals last Saturday April 26 and […]

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Reverend Dr. Ranford Patterson has been re-elected the president of the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC). Meanwhile, Anglican Archdeacon Reverend James Palacious and Pastor Gloria Ferguson were elected vice president and second vice president, respectively. Pastor Ferguson is the first woman in the council’s history to hold such a post. The council’s elections were held last […]

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Police on Wednesday were still trying to determine what caused the death of a 62-year-old man on Eleuthera the day before. The man’s lifeless body was found at his residence in Deep Creek, Eleuthera around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said the man apparently had a small wound on his back raising suspicion about the circumstances […]

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Police on Wednesday identified a 17, an 18 and a 23-year-old – all males – as three of the country’s latest murder victims. They man whose burnt body was found behind a church off Cowpen Road Tuesday morning is 23-year-old Rolley Gibson Jr. of Sandilands Village Road. Gibson’s burnt body was found just before 10 […]

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Months after being convicted of the murder of banker Stephen Sherman, his killer has still shown no remorse or takes any responsibility for his actions, two assessment reports revealed in the Supreme Court yesterday. Janaldo Farrington, 24, was convicted last October of Sherman’s February 17, 2012 murder. Sherman was killed at point-blank range outside his […]

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Two years after being elected government of The Bahamas, the Christie Administration still has no direction for how to lead the country, according to Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney. In a press statement yesterday Mr. McCartney said the government should not be celebrating this milestone as they are a “classic ad hoc government” […]

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