The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahamian government has demanded a full explanation from the United States amid allegations that the US has been secretly monitoring and recording the cellular phone calls of people in The Bahamas, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday. In what has quickly become a public embarrassment for the government, an online report released Monday, […]

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Labour Minster Shane Gibson said he requested those angry Ministry of Works employees who held a rowdy protest outside Cabinet Tuesday morning to deliver a list of the issues they are encountering to him in a bid to quickly resolve the matter. “I’m not sure what the details are because we have met with the […]

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President of Trade Union Congress (TUC) Obie Ferguson recently announced that 10 industrial agreements were outstanding for various unions; however, Minister of Labour Shane Gibson said yesterday that he is only aware of two outstanding industrial agreements. “Which 10,” he asked. “We have two sets of industrial agreements, all of the industrial agreements that we […]

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Hundreds of Ministry of Works employees, armed with signs and passionate pleas for better working conditions and increased salaries, stormed Rawson Square to protest what they feel is unfair treatment on the job. A number of Cabinet ministers were bombarded on their way into their weekly meeting as the rowdy crowd of workers from the […]

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A 23-year-old man was arraigned in the magistrate’s court on Monday afternoon for the execution style murder of a Masons Addition man earlier this month. Kirkwood Rolle of #6 Smith Hotel is believed to have killed Clarence Coakley Jr. According to police reports, the 19-year-old was gunned down on April 7 just before 10:00 p.m. […]

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As the country reaches the final stretch to the start of this weekend’s International Amateur Athletic Federation’s (IAAF) World Relays, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr. Daniel Johnson yesterday assured that those attending and participating in the event will not have to worry about their safety. Dr. Johnson said that strict security measures were […]

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Protecting the country’s borders, warding off illegal immigration and fighting drug, gun and human trafficking will soon be made easier for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) after the first boat in a fleet of nine arrived in the capital Monday. The HMBS Arthur Dion Hanna sailed into The Bahamas ahead of schedule after making […]

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The phone calls of people in The Bahamas may have been secretly recorded as a part of a top secret United States surveillance programme, an online article alleges. The article titled, “Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA is recording every call in The Bahamas,” appears on the online site, The Intercept. In the article, […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Senator John Bostwick was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt on Monday on a ammunition possession charge after he was arrested in the Grand Bahama International (GBIA) airport this past weekend. The George Street resident was taken into custody on Saturday evening after authorities reportedly found 10 live rounds of .22 […]

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Police are yet again seeking the public’s assistance in their investigations after a bloody weekend left three people – two men and one woman – dead in separate attacks. In what appears to be the most gruesome of the three, the Bahama Journal received reports of a woman whose throat was slit and her body […]

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