The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Another man being electronically monitored with an ankle bracelet was murdered Thursday night. He has been identified as 19-year-old Clarence Coakley Jr. Coakley was killed Wednesday just before 10:00 p.m. in Masons Addition. The victim’s aunt, who spoke to the Bahama Journal, yesterday before going to the morgue with other family members to identify Coakley’s […]

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The family of murdered banker Stephen Sherman said they are “one step closer to closure” after the man convicted of his murder was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Roy Jones handed down the sentence to murder convict sentenced 24-year-old Janaldo Farrington. He also received life imprisonment for conspiracy to […]

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The Ministry of Education hosted a Mini Health Fair for its employees on Thursday in an effort to promote a healthy workforce. Senior Education Officer of the Guidance and Counselling Unit, Zoe Powell touted the initiative, stressing that healthy staff members have proven to be more productive. Ms. Powell added that there are many factors […]

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Over 100 junior and senior police officers went behind the wheels of patrol cars and on motorbikes and headed into hotspot crime areas yesterday afternoon as part of an “aggressive and vicious assault” on crime; a vexing issue one senior police officer said has left the country at a crossroad. Leaving behind office work, the […]

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Experts in criminology worldwide have said that the best time to stop potential criminals in their tracks, is to catch them in their prime and with the country now fighting a serious crime war the government is rolling out new initiatives to win this fight, one of them, expected to roll out soon is a […]

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A local marine biologist is keen on developing new sources of revenue for The Bahamas. In fact, Dr. Vallierre Deleveaux, director of the Bahamas Agricultural and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) is working on developing aquaponics, a food production system that essentially uses a relatively small area to generate large volumes of produce and fish, which […]

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Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett has rejected requests from the National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB) to renegotiate the royalties the country receives from aragonite mining and also denied allegations that the country has approved aragonite mining near East Grand Bahama. While speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday Minister Dorsett brushed off the union’s […]

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Montagu Member of Parliament Richard Lightbourn yesterday warned that the government’s spending will lead to the National Insurance Board (NIB) going broke as he accused the administration of spending as if it were “monopoly money.” Mr. Lightbourn cited the recent announcement that NIB will build the government a new building expected to house the Ministry […]

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There are no improprieties in the government’s acquisition of 17 acres of land in Central Eleuthera where the government intends to construct a hospital, said State Minister for Legal Affairs Damien Gomez yesterday. Mr. Gomez spoke to the Journal outside the House of Assembly where he responded to a number of concerns expressed by Montagu […]

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With at least half of the last 10 murders committed in the Englerston constituency and its surrounding areas and Prime Minister Perry Christie recently declaring that the country is fighting a crime war, officials in the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) on Wednesday indefinitely increased patrols and manpower in the crime riddled community. From senior […]

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