The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The 2014 Labour Week kicked off over the weekend and over the next few days officials of the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB) have planned a number of activities to commemorate this year’s event As customary, the NCTUB will pay tribute to two trade union leaders. This year’s honorees are David […]

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A 17-year-old boy, believed to be the son of well-known convicted drug traffickers became the country’s latest murder victim after he was brutally stabbed to death Sunday night. According to Journal sources the victim is Enrico Major, the son of Dwight and Keva Major. Police did not immediately confirm the victim’s identity last night but […]

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Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said government officials will hold a second round of talks with the United States Government at a high level meeting, as the country continues its quest to get to the bottom of the US’ National Security Agency spying scandal. The two sides first held talks over the details as to […]

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A man who was reported missing by family members a week ago was found dead Saturday in the Clifton Pier area, the victim of an apparent suicide. On the scene Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said it was just after 10:40 Saturday morning when officers from the Western and Airport police stations were called […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash penned and submitted a document to a major human rights watchdog, outlining “the violation of my family’s human rights” and is calling for a “whistleblower protection act” to be introduced. On Sunday the FNM chairman emailed a copy of the 10-page document titled, “Democracy is under assault in […]

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The Cuban government is expected to facilitate the return of its citizens to The Bahamas to participate in the ongoing case involving the alleged abuse of Cuban detainees by Royal Bahamas Defense Force officers (RBDF) at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell. “The letters rogatory have […]

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Tennille Darville was just 21-years-old when she watched her mother die from cancer in 1999. Years later, she was diagnosed with the same deadly disease. “So, it’s because my mother passed away from cancer-related complications, and I, too, have been affected by cancer that I know firsthand the demands and stress it takes on one’s […]

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The Bimini Bay Coalition (BBC) announced Friday that it will immediately begin the appeal process to overturn a Supreme Court decision to set aside a Privy Council injunction which halted dredging in Bimini. On Friday, Justice Hartman Longley lifted the injunction ordered a week earlier by the Privy Council which stopped dredging until the Resorts […]

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