The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The government will implement two new programmes at the start of the 2014/2015 school year that will seek to increase the number of Bahamian students who actually graduate high school. Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald announced on Wednesday that a student achievement officer programme and an evening institute will be launched. “Each senior high school […]

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Eight months after terror and carnage erupted in the Fox Hill community due to gun violence which left four dead and seven others wounded, the tight knit community’s remaining residents are once again making steps to ensure that their loved ones’ death were not in vain. Wednesday night, joined by area pastors, family and friends, […]

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A founding father of the College of The Bahamas (COB) yesterday gave a dismal prediction of the tertiary institution’s future if Dr. Rodney Smith is reappointed its president. Former COB Registrar Roger Brown said COB would be become the laughing stock of the academia community, a move he believes would also besmirch the country’s reputation, […]

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Bahamians who fear they have been infected with the Chikungunya virus are being advised to not take aspirin in a bid to cure themselves as the popular drug will only make matters worse. According to the Ministry of Health’s International Regulation Focal Point Officer Janelle Pickering who was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club […]

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The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is being positioned to lead the region in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers within the next few years, now that American-based Rocket Fuel “Gives Back” and Millennium Engineering and Integration have joined local pioneers in producing a successful summer camp. The camp was organised by STEMBoard Founder Aisha […]

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Over the first quarter for 2014, 1.8 million people visited The Bahamas, according to the Central Bank’s latest Quarterly Economic Review. The report explained that there were “modest gains” in the country’s tourism output. “The total number of arrivals firmed marginally by 0.8 per cent to 1.8 million over the first quarter of 2014, a […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie on Wednesday vehemently denied media claims that he instructed Ministry of Works Parliamentary Secretary Renward Wells to sign a letter of intent (LOI) to build a $650 million waste-to-energy plant at the New Providence landfill and revealed that he is seeking legal action against a local daily in the face of […]

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While education officials have refused to give the overall national average for national examinations over the last two years, Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald said that “nothing much has changed.” The last time a national letter grade was released that average grade stood at a “D.” “I don’t think it’s changed much,” Minister Fitzgerald said […]

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A 30-year-old male resident of South Beach maintained his innocence during his murder arraignment yesterday at the Magistrate’s Court Complex on South and Nassau Streets. Terez Bethel is accused of the May 23, 2014 murder of Andrew Woods. Woods was gunned down in front of a convenience store on Lightbourne Avenue of Farrington Road. Although […]

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The much anticipated debate on amendments to the Constitution that seek to institute full equality between men and women in matters of citizenship and also eliminate discrimination based on sex got underway in the House of Assembly Wednesday with bi-partisan support to the amendment bills. Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin moved the debate and […]

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