The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced that several meetings will take place to discuss the economy and crime. “We are going to have special meetings over this specifically with respect to the economy and crime which are two major issues because unless we are able to cause both of them to improve significantly then the […]

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The nation’s second island-city has seen growth in hotel occupancy levels over the past six months. According to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics, between January and July 2013 -136,262 rooms were occupied in Grand Bahama. In the same period in 2014, 203,446 rooms were occupied – a difference of 67,184. In […]

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While police officials have not confirmed his identity, the Journal has learned that the prime minister’s press liaison officer and Deputy Director of Bahamas Information Services (BIS) Latore Mackey was gunned down early Monday morning. According to police, the 37-year-old received a bullet to the neck. When the Bahama Journal arrived at the murder scene […]

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Employees at the Bahamas Oil Refinery Company (BORCO) were recently awarded with a safety award for having worked one million hours without a “Lost Time Injury” since February 2011. This means that there were no injuries received while at work that were severe enough to require an employee miss a day or longer of work, […]

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The murder trial of 27-year-old Leroy Smith of Old Boat Alley and 26-year-old Tony Smith of Kelly’s Lane – the men who police believe are responsible for the 2012 shooting death of Tristan Bartlett continues in the Supreme Court before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. Taking the witness stand on Friday was John Charles, a friend […]

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Schools throughout the country will open their doors to thousands of children in a matter of days and Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald assured that school repairs are going well and all indications show that those repairs will be completed in time. He added that the government has been hard at work to ensure that quite […]

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Fort Charlotte Member of Parliament Dr. Andre Rollins was fired from his position as chairman of the gaming board with immediate effect after weeks of exchanging fiery words with his party’s leaders and most recently questioning Prime Minister Perry Christie’s leadership skills. In a brief press statement release on Friday, the government thanked Dr. Rollins […]

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Police now believe that the vehicle that struck and killed a man early Sunday morning was the same vehicle driven by the suspects believed to be behind two weekend murders that occurred hours apart. According to reports, sometime around 1:30 a.m. a 20-year-old male resident of Lyon Road left his sister’s home through Strachan’s Alley […]

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Police in Abaco have arrested three men for credit by fraud. According to the police, shortly after 2:00 p.m., they received information that the three men were at a business establishment making a large transaction by credit card. Officers responded and upon further enquiry arrested the three men – one was 23-year-old and the other […]

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The man killed on Lyon Road off Shirley Street Thursday night was recently released from Her Majesty’s Prison. He was identified by his mother as 23-year-old George Nixon. Police captured a suspect – a 32-year-old man of Sutton Street in reference to this homicide Friday morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police B.K. Bonamy Jr. told reporters […]

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