The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a sudden death that has left a 33-year-old man dead. Police said on Saturday shortly after 9:00 a.m., they received information that a man was at work at a local resort in the Lucaya area when he was reportedly electrocuted. He was transported to the Rand Memorial Hospital where […]

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Three traffic fatalities have claimed the lives of four people on Abaco, Andros and Exuma in separate incidents over the weekend. According to sources in Abaco, 21-year-old Janero Stuart of Murphy Town was killed in a traffic accident Saturday. Reports are that shortly before 5:00 p.m., police received information that there was a traffic accident […]

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The Bahama Journal has been reliably informed that one of Baha Mar’s attorneys was recently in court and has been formally arraigned in connection with a traffic fatality that occurred on New Year’s Day. Baha Mar’s Associate General Counsel Tracy Ann Ferguson has been charged with killing in the course of dangerous driving. According to […]

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More than 100 Haitians were captured over the weekend in Ragged Island as part of a joint operation between the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) and the Department of Immigration. According to reports, while on routine patrol in the southern Bahamas on Saturday, HMBS Nassau received information that Ragged Island locals had spotted a Haitian […]

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RBC Royal Bank announced over the weekend that it plans to relocate its branch on Paradise Island effective October 17, 2014 and as a result there will be some employees who lose their jobs. The branch will be consolidated with RBC’s Main Branch on Bay Street as part of RBC’s strategy to reconfigure its branch […]

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It sits amidst the hustle and bustle of Paradise Island’s Marina Village, yet its old-world elegance and iconic style takes diners, seemingly, to another, more peaceful place in time. Chef Jean-Georges Vongertichten’s Café Martinique – just one of several fine-dining options offered at the famed Atlantis, Paradise Island – was recently named among the 10 […]

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Cable Bahamas Limited (CBL) it is disappointed and surprised with the Bahamas Communications and Public Offices Union’s (BCPOU) statement regarding the relationship between the two parties. According to Head of Marketing at Cable Bahamas David Burrows, the company maintains that it has been abiding by a Supreme Court ruling and has been working with the […]

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The registration process for Value Added Tax (VAT) will get underway next month, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis revealed as debate on the VAT Bill began in the House of Assembly yesterday. Mr. Halkitis said work has been ongoing and thorough in order to ensure that VAT’s implementation which is set for January 2015 […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament Greg Moss again stood at odds with his party by expressing his disapproval of legislation to enact a Value Added Tax (VAT) as debate got underway in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Marco City MP said the legislation is a betrayal of the philosophy of the PLP […]

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Police are investigating an attempted murder that occurred in the East Bay Street area. According to police officials, Mckenson Dorvil went to the residence of his former fiancé where he encountered another man. It is alleged that Dorvil flew into a rage and chopped a 39-year -old man of Virginia Street to the neck, back […]

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