The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Thousands will head to the polls today to take part in The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) elections and hopeful, Alexander Burrows and incumbent BPSU President John Pinder squared off on Love 97’s Issues of the Day radio talk show on Thursday in their efforts to rally up support from voters. During the show, Mr. […]

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Leading attorney Fred Smith urged the government to stop running the country “like a dictatorship” and live up to its legal obligation to introduce a land use plan (LUP) for New Providence. Smith, legal director of fast-growing social and environmental advocacy movement Save The Bays (STB), pointed out that the creation of an LUP was […]

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The Home of the Whopper is making a major expansion in the country’s capital. Burger King Nassau opened the doors of its new Carmichael Road location in grand style on Wednesday. The newly built Burger King Carmichael location, located in the Shops at Carmichael Plaza, next to the new Scotiabank, raises the brand’s restaurant count […]

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A murder suspect out on bail has been arrested in connection with another slaying that occurred yesterday morning in the Fox Hill area, police have confirmed The sound of gun shots shook the morning air through Adderley Street in Fox Hill shortly after 10:00 a.m. following a shooting that left one man suffering from a […]

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The shortage of teachers throughout the country is an issue that has long been talked about and it appears that this tradition continues as teachers and students at the Central Andros High School are up in arms following an announcement from the Ministry of Education to relocate one of the school’s core subject teachers. Students […]

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There will be no constitutional referendum this year as government officials announced Monday that the Constitutional Commission has recommended that the vote on those four gender equality bills be pushed back to 2015. Minister Responsible for Referenda and Elections Dr. Bernard Nottage said following consultations with the government, the Opposition, the religious community and various […]

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Despite media reports to the contrary, officials at the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) on Tuesday denied that there is a mould infestation on the Princess Margaret Hospital’s (PMH) Maternity Ward. In a press release issued yesterday PHA officials said they saw it fit to bring clarity to an article carried in Monday’s Nassau Guardian which […]

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A 40-year-old man of Opulent Road was arrested Tuesday after he was arrested for possession of cocaine. According to reports, around 9:30 a.m. officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), acting on intelligence intercepted a blue Nissan Maxima vehicle driven by the suspect at Marrow Road, Garden Hills Number Two. The officers conducted a search […]

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The passing of the Gaming Bill in The House of Assembly was a move that some said would cause the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to lose the next general elections, however Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald said that this will not happen. While contributing to the final day of debate on the Gaming Bill in the […]

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Although the President of The Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) has been vocal in his opposition to the legalisation of the web shop industry, the former head of that body Bishop Simeon Hall yesterday asserted that the majority of religious leaders do not share the same view as Dr. Ranford Patterson. Bishop Hall said that while […]

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