The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

As International Women’s Day was celebrated across the world on Sunday, gender equality was a topic discussed by many to assure the development of economic growth for women. Guy Ryder Director General of the International Labor Organization said although many have been advocating for gender equality and women’s empowerment, women are only marginally better off […]

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The Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft, P 129, apprehended nine foreign nationals including one Bahamian, one Jamaican, six Dominicans, and one Lithuanian around 10 a.m. yesterday morning off West End, Grand Bahama aboard an 18-foot vessel. According to a statement released by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the defence force vessel was alerted by […]

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Forty-three persons were arrested and two were ceased following an operation conducted last Saturday at a local nightclub. Police reported that shortly after 1a.m., a team of officers from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) acting on intelligence, executed a search warrant at a nightclub located on Wulff Road, where they discovered two illegal handguns. A […]

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Following a critical statement by members of the DNA Women’s Alliance blasting the Department of Social Services, the department has responded denying that DNA members chased away from its property. Instead the department said they were not properly authorized to be there. Just last week, President of the DNA Women’s Alliance Prodesta Moore and other […]

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To ensure the successful implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI), cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Duane Sands is calling for the government to privatize the healthcare system. Dr. Sands, who was a guest on Love 97’s Jones and Co. talk show yesterday, suggested that local unions should buy shares in the health care system. He pointed out […]

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Although many publicly oppose the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI), cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Duane Sands said despite the opinion of others, the government should not postpone the implementation. Dr. Sands was the guest on Love 97’s Jones and Co. talk show yesterday where he expressed his full support of universal health care and believes […]

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To add a cultural facet to its 40th anniversary celebration, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) navigated to New Providence as a part of its Region III Conference Cruise aboard the Carnival “Sensation” cruise line. The Ministry of Tourism hosted the organization with a journalistic meet and greet at Poop Deck, Sandy Port, designed […]

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Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Branville McCartney says “now is not the time to raise taxes” because National Health Insurance (NHI) will result in over taxation which will hinder economic expansion. After DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer clearly stated that both he and members of the DNA are against NHI, the party’s leader […]

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A community is on edge and a family is shattered with grief following a brazen daytime shooting that has left one man dead and another clinging to life in hospital last Friday. This latest slaying happened in Nassau Village where The Bahama Journal covered an emotional scene on Alexandria Boulevard as the victim’s mother and […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Michael Pintard is accusing the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) of victimization after claiming that two employees were terminated at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI). According to Pintard in a statement released yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources V. Alfred Gray consented to the termination of […]

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