The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Former Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes, patron of the National Council for Older Persons and the Sandilands Geriatric Hospital, thanked the staff of health professionals and caregivers of Sandilands Geriatric Hospital on Fox Hill Road at the 50th year celebration held on June 1. He encouraged the health professionals and caregivers to continue to give […]

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The Bahamas hosted the United States-Caribbean High-Level Citizen Security Dialogue (HLCSD) last Thursday, where Prime Minister Perry Christie urged the representatives of all countries in attendance to focus on a recommitment to save the nation’s youth. “Too many of our young people are at risk of falling victims to drug abuse. Guns fuel deadly drug […]

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The Ministry of Labour and National Insurance has petitioned an increase in the national minimum wage for government approval and advised the public that the National Tripartite Council has been formally appointed with effect from June 1, 2015. Robert Farquharson, director of Labour, made this announcement to the members of the council at a press […]

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As the Labour Week celebrations came to end, Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson said there is a disconnect between members of parliament and their perception of the labour movement. Ferguson made this comment during the recent broadcast of JCN’s television show The Roundtable, where he discussed issues concerning the labour movement in the country. […]

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Officials of the Free National Movement expressed that the Progressive Liberal Party will enjoy one more Labour Day before they are voted out of office because Bahamian workers continue to suffer from the government’s failed promises made to trade union leaders. In the FNM’s Labour Day address, party officials said Prime Minister Perry Christie has […]

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Police in Eleuthera are investigating a traffic accident that has left a 31-year-old woman of Palmetto Point dead on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after 9 a.m., police received a report of fatal accident at Cotton Bay Estates, South Eleuthera. When police arrived on the scene they met the lifeless body of a female on […]

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Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage urged his colleagues to continue to explore innovative policies to arrest the high level of crime and violence he deemed a challenge to the progress of developing countries. Dr. Nottage gave his colleagues that message as he addressed the Caribbean-United States High-Level Citizen Security Dialogue held last Thursday […]

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The government will continue to promote the three Ps of Public Private Partnerships as a means of delivering on the infrastructural requirements needed to move the country forward at the socio-economic development level especially in the Family Islands, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis told a key international forum in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. […]

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Police are searching for the suspect responsible for a shooting incident that has left a man dead on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after 10 p.m., police received a report of a shooting incident at a home located at Graham Drive and Doyle Street in Yellow Elder Gardens. When police arrived on the scene they […]

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Allegations that the Office of the Attorney General is disinterested and not taking sufficient steps to progress the investigation into the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s scandal are “unfounded,” according to Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson. In a statement issued last Thursday, the attorney general responded to the allegations that were published in the editorial of a local […]

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