The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Taxicab drivers stationed along Prince George Wharf are raised concerns on Friday about a number of issues that are negatively impacting their ability to do their jobs During a press conference, the taxicab drivers, along with President of the Taxi Cab Union Philip Watkins and Union Chairman Maxwell Adderley expressed their frustrations concerning their working […]

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Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Griffin introduced the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme called RISE at the Community Meeting for the programme’s pilot last Wednesday at Uriah McPhee Primary School. The town meeting provided an update on plans for the introduction of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, RISE, which is part of the […]

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Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a traffic accident that has left an 89-year-old female of Wellington Pinder Heights Subdivision dead. Reports are that on Friday shortly after 10 a.m., police received information that a traffic accident had occurred at the junction of Poinciana Drive and the West Mall Drive, involving a 2001 GMC truck […]

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Internationally known as the ‘Premier of Education,’ former Premier of Ontario Canada Dalton McGuinty said the most powerful way to shape the future of the world is through education. As a guest on popular talk show Jones and Company, the former politician who visited the Bahamas to take part in the 19th Caribbean Conference of […]

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In his capacity as Chair for the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Minister (CCEM), Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald gave the closing remarks at the forum on Friday. In addition to giving an overview of the events history, Minister Fitzgerald told conference attendees last week of how important his role is in […]

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As the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. intends to layoff 140 employees tomorrow, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts wants to remind the public that the Free National Movement gave Cable and Wireless Communications the rights to reduce staffing levels to address competition. According to Roberts, the FNM administration gave CWC certain guaranteed rights in advance […]

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Two Bahamas National Trust (BNT) staff members recently traveled to Grenada to take part in the Conservation Leadership in the Caribbean (CLiC) programme to work on improving their skills in environmental leadership. BNT Education Officer Scott Johnson and Science Officer Agnessa Lundy traveled to Grenada to take part in the programme and completed two weeks […]

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Under the theme ‘The legal practice in a 21st century Bahamas,’ Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson addressed hundreds of attorneys at the 2015 Bahamas Bar Association First Training and Education Retreat. The event is purposed to offer training and further skills to attorneys, allowing them to compete on an international basis. Maynard-Gibson told the attorneys that […]

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The Government of The Bahamas is committed to infrastructure development and has taken a policy position that will seek to finance its infrastructure needs through public-private partnerships (PPPs). To address the country’s infrastructure needs, the government is investing $200 million in PPPs this year. “The importance of infrastructure development in relation to the strength of […]

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On Tuesday, before an audience of hundreds at the opening ceremony of the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, it was announced that Design for Change (DFC), an initiative formulated by the Riverside Education Foundation in India, received the top 2015 Commonwealth Education Good Practice Award. Design for Change begins with the simple and powerful […]

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