The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A leading environmentalist has called for a full investigation into a third suspected fuel leak from a Rubis station in New Providence. Ecologist and Attorney Romi Ferreira, a director of Save The Bays (STB), said highly toxic and environmentally destructive substances may have leaked, or may be continuing to leak into the ground at Porky’s […]

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The Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a 2011 conviction of FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers and ordered that he be returned more than $800,000 seized from his company during a 2009 police raid. Back on April 28, 2009, police conducted a raid of the FML Web Shop on Wulff Road. The officers armed […]

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A man facing up to life imprisonment for double attempted murder charges, during a late night home invasion, had his sentence delayed for a week on Wednesday. Quincy Johnson, 35, appeared before Justice Vera Watkins to be sentenced after he was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of possession of a firearm […]

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Minister of Financial Services Hope Strachan urged the St. John’s College High School graduating class on Tuesday to make the right choices. Minister Strachan, who is also a former graduate of St. John’s College, told the graduates that it is very disappointing that the nation’s youth must be subjected to a steady diet of crime; […]

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Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Bradley Roberts confirmed on Tuesday that after nearly six years, the PLP will hold its set annual convention this year during the last week of October at the Meliá Resort. He told reporters yesterday that despite the conventions inconsistency over the last few years, the delegated ‘annual’ convention will […]

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The Government of The Bahamas is gearing towards establishing a National Development Plan. The objective of the plan would be to facilitate national growth and would entail central planning and monitoring on a national level and implementation on a micro or local level. Centres of focus would be development of the economic infrastructure, education, social […]

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The rate of crime falls when the rate of education rises, therefore education is the key to overcoming the challenge of violent crime, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie. The prime minister’s comment came yesterday as he discussed the challenges associated with building a prosperous Commonwealth, as he officially opened the 19th Conference of Commonwealth […]

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Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said the Christie administration has added to the confusion over the opening of the multi-billion dollar Baha Mar Resort. Butler-Turner explained that Prime Minister Perry Christie adds to the confusion by making baffling statements which suggests that he is out of touch with reality. “At times the prime minister engages […]

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This weekend, the Bahamas Bar Association (BBA) will host its annual Training Day and Retreat purposed to provide an opportunity for local attorneys to be thoroughly trained and further educated. With the 1,300 members of the BBA mostly junior members of the bar, BBA President Elsworth Johnson said it is imperative that they all be […]

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CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank is experiencing significant growth across the Caribbean and is working with several public and private sector entities to implement multi-million dollar projects across the region. Rik Parkhill, CEO of the bank which has operations in 17 islands, said “with many of the island nations of the region now emerging from the […]

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