The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

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Members of the various umbrella unions are calling for the Bahamian government to intervene in the recent price increase to Cable Bahamas’ basic package. Members from the various unions met yesterday in Rawson Square to host a silent protest to the cable providers recent increase in prices. Unions said not only is the price increase […]

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Local taxi drivers joined together to donate funds to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to assist with restoration in the family islands that were affected by last year’s Hurricane Joaquin. It has been three months since the calamitous category four hurricane swept across the Central and South-East Bahamas and taxi drivers in New Providence […]

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Police are searching for 30-year-old Jason Ian Flowers aka Casper in connection with the country’s latest murder which occurred Tuesday evening. According to reports, it was shortly after 7:00p.m., Tuesday, police received reports of the death of man at his Sugar Apple Street, Pinewood Gardens residence. When officers arrived, they met the lifeless body of […]

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The National Health Secretariat yesterday, advised that the draft NHI bill will be released to the wider stakeholder community on January 25, 2016, exactly one week after the official registration of NHI. The bill is designed to pave the way for all legal Bahamian residents to be able to afford quality health care. According to […]

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Machele Gray, the mother of missing son, Charlton Morley, is offering a $5 thousand reward for anyone who can lead her to the answer of what happened to her son. Last year September, Ms. Gray made a despairing call for swift action in the case of her missing son 26 year old Charlton Morley. Charlton […]

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The State Minister of Finance Michael Halkitis says if all goes well the deficit of the country will dip to $70 million next year. Minister Halkitis responded to the Bahamian community asking for the government to explain where the money collected from value added tax went after the first year. “This year in our projections […]

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The government is set to receive a $33 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to begin a public financial management and monitoring programme which will assist with better tracking expenditure. State Minister of Finance Michael Halkitis pointed out that the loan has four components. Beginning with performance monitoring, he listed the mechanisms of […]

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Long Island Member of Parliament (MP) Loretta Butler-Turner slammed the government after the announcement of a $33 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for reckless spending and unaccountability. In the House of Assembly on Wednesday, she expressed her disapproval of the newly introduced loan as she says the government does not have a good […]

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Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson says that there is expectation that the gender equality referendum will happen this year. The attorney general also added that before the referendum is held, the government plans to educate Bahamians. “The referendum will take place this year and more importantly people want to know more about what is involved. […]

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