The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The official commissioning ceremony of the Child and Adolescent and Robert Smith Complex was held yesterday at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Center under the theme “Building Healthy Lives, One Youth At A Time.” Prime Minister Perry Christie said that this was a huge milestone in Bahamian healthcare, and even though the opening took place under his […]

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With the kick off of the hurricane season just two weeks ago, MP for Long Island Loretta Butler-Turner says she is feeling “despondent” about not being able to impact her island as all of her funding has been disbursed. About a handful of residents on the island still need assistance with hurricane efforts after Hurricane […]

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In light of the recent string of violent crimes, Pastor Emeritus of New Covenant Baptist Church, Bishop Simeon Hall, yesterday called on the government to take “draconian” measures in beefing up security particularly at banking institutions around the country. Bishop Hall, noting that the “criminals have declared war in the nation”, offered two suggestions in […]

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Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama Neko Grant is insisting that the nation’s flag carrier is bankrupt. During his contribution to the 2016/2017 budget debate in the House of Assembly, Mr. Grant, who had responsibility for Bahamasair under the former Ingraham administration pointed to Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent budget communication in which the […]

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After many have wondered as to how Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Bradley Roberts knew the referendum had been voted against, Mr. Roberts says he simply had his own sources.  Tuesday, on Referendum night, Mr. Roberts sent out a press release thanking the Bahamian public for its show of democracy and acknowledging that the […]

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The Royal Bahamas Force has their hands full as they search for the suspects of 10 armed robberies this past weekend. On Friday three incidents happened while another eight occurred on Sunday. In the first incident police reported that shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Friday a woman was walking on Pigeon Plumb Street when she […]

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Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said Prime Minister Perry Christie and his government are filled with broken promises and empty rhetoric. These sentiments, in a recent press statement, came in response to the prime minister’s recent comments on Baha Mar. Last week in the House of Assembly, Mr. Christie said that “very active […]

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Police in Abaco are probing the details surrounding a stabbing incident that has left a male hospitalized this past weekend. According to police reports the man was stabbed ion Don McKay Boulevard and taken to the Marsh Harbour Clinic. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, while at a nightclub he was stabbed to the body […]

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A traffic fatality in Grand Bahama has left a man dead after succumbing to his injuries almost a week later. Baretta S. Bootle, 38, of Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Friday shortly before 8:00 a.m. after battling injuries for almost a week. On Tuesday around 10:00 p.m., police […]

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Police have arrested the suspect who they believe behind the murder of a deacon who was gunned down at a bank’s ATM early Sunday morning. Deacon Ivan Cleare of New Bethlehem Baptist Church, was found shortly after 8:00 a.m. yesterday inside the ATM booth of the Scotiabank on Jerome Ave. When officers arrived on the […]

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