The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Public Service Officers are set to receive $1,200 added to their annual salary in addition to their normal increment this fiscal period, the Minister of the Public Service Shane Gibson confirmed in his 2016/17 Budget Communication. During the Budget Debate in the House of Assembly on June 16, Minister Gibson said the increase is in […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie during the 2016/2017 Budget Communication wrap up addressed the issue of the recent gender equality referendum stating that the government made every effort to ensure that a bipartisan approach was taken despite the noise in the market. Mr. Christie says extensive consultation was done via a commission as well as invited […]

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During the final day of the 2016/2017 budget debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie in his wrap up, refuted claims by Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis that the government has engaged in reckless spending leading the country into financial disaster. The prime minister charged that the government is in no […]

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Nineteen recent graduates of the National Training Agency (NTA) recently secured full-time employment at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre as patient care assistants (PCA) due to a newly-formed partnership between the two organisations. For one year, Jermaine Kemp worked part-time at an elderly home as a patient care technician (PCT), secretly hoping he would one day be […]

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Less than 24 hours after a cold blooded daylight murder of a 19 year old man on Tuesday, police were on the scene of another young man gunned down in the capital.  Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander said officers received the call shortly after 10:00 p.m. in the area of Windsor Park off Wulff Road.  Officers […]

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Free National Movement leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday said National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage’s comments regarding crime in the country shows that numbers can lie. “The tragic irony is not lost on the Bahamian people that as Minister Nottage stood on the house floor proclaiming the crime rate is down, two more murders took […]

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Answering a number of critics yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie says that claims that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government has a special relationship with the Chinese are baseless and unfounded. During his wrap up of the 2016/2017 budget in the House of Assembly, Mr. Christie vehemently denied any collusion between his government and the […]

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He will dedicate the rest of his life to the fight for women’s rights, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, the Hon. Fred Mitchell said. During his 2016/2017 Budget Debate Contribution, on Monday, June 20, Minister Mitchell pledged his commitment to addressing issues facing women in the country. He made reference to the Constitutional Referendum, […]

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Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs has sentenced 23-year-old Thorne Edwards to 45 years for murder and 20 years for armed robbery to be served concurrently from yesterday’s date less the three years served and 22 year-old Lyndera Curry to seven years for manslaughter and five years for armed robbery also to be served concurrently from yesterday’s […]

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Tourism Minister Obie Wilcombe says more workers are needed to ensure web shops are following zoning requirements for gaming houses. The minister added that they will continue to reduce the number of gaming houses. “We are bringing on more officers because one of the reasons that we do not have all of the areas properly […]

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