The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is calling the government’s failure to notify constituents of Marathon of the health hazards to the Rubis gas leak, “a betrayal of epic proportions”. It added that what made the situation worse were comments made by Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald during his appearance on a local talk show. “The government’s […]

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Newly-announced candidate for the FNM’s leadership position Loretta Butler-Turner expressed her disapproval of the current administration’s failure to improve the economy. In a press release, Butler-Turner said the current administration has done little to improve the economy citing the downgrade of the bond and issue ratings of The Bahamas’ ratings by the credit agency Moody’s. […]

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Love is in the air as sixteen (16) couples prepare to have the wedding of a lifetime in The Islands Of The Bahamas, after being chosen as winners of The Bahamas 16 Weddings Invitation Competition. The lucky Canadian couples will be a part of sixteen weddings on sixteen locations all transpiring simultaneously with one thing […]

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The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Caribbean Integrated Public Health Agency (CARPHA) are excited to launch the Tourism Health and Safety Program (THP) to protect the health and well-being of its visitors and locals. This is part of a regional tourism and health project, jointly funded by a […]

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A number of high serving government officials and permanent secretaries gathered at the Attorney General’s office yesterday to honor a long serving member. Cynthia Gibbs was honored at a ceremony yesterday for her outstanding service and dedication to the various ministries she served under. Prime Minister Perry Christie reflected on Ms. Gibbs’ tenure and his […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts has warned party officials not to get distracted from the Free National Movement’s current infighting over the embattled party’s leadership. Mr. Roberts, who spoke to the Elizabeth Constituency monthly meeting Thursday evening, said with all the “bloodletting” over the FNM’s leadership race the end result will only be […]

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Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell says over the last few months his ministry has been made aware of a number of cases where Bahamian high schools students have fallen victim to fraud within the education system as it pertains to scholarships from schools within the United States. He is urging students especially […]

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Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said yesterday that his ministry is well aware of the many recurring problems at the Passport Office and at the United States Embassy and is doing all it can to resolve the issues. As it is the summer time this means many Bahamians will be travelling and […]

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Hundreds of eager residents turned out for BTC’s Town Hall Meeting on June 22nd to introduce Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), to the Eastern New Providence Community. Fiber-to-the-Home, is now available and residents are able to get up to 1GB of data right to their doorstep. This new, scalable technology ensures that BTC will have the bandwidth to […]

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The Democratic National Alliance yesterday said based on the government’s “clear negligence” to offer and display transparency, this only “further underscores the need for enactment of a viable Freedom of Information Act”. The DNA charged that both this administration and the previous Free National Movement (FNM) administration allowed “this key piece of legislation to languish […]

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