The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Deputy house speaker and Bahamas Agricultural Industrial Corporation (BAIC) Chairman Dion Smith says Prime Minister Perry Christie has taken the country out of treacherous waters which makes him a shoo-in come the 2017 general elections. During a press conference held at the BAIC headquarters, Mr. Smith told reporters that he fully supports Mr. Christie as […]

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Opposition Senator and noted physician Dr. Duane Sands has once again lashed out the government over their proposed National Insurance Plan. During his contribution in the Senate yesterday, Dr. Sands said he wants to give the amendment to the National Health Insurance bill glowing praise, but he just can’t because he feels it doesn’t do […]

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Firing shots at the government for the fate of hundreds of Sandals Resort employees who were made redundant on Monday, Long Island Member of Parliament Loretta Butler-Turner said the latest development at the resort makes it even clearer that “the government has little respect or regard for Bahamian workers”. She alluded to the beleaguered state […]

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A Bahamian male has been arrested after the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Fast patrol found him with an undetermined amount of drugs Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the incident occurred around noon. “Defense Force patrol craft P-128 intercepted and conducted a routine search of a 15-ft Boston Whaler off the west coast of New Providence today,” […]

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An apparent suicide was the focus of a police investigation yesterday after the discovery of the lifeless body of an elderly man, in a home in the Murphyville area of Palmdale. Head of the Central Detective Unit Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander briefed reporters on the findings made by police.  “Sometime around 10:30 a.m. the body […]

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More witnesses took to the stand on day two of the trial against three young men who, two of whom are juveniles accused of the December 9th murder of Doris Johnson Senior High School student, Adonai Wilson. Darante Davis and two juveniles are accused of the daylight murder. Among the witnesses were Detective Constables Raphael […]

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Fresh from her controversial dramatic dive for the gold in Rio Monday night, Olympic medalist Shaunae Miller sat down with Good Morning America yesterday morning and gave some insight into what actually happened during the final 20 meters. “Before going into the race me and my coaches sat down and discussed everything as far as […]

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More than two dozen workers were on site at Sandals Royal Bahamian today, jackhammering a pool deck larger than a football field, beginning work on a spa that will undergo a full transformation, starting work on beach villas and beginning an extensive plumbing overhaul. It was the second day since the hotel closed its doors […]

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Twenty-four-year-old Charlvin Laramore will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate having been accused of the July 22nd, 2013 attempted murder of 39 year-old Torack Stuart outside a nightclub. Appearing before Acting Supreme Court Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns, Laramore was set to be sentenced however due to the closing of court proceedings for […]

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Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday that although the figures have yet to be made public insisted the figures for this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival are much better this year. Mr. Wilchcombe, who spoke to reporters outside Cabinet yesterday, said the figures have to be ran through the proper channels before they are officially released. […]

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