The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Just days before his 16th birthday, Ricardo Leonard Fawkes of Marathon Estates became this year’s 11th murder victim early Wednesday morning, the second shooting in just less than 10 hours in New Providence. According to reports, police were called to the scene at Williams Lane off Kemp Road sometime around 4:00 a.m. where they found […]

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Two men are dead and several others wounded following separate shooting incidents in under 24hours; however Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander officer in charge of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) says police officials are coping and making significant headway. A growing crowd of onlookers watched and listened as Chief Superintendent Fernander gave the somber details of […]

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A woman is reportedly suing Atlantis Paradise Island over what she claims are horrific bites she received from bed bugs. According to international reports, Cindi Avila claims she checked into the resort this month and woke up to find ghastly bites all over her body. She’s blaming the hotel, claiming that the bed skirts were […]

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The goal to implement a ‘one patient: one record’ initiative began yesterday as the Ministry of Health and the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) presented the ‘Design Start’ of the Integrated Health Information Management System (i-HIMS); connecting healthcare across The Bahamas with an opening ceremony and three-day workshop at St. Joseph’s Parish Centre. Presenting the keynote […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has announced the implementation of a new passport system therefore the public is being advised that its offices will be closed to new passport applications from today until the 20th, of January 2017 (Friday). However, if an individual currently holds an ePassport, that document will be acknowledged. “The […]

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A 43 year old drug suspect pleaded not guilty to two drug related charges yesterday.   Desno Scott was arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Andrew Forbes on two separate counts.   He was first charged with possession of an unspecified quantity of cocaine with the intent to supply on January 10, 2017.   On the second […]

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With already nine homicides for the year, one has to take a serious look at not only the potential impact crime has on the economy but its psychological aspect on our society, this as studies have shown that crime and violence result in cognitive and behavioral changes, especially among young people.   The Journal spoke […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie has expressed his uncertainty that Prime Minister Christie is ready to lead the country for another term calling him embattled and ill-equipped. Mr. Collie says while Mr. Christie may feel he is ready to lead again and he has expressed as much, the Bahamian people do not feel […]

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After what mimicked a scene from a Hollywood action film, police have two suspects in custody following a high speed chase on Sunday. According to police, around 10:00 a.m., a man was standing on Dumping Ground Corner when two men in a silver Nissan vehicle approached and shot him before speeding off. The victim was […]

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The youth arm of the Free National Movement has announced they will be holding a convention next month. The Torchbearers will hold their convention at the Breezes Resort, the same venue that played host to the drama of the party’s actual convention last summer, that saw the heated leadership battle between leader Dr. Hubert Minnis […]

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