The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

An expired agreement with The National Insurance Board (NIB) and Public Managers Union (PMU) was renewed yesterday at NIB Headquarters. While the cost of a Performance Management System geared at enhancing employees’ productivity and performance could not be disclosed, NIB Chairman Felix Stubbs says the system will form the basis of employees’ annual appraisals. “This […]

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A report is to be expected in the near future on the feed that may have killed more than half a dozen famous swimming pigs in Exuma. Initial reports placed the blame on the inability for the pigs to digest sand, according to Agriculture Minister V. Alfred Gray. However, farmers, he said, have brought about […]

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Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson reiterated the government’s position regarding claims by the US State Department regarding the state of human rights in the country as she called the report inaccurate. Her comments came while speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday. “The government objects to the numerous inaccuracies in that report, there are many untruths […]

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In the midst of critics creating the notion that Baha Mar will not meet the projected opening date this April, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson yesterday sought to dispel that idea. One such critic is the resort’s Former Developer Sarkis Izmirlian, who in a release accused the government of making the multi-billion dollar property seem […]

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The world’s second largest cruise line operator Royal Caribbean Cruises is expected to undertake a $150 million, three-phase port expansion project on Coco Cay (Little Stirrup Cay) scheduled for completion by the end of winter 2017. The announcement was made yesterday during a Heads of Agreement Signing between the government and officials from Royal Caribbean […]

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After a lag in the progress of hurricane restoration efforts over the past few months, Minister Responsible for Restoration Shane Gibson said he is pleased to report that the process has “picked up.”  Last October, hundreds particularly in the northwestern Bahamas were devastated by the monster storm’s impact; leaving families displaced.  “I’ve seen where the […]

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Two days following a blaze at the New Providence Landfill and officials say it could take up to five to seven days before the Jubilee Gardens Community will see any drastic decreases of smoke in the area. The Bahama Journal visited the area yesterday and though smoke had slightly subsided, the area still reeked of […]

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Using an interpreter to translate the charges, seven Haitian Nationals were arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Andrew Forbes in the Supreme Court. Represented in Court #8 by Attorney Tai Pinder was 58-year-old Alteon Raymond, 42-year-old Wisler Labanche, 54 -year-old Bertrand Predestin, 44-year-old Richard Fortiulien, 28 -year-old, Jeanty Valerice, 43-year-old Romane Petit Frere and 43-year-old Jean Eliezaire […]

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Charred remains of desks and parts of containers once used for classrooms is what firefighters extinguished yesterday on a condemned property to the rear of the A.F Adderley High School. The containers were at one point used as classrooms for students from the A.F Adderley High School. However, some two years ago the property was […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says what the U.S State Department’s 2016 Human Rights Report has conveyed about The Bahamas as it relates to human’s rights is inaccurate. In its most recent statement condemning the report, the ministry says action will be taken. “Now that the US report has been publically released, the Ministry of […]

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