The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Grand Bahama Human Rights Association (GBHRA) has called on the Office of the Attorney General to launch an immediate investigation and possible prosecution over claims that the passports of thousands of foreign workers were withheld as a means of controlling their movement. The group said forced labour is a form of modern day slavery […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie has thrown another a jab at Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis, by implying that Dr. Minnis is hiding based on what he perceives as his lack of speaking appearances in public forums. His comments came yesterday while speaking at a PLP Town Hall Meeting held at the Choices […]

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Two teen boys were found shot to death on Sunday morning on a dirt road off Graham Drive in Yellow Elder Gardens, raising the country’s murder count to 36 and 37. The bodies were discovered shortly after 9am. Officer in Charge of the Central Detective Unit, Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander told reporters police had no […]

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Senior Pastor Emeritus of New Covenant Baptist Church Bishop Simeon Hall has called for all parties to avoid political violence this after video surfaced last week of an heated exchange between Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and Free National Movement supporters in the Golden Isles constituency. In a statement, Bishop Hall said it is incumbent on […]

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In the midst of growing criticisms from parliamentarians surrounding Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Elizabeth Member of Parliament (MP) Ryan Pinder’s attendance in the House of Assembly, many of his constituents on Friday said “he has done nothing as an MP.” Mr. Pinder has not attended a session in the House of Assembly since last year […]

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Visibly distraught and shaken, a teenager stood before Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on Friday in his first appearance, charged with murder and attempted murder. Jordan Stubbs,18, of Rugby Drive, Winton Meadows,  is accused of unlawful harm in causing the death of Delanzo Cartwright on March 10th. He is further charged with two counts of attempting to murder Tia […]

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Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Bradley Roberts responded to Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie’s accusations over the weekend, calling Mr. Roberts “Lost” and “Confused”. Mr. Roberts said that Mr. Collie is “nonsensical” for suggesting that there is a relation between that of a campaign fund and that of the country’s Value […]

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Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday charged that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Government has made the debt to GDP worse. The FNM leader suggested that the government refuses to hold itself accountable for this among other unfortunate circumstances occurring in the country, when indeed he feels it as fault. “I can’t remember […]

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A Bahamas Department of Corrections prison guard was found yesterday morning in a prisoner’s cell at the Elizabeth Estates Police Station, hanging from a make shift rope in an apparent suicide. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Stephen Dean in a brief statement to the press outside of the police station noted that the prison guard had […]

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Amidst growing criticisms surrounding the frequent absence of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Elizabeth Member of Parliament (MP) Ryan Pinder from House of Assembly proceedings, Free National Movement Elizabeth Candidate Dr. Duane Sands calls Mr. Pinder a “national disgrace.” In an interview with The Bahama Journal yesterday, Dr. Sands alluded to the fact that Mr. Pinder […]

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