The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Former Minster for Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville has refuted Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands’ comments that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) gave out several health related contracts weeks ahead of the May 10 general election. In a statement yesterday, Dr. Darville asked for the minister to prove his findings with data and evidence. […]

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Fifty persons were arrested over the weekend as police intensified their island-wide assault on crime Friday night with an ongoing operation led by the Selective Enforcement Team. The anti-crime operation is aimed at suppressing crime in a number of areas and to send a message to those responsible for committing criminal acts on members of […]

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Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said the country’s HIV/AIDS and obesity statistics are startling, taking center stage with the highest levels ever recorded. Equally alarming is the fact that The Americas is the heaviest region in the world and The Bahamas is the heaviest country in that region. “The percentage of population who was […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis during his remarks at the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) board of directors and membership meeting yesterday, sparked conversation on diversity in the growth of the economy, when he address the gathering at the British Colonial Hilton. Speaking to members of various sectors of the tourism industry, Dr. Minnis […]

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Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd questioned the details surrounding a $30 million investment in education made by the previous Christie administration. During his contribution to the 2017/2018 Budget Communication debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. Lloyd charged that the former government had invested about $30 million in upgrading schools on land he said […]

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One of the nation’s largest ministries has been earmarked a budget of some $280 million, 60 per cent of which will go to personal emoluments and according to Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd, like many other ministries, a cleanup must be done as a number of recent hires seemed to have happened not long before […]

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Halted traffic and malfunctioning traffic lights described the streets of the New Providence yesterday afternoon as a result of an island-wide outage. Bahamas Power and Light Company (BPL) began restorations just before 3 p.m. The power company in a statement reported that initial observations indicated that a cable fault was responsible for the system failure. […]

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Bain and Grants Town Member of Parliament (MP) Travis Robinson bashed the former Christie administration for “dropping the ball” in tourism, especially for its handling of Baha Mar. Alluding to the whole Baha Mar debacle, the 22-year-old MP charged that the former government, instead of successfully assisting in resolving the issue, looked out for its […]

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The World Bank’s latest rating puts The Bahamas at 121 among 190 economies when it comes to the ease of doing business and according to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that leaves The Bahamas with a lot of work to do to catchup. Nations like Jamaica ranked 67, Saint Lucia, 86, Trinidad and Tobago, 96 […]

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Corruption has had a heavy hand in negatively impacting the ease of business and cost of doing business in The Bahamas by millions of dollars, according to Prime Minster Dr. Hubert Minnis. Prime Minister Minnis’ comments came during his keynote address at the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation’s (BCCEC) fourth annual National Conclave at […]

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