The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Making history as the first youth organization in The Bahamas to launch its very own mobile app, the  Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) will now make communicating with the public more accessible. The announcement was made yesterday during a press conference YEP held at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. YEP’s Director Mark Palmer said,  “we  are […]

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Two men have been formally  charged for their alleged involvement in two recent homicides. In the first case, 18-year-old Deante Pinder appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt yesterday on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The particulars  are that on February 16th , Pinder concerned with others caused the deaths […]

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A man was killed in a traffic accident yesterday after a female attempted to avoid a hit and run incident  in the area of East Street and Malcom Road. According to Chief Superintendent of Police, Craig Stubbs, shortly before 1pm a female driver attempted to evade a Ford van she had struck on Winder’s Terrace […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is back from his four day trip to Haiti for the 29th inter-sessional CARICOM meeting. Regional leaders discussed how to build climate resilient communities, considering the millions of dollars of damage the region has sustained from natural disasters. During his stay,  the  Prime  Minister spoke to the Haitian  President on […]

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The Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Senator Fred Mitchell says, “It appears that the Free National Movement and the Prime Minister who leads their party,  has finally caught on to the need for there to be international contact and exposure. “ They came to office with shocking ignorance of the ways the world, but […]

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The prosecution in the high-profile Frank Smith extortion trial has added   London based Queen’s Counsel  Edward Jenkins  to take the lead in the case. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt, the former prosecutor, Anthony Delaney attempted to make an application for submission and suggested the “housekeeping” matters that arose warranted a private hearing. However, […]

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A man became the country’s latest traffic fatality after a two car collision on John F. Kennedy Drive this weekend. Shortly before 4:00am Saturday Morning, a traffic accident occurred in the vicinity of Lake View Cemetery, involving a blue Honda Accord and a 2003 Cadillac Escalade.  In the accident, a male passenger of the Honda […]

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Sir Durward Knowles, the first Bahamian to win a medal at an Olympic event and who was recently recognized as the world’s oldest living Olympian has died at age  100. Sir Durward rose to prominence after he became the Bahamas’ first Olympic medalist when he won the bronze in sailing with Sloane Farrington in Melbourne, […]

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Leading clergyman and Senior Pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church Bishop Simeon Hall has called for fair and humane treatment of  Haitian nationals within the country. He made the comments while speaking to The Berean Evangelical Baptist Church on Sunday. ‘I have successfully sponsored numerous Haitian Pastors and other individuals who sought to be regularized […]

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Former Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts is taking  the  government to task,  saying  they did not properly vet U.S based Energy Company Oban  Energies or its executives. In a statement released yesterday,  Mr. Roberts said the Prime Minister’s cavalier approach to the checkered past of Oban Chairman Peter Krieger is rank with duplicity, hypocrisy […]

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