The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahamas Nurses Union is set to have a demonstration this morning at 10  o’clock in response to the Public Hospitals Authority’s (PHA) announcement of shift changes for nurses. Last week the PHA’s Managing Director Catherine Weech told reporters that the new shift system will eliminate the inequity caused by the four nights on/ four […]

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Good news on the labour front – in terms of candidates’ job readiness, those numbers are doing better. Minister of Labour  Dion Foulkes said tertiary education providers are one of the main factors contributing to the increase. “I must congratulate some of our tertiary providers like the National Training Agency (NTA) and Bahamas Training and Vocational […]

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Police  are investigating a shooting incident Friday, 26th October,  which left a juvenile male in hospital. According to reports, shortly after 8:00pm, the juvenile and another male were riding on a scooter on Hospital Lane, when they a male armed with a firearm opened fire in their direction, hitting him multiple time about  the body, […]

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Police in the capital investigate the remains of a man found in bushes off Martin Close, off Cowpen Road yesterday. Police Press Liaison Shanta Knowles told reporters that officers received word shortly after 12pm yesterday. Residents of that area have indicated that children were playing in a field nearby when they discovered the body. She […]

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Outspoken Baptist Clergyman, Bishop Simeon B. Hall says  “Talk Show hosts in the Bahamas have  a higher calling to lift the level of national debates.” In a press statement, Bishop Hall said, “the  freedom of expression which we welcome and are now free to enjoy here in The Bahamas must cause us to lift the level […]

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Corruption was the  buzz word for Centreville Member of Parliament, Reece Chipman, who used his parliamentary privilege to defend his family’s legacy in Parliament. The Chipmans are at the center of a dispute over enormous tracts of land amassed by their patriarch, Howard Nelson Chipman. Standoffs are regularly posted on social media – the last […]

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Another Labour on the Blocks job fair, but this time, inmates are the job seekers. Yesterday, at the Bahamas Department of Corrections, 30 inmates seeking employment presented their resumes and sat for  job interviews with 16 prospective employers. Labour Minister, Dion Foulkes, spoke to the importance of this initiative. He said, “ we could encourage […]

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Former Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham  yesterday said he   was shocked to learn of the sudden passing of Bradley Roberts, former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister in the Government of The Bahamas and most recently, Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party.   In a press statement, Mr. Ingraham joined   with all those extending […]

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Former Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said that he supports this government’s decision to purchase the Grand Lucayan Resort,  but he says the purchase must be done  with a purpose. Mr. Wilchcombe’s statement comes after a lot of criticism from the opposition and members of the public over  the purchase of the resort. “We have to […]

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The Progressive Liberal Party is  mourning the lost of a champion and fierce fighter, its  longtime party Chairman and Former Cabinet Minister Bradley Roberts. He  passed away early yesterday afternoon. Mr. Roberts succumbed to a heart attack at his residence on Skyline Drive. The 74-year- old businessman, served as the former national chairman of the […]

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