The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Bahamas became successful in its first bid for a seat on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council, after securing a vote from 162 states out of 177 states present and voting.  The election to Council took place during the second week of the ITU’s Plenipotentiary (PP) Conference, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  The ITU […]

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The Clifton Review    The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]

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The recent spike in fuel surcharge has left the government to revisit its value added tax (VAT) exemption on electricity bills. Initially aimed at assisting Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) consumers whose monthly bills were capped at $100 per month, this figure was soon bumped to $200 to include some 60-plus thousands of BPL’s 90,000 […]

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Minister of Education Jeffery Lloyd urged teachers of the C H Reeves Junior High School to return to the classroom after more than a week sit out staged by the teachers who decried a litany of environmental health concerns.  During his address in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. Lloyd cautioned the teachers taking part […]

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Outraged Opposition Leader, Philip Davis, reasoned that while a higher fuel cost is being blamed for BPL’s rate hike, the record shows that the company suffered several fires recently due to a lack of equipment maintenance. He added  that if this rate hike is to pay for leased supplemental power generation plants and other connected […]

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The Clifton Review    The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]

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Three young boys were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson Pratt on Armed Robbery related charges and attempted murder. In  the  first  case  19 year old Alvin Morley was charged with one count of attempted murder.  It is alleged that on October 29th while at New Providence Morley did attempt to cause the death of […]

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Former Trade and Industry Minister, Leslie Miller, says he is waiting to see if environmentalists  in the Bahamas would object to  a Liquified Natutal Gas (LNG) Power Plant to be constructed at Clifton Pier, near to the prestigious Lyford Cay.  Last week officials of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) announced that Shell North America will […]

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Police have reported  two major drug seizures in the capital.  The first occurred  after 11:00 Monday night. According to reports, a team of Drug Enforcement Unit officers, police marine support officers along with DEA officials  intercepted a 21ft vessel a quarter mile south of New Providence. The occupants ran the vessel on a sand bank, […]

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The meeting the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) hoped to conduct with the Bahamas Nurses Union about concerns surrounding the newly implemented shift changes yesterday didn’t happen on the account of a misunderstanding.  President of the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) Amancha Williams told The Journal that she had no knowledge of the follow-up meeting’s deadline and […]

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