The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

An American man was yesterday charged with failing to declare $11,440 in U.S. currency. The 43-year-old Chicago resident was arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, after authorities found him with $51,440, only declaring $40,000. The father of three – who came to The Bahamas on vacation with his wife, children and their baby sitter claimed […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday sat among several Caribbean leaders attending the IMF/World Bank and IDB conference in Washington D.C. to address the issue of building resilience to disasters and climate change in the region.  In his address, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said, like many other Caribbean countries, disasters in the Bahamas can […]

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Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands yesterday revealed that there are now three confirmed lab cases of influenza with the most recent patient being a child.  Dr. Sands told The Journal that he would rather stray away from the term “swine flu”. He said, “The fact that the ones that have been tested had been H1N1 […]

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Three men appearing before the Magistrates  court yesterday  separate charges of murder, attempted murder  and armed robbery. In the first matter, 21-year-old Charvis “Bones” McPhee of Sandilands Village Road, was formally charged before Chief Magistrate, Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, and abetment to murder. The court heard how on Monday November 12th, in New Providence, the accused – […]

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The recent recall of Romaine lettuce due to the bacteria E. Coli, has prompted the need for more resources to be pumped into ensuring that local laboratories are of first world status, to test imports to and exports from The Bahamas.  Agriculture Minister Michael Pintard said that the ministry would ensure that there is the […]

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The next general election is still a few years off, but Progressive Liberal Party National Chairman Fred Mitchell said by the looks of it, things are trending in the direction of the PLP.  Optimism aside, he said the party cannot get to the point where it is so comfortable, that it believes that victory will […]

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Fifty- one year Errol Knowles has been formally charged with being a serial fraudster.  His alleged fraud spree has ended, just days after an all-points bulletin was issued for his arrest.  He appeared before a magistrate last Friday  to face a laundry list of charges.  The charges included seven counts of possession of  forged documents, […]

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The  Opposition’s shadow Minister of Finance, Exuma and Ragged Island Member of Parliament Chester Cooper expressed concerns this weekend surrounding the Government’s 2018 Fiscal Strategy Report, as he believes that nothing in it inspires confidence.  In a statement issued on the  weekend he said, “producing pretty reports is not a strategy. Just saying it is […]

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest fired back this on the weekend  accusing    Exuma and Ragged Island Member of Parliament Chester Cooper of amnesia  after the PLP MP   said the present  government “simply does not know what it’s doing”.  In a statement, Mr. Turnquest said, “he persists in his amnesia […]

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It was a somber night at Nirvana Beach  last Friday, as close family and friends and members of the public gathered to hold a candlelight prayer service for missing pilot Byron Ferguson.  Just two weeks ago his sex seater Aztec plane went down in waters off this very same beach.  Giving words of encouragement was […]

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