The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Tourism officials said 2018 has been a very good year for the country as air, sea, and stop over visitor arrivals continue to increase.  Tourism Minister, Dionosio D’Aguilar, on Friday gave members of the press an update on the state of the tourism industry for the year ending 2018. The Minister acknowledged what he called […]

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Police in the capital are investigating the country’s 79th homicide and are seeking the public’s assistance in bringing the criminal or criminals to justice.  Police say that shortly after 5:00am Sunday, a male was discovered unresponsive, with trauma to his body, through a track road off Eneas Jumper Corner.  Paramedics were called to the scene, […]

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Cases of swine flu   have Tourism officials in damage control mode. Tourism Director General, Joy Jibrilu, told reporters last  Friday  that they are  monitoring the situation. “We actively monitor whenever there’s an outbreak,” she said. “If you think about it, it was chikungunya, it was zika, it’s always something that you have to be […]

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Police officers in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, arrested a 28-year-old male of Eight Mile Rock after he was allegedly  caught in the act of stealing copper wire from a business establishment.   According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Tericita Pinder, the incident occurred shortly after 9am Thursday, when officers acting on information went to […]

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Two confirmed cases of swine flu and so far one death here in The Bahamas  have  prompted  a renewed call for  residents to be vaccinated. The  Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said some  Bahamians are reluctant to do so, when nearly half of the population should, when we look at individuals such as health care […]

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A local farmer says there is  no need for alarm over the recall of romaine lettuce; that is, once consumers purchase home grown organically produced greens. “The recall refers to the imported lettuce, the lettuce produced in North America and I highly, strongly, encourage all consumers to follow the directions of discarding that product,” said […]

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Western Air – the largest privately owned local airline  in the country,  has completed the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority’s certificate process and is now adding 50 seater  jets to its services.  These new jets are powered by Rolls Royce advanced high efficiency engines and have the ability to fly to international destinations up to 1500 […]

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National Security Minister Marvin Dames has responded to an online petition which called for his resignation in the wake of what some  believe  was negligence on the part of Police and Defence Force personnel. The criticism of the Minister arose as a result of  the initial search and rescue efforts for missing pilot Byron Ferguson. […]

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The Bahamas is well on its way to developing a reputation as a destination with superb, outstanding, world-class service,” Minister of Tourism and Aviation, the Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar said. Addressing The Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism and Aviation’s Service of Thanksgiving held at Christ Church Cathedral yesterday, Minister D’Aguilar said the delivery of world-class service is […]

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Irate Bahamians fed-up with high electricity bills among other things,  yesterday delivered on their promise by showing up in  a mass protest demonstration on Bay Street.  Decrying the increasing cost of electricity in the country, along with  other vexing issues, the group marched to Bay Street from the headquarters of  Bahamas Power and Light on […]

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