The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Police in New Providence arrested 11 men after illegal firearm and ammunition were recovered in a local night club.  According to reports, a search conducted by officers from the South-Central Division, shortly after 1:00am, on Saturday, resulted in the recovery of a 9mm pistol and seven rounds of ammunition. The search took place in a […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday pointed out “the irony and hypocrisy of the Free National Movement  Government’s position on the Citizen Security Initiative”, sponsored Inter American Development  Bank (IDB)  and administered by the Government. The senator said that on the day following the grand opening of the Coconut Grove Community Centre,  the  […]

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A Haitian national was charged with one count each of making a false declaration for marriage, possession of false documents, uttering a false document, fraud by false pretenses, and attempted fraud by false pretenses.  Adilus Jacques, 36, of Mount Royal Avenue was arraigned last week, before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux on all five counts. The court […]

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The global prevalence of diabetes among adults over the age of 18 has risen from 4.7 per cent in 1980 to 8.5 per cent in 2014. In The Bahamas, that rate increased from 6.7 per cent to 9.2 per cent in 2005 to 13.6 per cent in 2017, putting it at epidemic status. Each year, […]

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A male who was shot by police on Fox Hill Road  on Thursday succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Friday. The man whose identity has still not yet been revealed by police was shot by a police officer when he feared for his partner’s life.  According to reports, on Thursday shortly after 1pm, two […]

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The search continues as three teams of divers from the Royal Bahamas Defense Force yesterday conducted another search effort into Pilot Byron Ferguson’s Aztec plane that went down a week and a half ago. Lieutenant Commander Derek Ferguson told reporters that defense force officers and divers faced a bit of a setback on Saturday due […]

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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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Twelve  divers  early Thursday afternoon  persevered and found  pieces of the six seater  plane of missing  pilot Byron Ferguson. Less than an hour after setting off and just .2miles from where the Aztec went down, the  divers found  a piece of the tail of the aircraft, the nose, the battery and Ferguson’s flight plan which […]

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The Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union (BIM&AWU) is planning to stage a strike vote, according to the Union’s President, Jennifer Brown. Ten months ago, executives of BIM and AWU  met with Morton Salt Limited to negotiate a new industrial agreement. That agreement expired February of this year. Since then, the parties have exchanged […]

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The soaring cost of electricity has many Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) customers outraged.  The  angst and frustration of many of the callers into Love 97’s daily talk show “Issues of the Day” yesterday  came from around the Bahamas.  “We’ve been having 50-year-old problems in this country. The Bahamian people have been saddled with this […]

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