The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Netflix’s documentary on the infamous Fyre Fest Fiasco in the Exumas had a lot of tongues  awagging after show producers accused two former public officials and a University president of corruption.  Yesterday University of The Bahamas President Dr. Rodney Smith is seeking to clear his name from the discussion.  The documentary spoke of festival organizers […]

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The  government of The Bahamas has signed a contract with EAA Company  Limited- a Japanese car inspection company in hopes of eliminating the possibility of radioactive cars being imported to The Bahamas. According to the Arawak Port Development, in 2016, more than 11,000 passenger and commercial Japanese used cars were imported to The Bahamas. A […]

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Twenty-nine year old Darrell Bain, aka “Tallboy” and “Scaredem” of Dean Street yesterday afternoon stood before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister, accused of several charges stemming from two separate incidents. In the first matter, Bain is alleged to be behind one count each of house breaking, armed robbery and garroting. Reports are that on Wednesday June 27, […]

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Preliminary results from this year’s statistics, reveal that men still dominate the work force over women.  From the Labour Force Report, as of November 2018 more men than women and more young men than young women are employed.  In fact, men outnumber women in the work force by almost 10,000. According to the report, “women […]

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 The unemployment rate in the Bahamas has increased   from 10 percent to 10.7 percent as of November 2018, a 0.7 percent increase.  Senior statisticians in The Department of Statistics say  this increase is as a result of more Bahamians being added to the labour force, over 4,000 in total. With more than 10,000 new […]

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Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, Ervin Knowles  has passed away on Sunday  at the age of 84 years.   A building contractor and land developer, Mr. Knowles was first elected to Parliament in 1977 as a member of the Bahamian Democratic Party, but resigned from the party in June 1978.  He later became […]

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Police investigating the second traffic fatality in New Providence  for the month of January after a male was ejected from his car early Sunday morning on John F Kennedy Drive.  This latest traffic fatality followed the death of a Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer who succumbed to his injuries following a motorcycle accident two weeks […]

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Grand Bahama police need  assistance in locating two men that they consider extremely dangerous.  Police say 43 year old Tavares Demonte Beckford aka “foe” and 32 year old Tony Jamal Smith, aka Jamal Penn, aka “fool” are both wanted by the Central Detective Unit.  Beckford aka “foe” is wanted for questioning in an attempted murder […]

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) spokesperson for Information Technology Samuel Strachan has expressed  concerns surrounding recent reports of a cyber-attack on the Broadcasting Corporation Of The Bahamas (BCB).   He noted that just last week, an individual caused the encryption of the BCB’s digital library and other data and is attempting to extort funds in the […]

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“They have built their case on the sand,” that summed up the argument of  lead Defense Attorney, Keith Knight QC, who  sought to drive home a no  case  submission  last Friday in the ongoing extortion and bribery trial of former PLP MP and ex- Public Hospitals Authority Chairman, Frank Smith. Defense attorneys insisted that  there […]

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