The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

After a long Christmas break, the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation’s (BAIC)  Pop Up Market went back at its Gladstone Road locations this past Saturday.  Confirming this was BAIC Chairman Michael Foulkes who told reporters that BAIC is looking forward to providing families with high quality fresh Bahamian grown produce.  The BAIC Chairman noted that […]

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Former  BTC  Chief Executive Officer  Leon Williams says the Bahamas should  better use technology to fight crime.   He expressed  his  concerns  yesterday   while appearing as a guest on the  Love 97 Radio  programme  Jones and Company.  According to Mr. Williams, the advancement of technology plays a huge role in the progression of a […]

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Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson has applied for leave to appeal  to  the London-based Privy Council over a ruling made in The Court of Appeal   on December 27th concerning  over time and holiday pay  for  Atlantis workers. “We have to be the legitimate guardian for the working people of this country. If we […]

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Many  government officials and  religious leaders  of the nation  were in attendance  on Friday  two witness two outstanding Clerics receiving the Jones Communications   Person of the Year award for 2018.   Accepting  the prestigious awards  this  past Friday in ceremonies  in the JCN Media Centre  after being elected to international  leadership positions were President […]

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House Speaker, Halston Moultrie, yesterday  lamented the fact that  an auditor general’s report of a special investigation into the honoraria stipend within the Department of Education was not tabled in the House of Assembly in a timely fashion. Its contents did however appear in the Tribune on Tuesday. The report, which covers the period July […]

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The Crown in the bribery and extortion trial of former Public Hospitals Authority Chairman, Frank Smith, told the court yesterday that “if there is no evidence” that the former PLP Senator met with the complainant Barbara Hanna, before the cleaning contract was awarded then “the bribery charges would fail”.  Lead prosecutor Edward Jenkins, QC, told […]

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Lucayan Renewal Holdings is not letting up as negotiations drag on in the case of voluntary separation packages for Our Lucaya workers. When asked for an update on the negotiations,  President of The Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association Obie Ferguson said, “certainly, I will not be moved by nonsense.”  He added that they are still deep […]

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The  Minister of  Social Services and  Urban Development, Frankie Campbell  has apologized  for what he said  “seemed to be insensitive” as  he responded to media personnel. “ I  was merely trying to avoid what appeared to be encroaching on another Minister’s portfolio. Mr. Campbell who refused to talk about the issues of rape when approached […]

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As customary, parliamentarians sought guidance from the divine at their first sitting of the new year. The group headed to Wesley Methodist Church, Grants Town, where Bahamas Christian Council President, Bishop Delton Fernander  threw out the challenge to start the year moving from good to great this year. “We’re about to move with God’s help […]

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Restaurant Bahamas Limited signed a 5-year industrial agreement with the Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association.  Restaurant Bahamas Limited is the company responsible for all Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets in The Bahamas.   Noting that this is first industrial agreement of 2019, BHMA president Obie Ferguson said he hopes industrial agreements to follow  will take similar positions.  […]

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