The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

More than two dozen high net worth individuals or advisors are expected to arrive in Nassau tomorrow to preview two luxury waterfront residential properties on Paradise Island slated to be auctioned off later this month.  Both residences, valued in the millions, are in a secluded enclave known as Beach House Villas. Situated on the western […]

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Authorities are out to frustrate air hackers as much as possible in hopes of further cracking down on the illegal practice that could very well end in death.  Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dioniso D’Aguilar  expressed  his views on the matter with  reporters  yesterday before the  weekly cabinet meeting. This problem which has been a […]

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Prime Minister Doctor Hubert  Minnis  says his delegation’s  meeting  with the European Commission  yesterday  was “very constructive” “This meeting allowed The Bahamas to ensure that the European Commission clearly understood the importance to The Bahamas of its longstanding relationship with member states of the European Union, in particular our trade relationship under the Economic Partnership […]

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National Security Minister Marvin Dames has  confirmed the   escape of an Inmate from The Bahamas Department of Corrections yesterday.  He also gave the assurance that officers captured and returned the escapee almost immediately and that the public has no reason to be concerned.  “The  matter is under investigation. It was an incident that was […]

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The man allegedly behind the Majority Rule late night murder is on remand at The Bahamas Department of Corrections. Accused of the crime is 30-year-old, James Thompson of Pinewood Gardens. Police said it was after 11pm last Thursday that Joel Russell aka Joseph Russell was shot. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. He died on […]

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Noted Jamaican Defence lawyer K. D. Knight made a  “No case to answer submission” in  the Frank Smith  bribery and extortion case in the Magistrates Court yesterday. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, the Queens Counsel argued that under the Penal code  under which Smith is charged, “ a public officer must make the demand […]

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The financial services sector is  said to be extremely nervous about The Prime Minister leading talks with officials of the European commission in Belgium, while the official opposition is questioning the advisability  of the trip.  Former Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell  has given reasons why he believes  the discussions could have easily been done by […]

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The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is planning on conducting its own study into The Bahamas’ accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). To do so, it has engaged Oxford Economics – which has undertaken a comprehensive review of the local economy. According to the Chamber’s WTO Representative, Darren Pickstock, this will […]

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During  the year 2018  a total of 1,666 people  were arrested on drug charges, with  1,397 charged and 269 not charged, according to a report released by the Commissioner of Police. Last year, 131 persons were arrested for cocaine, 41 for possession of cocaine, 76 for possession with the intent to supply, one for taking […]

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Officials are looking to change the public’s perception of the Ministry of Social Services. This  comes  as bad attitudes and poor customer service are the two labels that have been slapped on social service workers; a serious source of concern that begs the need for change. Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell on the sidelines of […]

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