The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Peter Turnquest, said The Bahamas is adapting and the government is committed to keeping up with any regulator or legislative reform necessary to maintain the country’s position as a global leader. Bringing opening remarks at Royal Fidelity’s Bahamas Economic Outlook, one-day conference yesterday, Mr. Turnquest said in the […]

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Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar expressed surprise following the release of the US State Department’s recent travel advisory on The Bahamas,  particularly considering crime here has been trending downwards. The advisory, which the Minister stressed, is quite similar to the last, urges visitors to exercise increased caution as “violent crimes such as burglaries, armed robberies, and […]

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Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands is in Andros where he and a team are assessing clinics in South Andros and Mangrove Cay. The results of those assessments are already in and it’s been determined that the clinic in Kemp’s Bay is in good condition. However, the same cannot be said about the Mangrove Cay Clinic; […]

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The Democratic National Alliance’s(DNA) Arinthia Komolafe made history history at the party’s 2019 convention this past Friday being the first woman to be elected leader of a political party in Bahamian history.  She won the position over Kendal Smith at the  Marriott Courtyard, West Bay Street,  where party members elected candidates for various positions. Buscheme […]

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The alleged gunmen behind the death of Fox Hill resident, Richard Fowler, who was gunned down on February 12, were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The pair, also Fox Hill residents, were charged with one count of unlawfully and intentionally causing the death of Fowler. Fowler’s body was found on Tuesday February 12, on a […]

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The Minnis administration receiving a scolding from one of its own, Pineridge MP Fredrick McAlpine  over the issue of corruption.   Noticeably absent from the Free National Movement’s all island rally on West Atlantic Drive, Grand Bahama on Friday, Mr. McAlpine disagrees with Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis  labeling the Progressive Liberal Party as corrupt. […]

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A suspected drive by shooting spree  has left  one person  dead and three wounded in hospital. Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash told reporters on the scene last night that they received a call around 9:20 that gunshots had been fired in the area of Lightbourne Avenue, Yellow Elder, and that several people had been shot as […]

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The testing on the required software for the restructured Marco Alert System is complete, National Security Minister Marvin Dames told reporters yesterday.  The recent abduction of a three-year-old boy renewed concerns about the restructured system, which is an order giving the green light for urgent bulletins to be issued in such serious cases.  Mr. Dames, […]

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The Bahamas  Christian Council President, Bishop Delton Fernander is  expressing some degree of anxiety over the brazenness of violent crimes, a great deal of which happen in broad daylight and in public spaces . “Even if they are pointed attacks of people known  to the police, anybody at any time can be in the wrong […]

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U.S Coast Guard and police officials were yesterday searching  areas off Inagua following reports that an aircraft went down off   in that area. So far there has not been any visible signs of  a plane. The  Bahama Journal reached out to Bahamas Air Navigation Service Division General Manager Keith Major, who at the time […]

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