The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Morton salt employees yesterday staged a sick out down at the Inagua plant after three members of the Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union were suspended with pay and another slapped with a written warning.  Union President Jennifer Brown said during an interview with The Journal that some 40 employees participated in the exercise.  […]

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Authorities are on the lookout for a 16- year-old boy who escaped the Ranfurly Home For Children on Mackey Street around midday this past Tuesday.  Social Services Director Lillian Quant told The Journal that the Department of Social Services is working closely with the police force to locate the young man.  She warned anyone with […]

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The  number  of  Haitian migrants who perished  in last  Saturday’s boating disaster has risen to 30,  according to the National Emergency Management Agency.  Officials have so far determined that in total, some 83 people – 76 males and seven females – were on board the ill- fated sloop when it set sail for the United […]

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A Haitian man was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt Evans for allegedly killing in the course of dangerous driving. The court heard how on Saturday January 26th, 2019, about 12:51 am, 38-year- old- Salvales Fleurius of Farrington Road, drove a vehicle, causing the death of Michael Noelus. Fleurius was also charged with removing […]

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Standing before Magistrate Samuel McKinney yesterday were three women accused of a litany of fraud related charges including stealing from Message of Hope Seventh Day Adventist Church. Shandera Knowles and Nikia Anderson-Sands, both 28 along with 21-year-old Shawnta Adderley, were formally charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretenses, fraud […]

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The entire Parliamentary Opposition walked out of the House of Assembly Wednesday evening during the debate on the government’s Fiscal Strategy Report 2018 on the grounds of what they said was a protest against bullying by St. Annes MP Brent Symonette.  In a statement Opposition Leader said the unparliamentarily behavior of Minister Symonette sought to […]

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Peter Turnquest has announced a strategy to put check and balances  in the fiscal affairs of the country.  Leading the debate for a resolution to accept the 2018 Fiscal Strategy Report – a public document that guides the creation of the annual budget  in the House of […]

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The  Ministry of Education  is  revamping the physical plant of the many schools throughout the country. This  comes on the heels of efforts to address another mold situation – this time at CW Sawyer  Primary School. “We have been working  assiduously   to address that,” says  Mr. Donovan Turnquest, the Deputy Permanent Secretary who is […]

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Owners of micro, small and medium sized business now have millions of dollars in financial backing to pump into their companies. It was annoouced  during the last budget debate that  the government allocated $5.5 million for the cause, with the small business development backing it up with another $3.5 million for a total $9 million. […]

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A police involved shooting yesterday claimed the life of one man off of Joe Farrington Road.  According to Assistant Commissioner of Police  Solomon Cash, sometime after 1:25 pm police launched a man hunt operation in the area to locate a wanted suspect.  The suspect was said to be wanted by the police force for  a […]

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