The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A red letter day in health-care yesterday  as  the public health system became the first in the region to introduce the ZOLL X (10) Series Cardiac Monitor and ZOLL Auto Pulse. The emergency medical technology which comes with a price tag of almost four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) is expected to significantly improve the delivery […]

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The  Director of Education, Marcellus Taylor says “as a society on the whole, we often take our teachers for granted. Addressing a Press Conference for the Teacher of the Year Awards yesterday at the Church of God of Prophecy on East Street, Mr Taylor said, “ we rarely consider how fortune we are that God […]

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Englerston Member of Parliament Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday in the House of Assembly expressed her disappointment in the Minnis Administration’s Road Traffic Bill, saying “ the government has yet to advance either what they met in place or anything at all over the last two years.”  She said, “ the question that has to be […]

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A  counter proposal  has been prepared by the Ministry of Education  for The Bahamas Union of Teachers and is being submitted to the union’s leadership.  According to Education Minister Jeff Lloyd formal negotiations on the union’s new industrial agreement is set to begin within days.  “I have had conversations with the President, the Deputy Prime […]

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The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) released a statement yesterday disputing the suggestion by  Bahamas Nurses’ Union President, Amancha Williams, who claimed last week that negotiations between the Nurses’ Union and the government had reached an impasse.  The PHA in turn standing firm in its position, adding that it is open to re-engage the union in […]

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Health Minister, Dr. Duane Sands confirmed yesterday that after screening more than 200 persons in the public schools, there is no evidence of anyone else with active tuberculosis. Following an outbreak of tuberculosis in a junior and senior school in New Providence last week  that raised alarm, President of the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT)  […]

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There  are  differences  of opinion  on  how the government should approach the redevelopment of the Prince George Wharf. Former  Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe  recently suggested that using a model similar to that adopted by the Nassau Airport Development company would be in the best interest of the country.  However,  according to the Minister of Tourism,  […]

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The Member of Parliament for Englerston,  Glenys Hanna Martin is calling the  Heads of Agreement between the Bahamian people and Disney laid in Parliament last Wednesday by the Prime Minister “pathetic and shameful.” “The reasons stated by Dr. Hubert  Minnis for excluding the media and thereby not informing the Bahamian people that the Agreement was […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday announced the government’s plans to establish a million-dollar culture fund in an effort to ensure that the country’s arts sector continues to thrive and grow.   This fund, he said, will focus on supporting the development of Bahamian painters, writers, sculptors, filmmakers, artisans, playwrights, poets, musicians, and performing artists […]

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Family Island Administrators being reassured of the government’s commitment to be the first to hear of any major infrastructure signing for their island.   The reassurance was given by Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis during the opening of a Local Government three-day workshop here in the capital. He said that the government plans to undertake […]

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