The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Opposition Deputy Leader Chester Cooper said the government’s handling of the Grand Lucayan sale and the myriad of issues involved would be laughable if the stakes are  not so high. His comments come just one day after the managers of Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association went to court because they were not pleased with the payout […]

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Very few issues have divided a nation as much as talk of the death penalty even within The Bahamas Christian Council, there are strong held views on both sides of the divide. The controversial death penalty has a proponent but, for Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander, it’s not just about throwing support behind the […]

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The EU’s dreaded blacklist has been released and as hoped or anticipated by senior government officials, The Bahamas has not been named. Confirming  this to reporters yesterday morning  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest  said this validates the hard work put in to improve the country’s financial sector, but by the same […]

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Despite arguments advanced by the Attorney General, Carl Bethel, Sven Giegold, a German Member of the European Parliament, with responsibility for money laundering, is not backing down from his position made, almost two weeks ago, that The Bahamas must do more to address money laundering. Mr. Giegold went as far as to demand that The […]

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Police are on the hunt of the alleged abductor of the capital’s second and third alleged kidnapping in less than a week. In the first incident, authorities indicated that a child was taken from a park on Emmanuel Dive off Soldier Road before 7:00pm on Wednesday. It is said that a female, who was the […]

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In the book The Growth of the Modern West Indies, the author  Gordon K. Lewis wrote: “ From the earliest beginnings after 1620,  the Bahamian development  departed radically from those of the islands properly West Indian. The productive system, after a false start in tobacco growing, was essentially mercantile. The genesis of the New Providence […]

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The Bahamas Christian Council President BishopDelton Fernander is calling  the retirements of  senior Police Officers suspicious. He was responding to claims from the Opposition that the instructions to retire the three  men  were sent down from The Office of The Prime Minister. National Security Minister Marvin Dames said there’s nothing political about it. Bishop Fernander […]

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Fusion Superplex Chief  Operating  Officer Dominic Richards is dismissing  claims that the entertainment centre is too big of a dream and that the project will not succeed. Mr. Richards said he can’t convince people who don’t understand the business model. He added that he doesn’t think Galleria Cinema isn’t competition, but they just aren’t any […]

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Attorney General Carl Bethel defending the government of the Bahamas says that money laundering convictions were made in The Bahamas . He has corrected comments made by European Union Member of Parliament (MEP) Sven Giegold. “It is clear that the commentator was utterly ignorant of not only the changes we’ve made, but also of the […]

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Nearly $20,000 in fines for 15 foreign nationals convicted in a Grand Bahama Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The group consisted of 12 Haitians, two Chinese and one Colombian, who all appeared before Magistrate Rengin Johnson to answer charges of either illegal entry, illegal embarkation or overstaying.  Delise Gedilis, Anne Edith Taris, Rose Widney Fils-Aime, Venant […]

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