The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

An 80-year-old lawyer was called upon to answer charges of fraudulent breach of trust and stealing by reason of service, a matter stemming back almost 10 years.  Miriam Curling, of 24 East Bay Street, appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.  Mrs. Curling was charged with stealing $85,000 cash which was entrusted to […]

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The vexing load-shedding issue at Bahamas Power and Light is a ‘crisis,’ according to Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard, who is now calling on the government to invest $100 million to assist with the effective operation of the power plant.  “What needs to happen is the CEO needs to recognize that this is […]

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Debate on the 2019/2020 budget continued in the Upper Chamber with Senator Dion Foulkes giving an account of the Ministry of Labour’s successes and challenges over the past 12 months and its concentration moving ahead. That includes trade disputes filed, in 2018, that figure stood at 924. “Four hundred and sixty-five were resolved while 305 […]

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Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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As Bahamians complained about a miserable weekend due to  widespread power outages in New Providence, Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) yesterday confirmed that this past weekend’s load shedding activity was due to  the temporary loss of two of its generating assets . They added that this extended the times and multiplied the number […]

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The government is seeking to collect approximately $50 million  in taxes from the lucrative gaming industry.  It is about  to introduce a new regime that calls for gaming operators being taxed 11 to 15 per cent on income under $24 million and 17.5 percent on income above that figure.  Gaming Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar gave the […]

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Recording Artist Chris “Sketch” Carey yesterday described the country as a “dark place” as he reflected on the brazen stabbing death of Bahamian music sensation MDeez.  MDeez was involved in a two-car collision this past Friday that ended in an altercation which killed the musical artist  after being stabbed multiple times.  Mr. Carey described MDeez […]

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Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar last week summed up Thursday’s meeting with Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union executives as a good one; a good mechanism for him to hear first-hand the concerns. “They seem very passionate, they seem very resolute, but they also seem to understand that this is a business and the business […]

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The leader of The Global United Fellowship and Senior Pastor of Mount Tabor Church, Bishop Neil C. Ellis says “the middle class in the Bahamas is being eliminated.”  Appearing on the JCN Radio and Television show  Jones and Company yesterday, he said “the timing of the increase of Value Added Tax (VAT) was not good. […]

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If Silver Gates appears to be a bit more crowded this summer, it is the deliberate commitment and efforts of fifteen Bahamian companies who completed the park in a record time of three months. Prime Minister, Dr. The Hon. Hubert Minnis, along with The Hon. Desmond Bannister, Cabinet Members, government officials, residents of Silver Gates […]

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