The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

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 achieve similar successes? That’s […]

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The  Bahamas  remains at Tier 1 on this year’s U.S Trafficking  In Persons report (TIP) released yesterday. This happened after making serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period.  Those efforts , noted the report, includes “passing a national action plan, increasing funding for victim assistance and anti-trafficking prevention, elevating  national anti-trafficking planning to the […]

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Bridges, roads, buildings and airports throughout The Bahamas are among the 260 infrastructure projects that the Ministry of Public Works has on its schedule for the year.  The Hon. Desmond Bannister, Minister, highlighted some of them during his recent contribution to the 2019-2020 Budget Debate in the House of Assembly. Plans are in the making […]

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Former Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell is of the view that The Bahamas government should take a stronger stance in the investigation into the deaths Alrae Ramsey  and Blair John –the two Bahamians found dead in Turin, Italy earlier this month. “The spokesman for The Bahamas government should have said in  a position like this,  […]

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With just a few weeks left in this fiscal year, the government  maintains that they will meet their deficit target by the end of the year. However, on the expenditure side, Finance Minister Peter Turnquest said the government  is  anticipating that they will come some $400 million below the original revenue target. “We’ve been very […]

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Shadow Minister for Health Senator Dr. Michael Darville yesterday strongly refuted allegations regarding the Princess Margaret Hospital’s Children’s Ward repairs.  The ward received roof damage after Hurricane Matthew barreled through New Providence in 2016.  During his wrap up to the 2019/2020 budget debate in the House Of Assembly this past Wednesday Prime Minister Dr. Hubert […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday announced in the House of Assembly that the government is making efforts in ensure that all Bahamians have access to and the opportunity to own land.  He added that efforts are ongoing with respect to the regularization of crown land leases and grants.  In fact, he said, the Land […]

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The government yesterday revealed added details of its plans to breathe new life into the city of Nassau with its plans to capitalize on Arawak Cay and Junkanoo Beach. Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, as he wrapped up debate on the 2019/2020 Budget in the parliament, said that  the area will be zoned for major […]

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Former Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna- Martin got a serious scolding for  negotiating a “bad deal” to house the Andros Airport facilities  in the Western Air terminal for $5 per square foot per month. According to Aviation Minister, Dionsio D’Aguilar, the decision came after the trailers that housed those facilities  deteriorated to the point that workers […]

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The country’s making strides in implementing renewable energy strategies which according to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis,  will save Bahamians money in paying electricity bills. This,  he said,  would lead to more disposable income for Bahamians as well,  as the government’s planning to invest up to $170 million in a solarized project which will see […]

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