The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

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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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis in a statement late yesterday evening extending his deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of Bahamians Alrae Ramsey and Blair John, who was found dead in a lake in Turin, Italy.  The Prime Minister noted that he spoke with both families this past weekend, assuring them that the government […]

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The Free National Movement (FNM) has accused the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party of politicizing Labour day.  Saying  that the PLP was reckless in doing so, the  governing party in a statement yesterday  said that the PLP is out of touch with the people of The Bahamas. “From day one, the Minnis Administration has worked to move […]

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A Commonwealth Brewery security officer’s life was taken  when he was killed following an armed robbery in the early hours of Tuesday morning.  Police are now looking into the circumstances surrounding the armed robbery turned homicide.  According to police reports, shortly after 12:00 mid-night Tuesday, three security officers were on duty at a wholesale wine […]

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The Ministry of Health advising the general public of the closure of its Flamingo Gardens Health Facility, Carmichael Road.  However the facility is expected to reopen today,  according to Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands who added that the reason for the temporary closure is to protect both staff and patients. “There is a problem with […]

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National Security Minister Marvin Dames fired back at The Opposition’s scathing criticisms of the 2019/2020 budget this afternoon accusing them of appealing to the elite in the country and taxing the poor people.  In his address last week Opposition Spokesman on Finance Chester Cooper noted as much adding that this is a budget of special […]

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The  delay in the construction of the Ministry of National Security’s new headquarters on  John F. Kennedy Drive  is said to illustrate the lethargic, convoluting and mysterious manner in which the former administration awarded and executed contracts, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames. Mr. Dames said that upon coming to office, an assessment of […]

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A nineteen-year old male was yesterday charged  before the courts for  murder. Javano Hall  stood before Chief Magistrate Joy Ann Ferguson-Pratt for the May 30th killing of Shaquille Rolle which took place  on Shady Tree Street, Culmersville. He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded to the Bahamas Deparment of Corrections until […]

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Minister of National Security Marvin Dames yesterday boasted in crime taking a dive during his tenure in office during his contribution to the budget debate in the House of Assembly.  He said for the first quarter of 2019 overall crime was down by seven per cent compared to how the numbers stacked up last year […]

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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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