The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The ‘STOP DISNEY – Last Chance for Lighthouse Point’ campaign on Monday received more than 30,000 signatures in support of their petition against Disney Cruise Line to select an alternative site to construct their multimillion-dollar project at Lighthouse Point.  The campaign garnered attention to the more than 20,000 people who had signed the petition within just […]

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Police arrested a 50-year-old man on Saturday in connection with an altercation at Fusion Superplex which left an employee with injuries. The man also suffered from serious injuries to the body and was taken to hospital to be treated. According to police, on Friday a female employee of Fusion Superplex was in the employee parking […]

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The contentious Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) Amendment Bill was a part of the compendium of bills passed in the Senate on Monday. The bills are aimed at helping The Bahamas meet the requirements to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force. Leading off the government’s contribution, Attorney General Senator Carl Bethel said the […]

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An International Shark Symposium in its second day of a two-day Sharks and CITES Symposium: Prep for the COP (Conference of the Parties) focusing on the preservation of marine resources, more specifically sharks and rays.  More feared than revered, sharks have long gotten a bad reputation as the apex predator of the sea.  But researchers […]

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Senator Fred Mitchell claimed on Monday that the Fox Hill Committee was sent a $46,000 outstanding bill by Bahamas Power and Light.  Mitchell raised the issue in the Senate, where he explained that BPL negotiated with the committee to pay only $26,000 but this still left him irate about the situation. “It has always been […]

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A 15-year-old boy identified by a relative as Ethan Miller allegedly drowned on Long Wharf Beach on Monday.  According to police, shortly after 3 p.m., a group of juvenile males were swimming in waters at Long Wharf Beach, West Bay Street, when one of them became distressed and submerged in the water. He was retrieved […]

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In a clarion call for women to step-up and become leaders, former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Robyn Lynes said The Bahamas is in ‘crisis’ and needs more women to be a part of the leadership that brings the solutions Bahamians desperately need.  “When you have one woman in Cabinet that is not good,” Lynes, who […]

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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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The tourism sector continues to drive the Bahamian economy, as seen in the Central Bank’s quarterly report that indicated a strengthening in the economy since 2018. In its latest quarterly economic and financial report, the Central Bank revealed that the growth is largely attributed to the tourism sector, reflected in growth in stopover visitors.  Central […]

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Dairy Queen (DQ) hosted its first Family Fun Day at the Mall at Marathon on Thursday to raise money for the Bahamas Sickle Cell Association (BSCA). The Family Fun Day had bouncing castles, face painting, games and musical performances.  According to DQ, $2 from every blizzard treat was donated to BSCA. The illness hits home […]

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