The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Opposition Leader Philip Davis urged the government to be careful when imposing taxes on Bahamian business owners and suggested that foreign winnings at casinos should be taxed too.  He said, “You don’t want to create a tax regime in any industry in your country where it’s going to be a disincentive innovation and the creation […]

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Findings from the Bridge Authority’s audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017 indicates that there is a deficiency its Bond Sinking Fund.  Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister yesterday laid the audited financial statements on the table in the House of Assembly. The sinking fund was voluntarily established by the authority to […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday in the House of Assembly said Liberty Latin America CEO Balan Nair apologized to him and Bahamians during a phone call for the insulting comments made in a viral video.  In fact, the prime minister said the video circulating on social media does not reflect what actually took place.  […]

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The Bahamas is hosting Caribbean nations as they gather for the 12th Meeting of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum.  Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety (BAHFSA) Chairman Mark Humes, in his address to the delegates, spoke to the importance of such a forum, particularly in countries where plants are a foundation of life.  […]

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In a formal letter of apology to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and Bahamians, Liberty Latin America CEO Balan Nair said he is sorry for the remarks he made and the unintended consequences that resulted.  The letter was issued yesterday and Nair said the messages he tried to convey, in the video that went viral, […]

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Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Dino Rolle did not accept Liberty Latin America CEO Balan Nair’s apology and has called for his resignation. Nair apologized to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and Bahamians following his insulting comments about Bahamians employed at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and their work ethic.  The comments […]

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Bahamian music legend Sly Roker was shot at his home in Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Island on Wednesday morning. According to TCI police, officers of the Serious Crime Unit are actively investigating the early morning shooting incident. Police said at 3:05 a.m., Central received reports that an armed assailant entered the Bay Road, […]

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Police in Grand Bahama are investigating the discovery of a female body found in a vehicle.  According to police, on Wednesday shortly after 8 a.m., police were called to a business establishment on East Beach Drive where the body of a female with stab wounds was discovered in the trunk of a vehicle.  Emergency medical […]

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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 charred remains of a man were pulled from the rear of a Sunlight Village home engulfed in flames on Tuesday morning.  “Three minutes after receiving this information, units had arrived and met heavy flames coming from the top rear section of this single story structure,” Fire Director Chief Superintendent Walter Evans said.    “Officers […]

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