The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Although the Supreme Court granted an injunction ordering striking junior doctors to return to work, the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) announced yesterday that members of the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) decided to continue with their industrial action. “As a result, services at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre (SRC), Rand Memorial Hospital and […]

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Suicide in the country is a major concern for the Ministry of Health, after the STEPS Survey 2019, revealed that 6.3 percent of Bahamians have considered suicide.  Revealing the preliminary results of that survey, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands, on Tuesday, said that percentage accounted for 17,000 Bahamians.  “In this study that 6.3 percent […]

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Under Deportation Order, 112 Haitian nationals were deported to Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday. A joint team of law enforcement officers accompanied the Haitian nationals as they departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport at 7:30 a.m. onboard a Bahamasair flight. The group of Haitian nationals included 93 males and 19 females.  The exercise was led by […]

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Eight Haitian nationals were rescued during a combined effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and OPBAT on Wednesday morning after their vessel ran aground in the southern Bahamas. The 57-feet wooden cargo freighter ‘Shamu Too’ was enoute to Haiti when the vessel experienced mechanical failure. As a result, it ran aground near […]

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The Supreme Court granted an injunction yesterday, which ordered that striking junior doctors return to work. The injunction was granted around at 5:45 p.m. by Justice Ian Winder.  It was ordered that the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) be restrained from contravening sections 76, 77 and 83 of the Industrial Relations Act. Further, the union was […]

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Immigration officer Edwin Morley was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for conspiracy to commit fraud and fraud by false pretences.  Morley, 31, of Pinewood Gardens was arraigned along with 48-year-old Clive Schroeter of Lady Slipper Avenue. According to police, the men allegedly obtained $2,000 from Jamal Forbes by false pretences. Morley was also […]

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Minister of Transport Renward Wells announced on Tuesday that the government is planning to roll out the unified bus system pilot program early next week. According to Wells, the pilot program is expected to begin on September 2.  Before the weekly Cabinet meeting, Wells said the six month pilot program is basically a study to […]

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Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) President Dr. Melisande Bassett said yesterday that the “war wages on” as she responded to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes’ announcement that he referred the union’s matter to the Industrial Tribunal.  Yesterday marked day seven of the union’s strike action stemming from a decade of outstanding holiday pay.  “As many of […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper called the recent junior doctors’ strike and protest by the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) “the highest level of union unrest and deterioration of union relation” with the government. After a ceremony on Monday commemorating former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling’s death at his mausoleum, Cooper said […]

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Disney Cruise Line Island Development unveiled its plans for what the experience at the $400 million cruise port and entertainment facility at Lighthouse Point in South Eleuthera will be like. The unveiling which came at Disney’s D23 expo in California on Sunday, according to Disney, will celebrate the culture and spirit of The Bahamas.  At […]

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