The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Another adjournment date has been set in the standoff between the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) and the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA). The BDU and PHA are sparring over holiday pay, an issue before Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder. The Crown, on Thursday morning, sought to submit an affidavit from PHA Managing Director Catherine Weech. Affidavits were to be submitted by September 16. Lead attorney for […]

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ALIV announced on Tuesday its new “Together App” for local charities and organizations to raise thousands of dollars. The cellular company has partnered with REV and FCIBC to create a platform that uses technology to bring financial resources and communities together in a very simple and transparent way. ALIV Chief Commercial Officer Gravette Brown said […]

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The arraignment of 55-year-old Ifna Magda Pinas has been pushed back again after she appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.  Accompanied with an interpreter, Magistrate Andrew Forbes read the second charge, possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, to Pinas. That’s when she objected to the charge and said she didn’t intend to […]

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The Ministry of Education plans to file a trade dispute following failed attempts to resolve the issue at Carlton Francis Primary School. Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd said yesterday that there is a process to address grievances that he’s asking the union to follow. Since that hasn’t happened, the ministry is forced to take the […]

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Irate Carlton Francis Primary School teachers are calling for the removal of the school’s principal after they showed up to work on Wednesday morning and met more than 15 police officers at the gate restricting them from entering the Baillou Hill Road campus.  Teachers and union executives have been locked in an ongoing issue with […]

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Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander encouraged Bahamians, during yesterday’s National Prayer Service, to put aside all that divides the nation and come together to rebuild The Bahamas.   “We are now left with the herculean task of rebuilding the northern most islands of our country and in doing so we must examine how we […]

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The Central Bank of The Bahamas announced plans to eliminate the one cent coin by 2020 following recommendations of a study on the issuance, demands and use of the penny. “The proposal is that the one cent coin should cease to be legal tender with effect from December 31, 2020. If the one cent coin […]

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The confidentiality of government files are being questioned after some Hurricane victims sought shelter at the Government Complex in Marsh Harbour, Abaco during and immediately following Dorian’s passage.  However, Minister of Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle assured that the files at the National Insurance Board (NIB) on islands affected by Hurricane Dorian were […]

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The near collapse of the economies of Abaco and Grand Bahama caused by Hurricane Dorian will drastically reduce the government’s income for a few years.  According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest, it is estimated that the country’s revenue will be hit with a $200 million shortfall because of the hurricane’s […]

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Police are investigating two separate homicides which have left three persons dead and two others with non-life threatening injuries.  According to police, on Tuesday shortly after 4 a.m. they responded to an apartment complex on Gladstone Road where they discovered a male and female unresponsive with visible injuries to their bodies.  Paramedics were called to […]

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