The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Security officers at the Leonard M. Thompson International Airport in Marsh Harbour, Abaco walked off the job on Saturday. Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar told The Bahama Journal yesterday that the security officers walked off the job because of poor working conditions at the airport following Hurricane Dorian. “I’m led to believe that […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to comments made by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and advised that due process was followed to determine whether an immigrant has the right to be in The Bahamas before deportation was considered.  According to the ministry, all illegal migrants, irrespective of their origin, […]

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Following the prime minister’s weekend trip to assess the progress of the government’s cleanup plan for Abaco, the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed that debris in the Sandbank shantytown has been cleared. The government is executing its clean-up plan on Abaco through the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of the Environment and Housing, […]

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Police are seeking assistance in identifying and locating two men responsible for an armed robbery which occurred last Thursday.  According to police, shortly after 7 p.m., a juvenile male was walking on Carmichael Road, when he was accosted by a man armed with a sharp object, who robbed him of cash and an iPhone, before […]

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Police in New Providence recovered several illegal firearms in separate incidents.  In the first incident, shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, Central Detective Unit officers acting on intelligence conducted a search of an abandoned building on First Street Coconut Grove, where they discovered a .9 millimeter pistol with two rounds of ammunition. No one was […]

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Police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred on Friday, which left a man with injuries.  According to police, shortly before 12 a.m., a man was in the area a business establishment George Street, off Bay Street, when he was attacked by another man armed with a sharp object, who stabbed him about the body.  […]

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Police in Eleuthera are investigating a fire that destroyed a gas station in Harbour Island on Wednesday.  According to police, shortly after 6 p.m., they responded to reports of a fire at Briland at the Go Service Station on Colebrooke Street.  When police arrived on the scene they met the service station fully engulfed in […]

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At an annual meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Finance in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K. Peter Turnquest expressed the heartfelt thanks of the country for the many expressions of empathy and support to The Bahamas from the Commonwealth Secretariat and fellow Commonwealth nations in the aftermath of the […]

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North Abaco Member of Parliament Darren Henfield stressed the need for Abaco to build resilient, so as to better withstand hurricanes like Dorian. Additionally, Henfield said in the House of Assembly yesterday that more than 4,000 nongovernmental organizations were in Abaco post Dorian.  While in New York, he added that a number of countries pledged […]

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Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister said Abaco residents, who were affected by Hurricane Dorian, want a curfew, which is a part of the proposed Disaster Preparedness and Response Amendment Bill 2019. Bannister contributed to debate on the bill in the House of Assembly yesterday, where he pointed out that he heard comments criticizing the […]

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