The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Union of Tertiary Educators of The Bahamas (UTEB) has been without a bargaining agreement for almost three years and is now calling on the University of The Bahamas (UB) to return to the bargaining table with them. UTEB President Daniel Thompson said yesterday that UTEB has been out of an industrial agreement since 2017 […]

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With many questions arising about immigration and the repatriation of illegal immigrants following Hurricane Dorian, former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson questioned whether the country’s immigration policy is racist. “How could it be fair to round up and deport people who have been for 10, 15, 20 years living and working amongst us?” Maynard-Gibson said in […]

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While the official hurricane death toll is 61 and police confirmed that eight more people are missing in Abaco, Progressive Liberal Party Leader (PLP) Philip Davis made a demand yesterday for the government to reveal the real death toll. “We also urge the prime minister to disclose fully the death toll from the hurricane,” Davis […]

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Former Fox Hill Member of Parliament Fred Mitchell revealed on Friday that the recent murders in the area stem from a turf war. Mitchell spoke to Bahama Journal about the two separate shootings in the community, which occurred two hours apart and insisted that Fox Hill is not a hotbed for crime. “It seems that […]

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The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that 47 of the 49 students who were affected by carbon monoxide poisoning are doing well and returned to Fresh Creek, Andros. The ministry added that two students, with improving conditions, remain at the Princess Margaret Hospital for further monitoring. The bus driver and the accompanying parents and guardians […]

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Travis Davis, 25, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday with four counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. During the arraignment, Davis claimed his innocence by shouting he didn’t do it and said he was railroaded while exiting the Nassau Street Police Station.  Waiting outside court, were the families of some […]

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Opposition Leader Philip Davis said Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis’ call for a curfew in Abaco seems like a “knee jerk reaction” and his sudden concern for the island’s security demonstrates that he is once again “late to the table.” “For weeks since the storm passed, the PLP has warned the prime minister about the […]

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Lead defense attorney Keith Knight, QC, suggested to key witness Jonathan Ash that he was not telling the truth when he testified on Wednesday that when former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson asked “if there are any shingles today,” he was referring to money. Referencing a WhatsApp message where Gibson asked if there were “any shingles […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received $5 million in relief funds from various international communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Dr. Minnis, speaking for the first time in Parliament following Hurricane Dorian, updated legislators to what has been collected and […]

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A plane with four passengers onboard crashed on Tuesday at Pitts Town Airport in Crooked Island. According to police, shortly after 3 p.m., a PA32 Cherokee 6 aircraft, registration N38677, left Deadman’s Cay, Long Island enroute to Pitts Town Airport, with four passengers onboard.  Police added that as the aircraft began its final approach to […]

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