The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Minister of Immigration Elsworth Johnson agreed with the prime minister that the government should put Bahamians first and take the country back, as illegal immigration has placed a heavy burden on The Bahamas.  On Monday, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced that there will be strike force established to aggressively pursue illegal migrants in The […]

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Four Bahamians who traveled to Canada are in quarantine after a passenger on a Canadian flight tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Health said on February 14, Bahamian residents traveled on a Canadian domestic flight and later returned to The Bahamas on […]

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The inter-parte injunction was heard in the Supreme Court before Justice Indra Charles yesterday for workers at the Water and Sewerage Cooperation (WSC), who are members of the Bahamas Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU) and the Water and Sewerage Management Union (WSMU). The unions were hoping that the inter-parte injunction would be left, however […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is confident that The Bahamas can achieve a six percent unemployment rate with only the expansion of the country’s tourism sector. The prime minister explained how the six percent unemployment rate can be achieved as he wrapped up debate on the Mid-Year Budget Communication in the House of Assembly yesterday. […]

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Another brazen attempt to rob a business establishment came just two weeks after a daring attempted armed robbery and exchange of gun shots between police and the alleged suspects at a business establishment.  This time the standoff between the police and two suspects resulted in police killing one of the suspects and wounding the other. […]

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Two men were hauled before the Magistrate’s Court and charged with murder in two separate incidents on Monday. Twenty-three year old Berlin Bullard was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt for intentionally and unlawfully causing the death of Kevin Storr on February 17, 2020. During his arraignment, his attorney asked for his client to be […]

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The Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium, used as a hurricane shelter for displaced Abaco and Grand Bahama residents, has been deactivated. Less that 200 persons, according to Minister of Social Services Frankie Campbell are still housed in the only remaining shelter in New Providence, The Bahamas Academy Auditorium, and some 67 persons or 30 families are […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell claimed that the sex trafficking lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is a setup and it was manipulated by Lyford Cay billionaire Louis Bacon. Yesterday, Mitchell responded to an article published in the New York Times which seeks to prove that the lawsuit is a part of […]

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