The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

By Gerrino J. Saunders/Alex McKenzieJournal Staff Writers  Long Island residents say they need proper financial services and are concernedthat too many Haitians are getting work permits to do work Long Islanders can do..The Member of Parliament for Long Island, Adrian Gibson, while speaking in TheHouse of Assembly (6th November) during debate on the Domestic MinimumTop-Up […]

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By: Latonya RobertsJournal Staff Writer A murder on Wednesday night in the Prince Charles area pushes the country’smurder count for 2024 just one figure shy of last year’s murder count of 110.’The latest victim, a man was found dead in the road, stabbed and shot severaltimes. Reports indicate that officers were alerted by residents to […]

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By: Latonya RobertsJournal Staff Writer Five students from The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI)Freeport campus successfully completed the ‘Earn While you Learn’apprenticeship programme with Island State Development (ISD). An initiativethat focused on sharpening electrical installation and carpentry skills andsecured the students with jobs under the company.In a press statement released by BTVI Kenton Roker […]

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Shenia Roberts Journal Staff Writer The newly Formed Bahamas Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (BAOPA) a union created to protect the best interest of pilots and aircraft owners, is raising serious concerns about a proposed exam for pilots. They say it does not appear relevant to aviation in The Bahamas and that the European derived […]

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By Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer The Leno group of companies a Bahamian Financial Services conglomerate recently launched their 2024Creative Arts Competition at the Ministry of Education’s head office on University Drive.The competition which began a few years ago was initially geared toward sixth graders however, due tothe positive response and overwhelming participation, officials at leno […]

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By Gerrino J. Saunders Journal Staff Writer As The Bahamas moves to reform its tax system to survive in the global financial system, new laws were passed this week in the lower chamber of parliament. It comes from advice of key international organizations like the Inter-American Development Bank and should, at least for the meantime, […]

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Democracy is not the perfect system, but if it is used properly it is said to be the best form of governance until another is found. The system is often abused and misinterpreted by many, especially those who are not educated about it.  It is supposed to be the decision of the majority, even though […]

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The United States Charge D’Affaires Kimberley Furnish hosted an election watch at the Our Lucaya Resort in Freeport, Grand Bahama.  Attending as a guest was H.E. Wendall Jones, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States.

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BY SHENIA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer Residents of Harbour Island are in a frenzy after a video of what locals believed to be a rattlesnake roaming residents’ yards was circulated on social media. The video shows what appears tobe a multi coloured snake resembling a Western Diamondback Rattle Snake, scurrying throughbushes as the onlooker records from […]

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BY: LATONYA ROBERTSJournal Staff Writer Bahamians’ light bills will get much lower and a new law that the Davisadministration will pass will ensure that bills stay low. This according to primeminister Philip Davis as he opened the Energy Summit on Thursday.The low rates will be felt by Bahamians throughout the archipelago, accordingto the Prime Minister […]

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