The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

By: ARIANNA NEELYBahamas Journal Writer Medical history was made for The Bahamas this week when doctors successfully performed thecountry’s first live kidney transplant from a 66-year-old father to his 44-year-old son. Therecipient of the kidney transplant had been managing end stage kidney disease with dialysis forthe past three yearsThe Public Hospitals Authority described this transplant […]

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By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor The Free National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard said his party’sforward-looking policy platform reflects their commitment to accountableleadership, inclusive economic growth, and real solutions for the Bahamian people.He said, “The FNM is not in the business of wishful thinking. We are here to lead,to govern, to offer the […]

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Tynia BrownJournal Staff Writer The Davis administration has begun dismantling its long-standing contractual agreements withCuba for the provision of healthcare professionals, following growing scrutiny from the UnitedStates and concerns about potential violations of international labour standards.Minister of Health, Dr. Michael Darville, announced in Parliament that existing agreements withthe Cuban government will be cancelled and replaced […]

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By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor For decades residents and second home owners on Harbour Island and mainlandEleuthera have had to deal with unreliable electricity services with frequent andsometimes lengthy power outages, well the Davis administration is seeminglytaking the bull by the horns and will attempt to address this growing concern.Jobeth Coleby-Davis the Minister […]

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BY CLEMIA NEELYJournal Staff Writer As the number of cars increase in the capital and in other parts of the country, theneed to register and license them grows too. Transport Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis, said on Monday during the Budget Debate in the House of Assembly thatthe Road Traffic Department plans to expand its services to […]

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The decision of former Prime Minister and the displaced former Leader of the Free NationalMovement Doctor Hubert Minnis to seek re-election for the Killarney Constituency in the next general election elections has left many stalwarts of the party in a state of confusion. Dr. Minnis announced his decision during the budget debate in the House […]

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We are living in serious times when medical professionals in the United States are bewildered by an unprecedented decision by the Trump administration. Bahamians like others around the world are likely to see diseases that we have not seen before.  That is the view of a range of Epidemiologists in the United States and the Caribbean as […]

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