The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

By: Licec Bastian Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Michael Darville said a 17-year-old male studentwho died on Eleuthera on Sunday was never tested for dengue fever. The HealthMinister’s comment was in response to claims that he was diagnosed and givenMotrin for pain and contradicts what the teen’s mother told local media.Chykino “Kenny” Thompson, a 17-year-old […]

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Changing Of The Guard By Godfrey Eneas Changing of The Guard is usually a military term to describe a military maneuver which was about to take place.  During the days of Colonial Rule in The Bahamas, changing of the guard was an event which took place usually on Saturday morning at the front door of […]

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Destiny Johnson Billions of dollars in tourism investments are in the pipeline for all islands across The Bahamas.This coming from Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Deputy Prime Minister ChesterCooper as he again applauded the growth in stop over visitors coming into the country year afteryear.He said up to 3,000 jobs will be created out […]

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DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer Following the recent Cabinet shuffle, the new Minister of Labour and Public Service Pia Glover Rolle expressed her gratitude for the prime minister’s confidence in her abilities.In a statement, she pledged to continue to commit herself to prioritizing the needs of publicservants and Bahamian workers everywhere.The statement went on to say […]

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DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer Just three weeks following the proroguing of parliament, Prime Minister Philip Davis announcedmajor changes in the Davis administration.During his national address on Sunday evening, he announced new portfolios as Cabinet wasreshuffled.He said the goal in shifting Cabinet ministers is to strengthen policy execution with freshperspectives.He began with promoting Jomo Campbell to […]

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The desecration of Saint Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Coconut Grove  has sent shock waves throughout  the Bahamas.  Whoever is responsible for this dastardly act, in our opinion,  is either possessed with legions of demons or is extremely mentally ill.  There is another opinion held, which is that the level of deviance in the country among […]

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We  applaud the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for issuing a statement condemning  the recent carnage in the United States of America  in which  some nine  persons were killed in  a popular nightlife district  in Dayton, Ohio and  22 killed in a shopping mall in  El Paso, Texas. The level of violence in America should be […]

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Throughout the Caribbean  Newspaper Editorials are commenting on the meeting between  U.S. President Donald Trump and five  Caribbean leaders. The meeting really came about due to the support of these countries, including the Bahamas, of the  initiative of the American government to support  the installation of the Opposition leader in Venezuela to lead that south […]

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In the book The Growth of the Modern West Indies, the author  Gordon K. Lewis wrote: “ From the earliest beginnings after 1620,  the Bahamian development  departed radically from those of the islands properly West Indian. The productive system, after a false start in tobacco growing, was essentially mercantile. The genesis of the New Providence […]

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The New Year 2019 started with a shooting incident where a young man was shot in the head.  Mercifully, he  is still alive.   In a matter  of days,  we believe,  we will start counting the  dead bodies again of young people  who are being slaughtered on our streets and in  our heartland communities. Sadly, […]

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