The Bahamas Journal – Jones Communications Network

Close to 70 employees of UBS (Bahamas) will join the unemployment line as a result of the company shutting down one of its departments, the Bahama Journal confirmed on Thursday. A source has confirmed that UBS is getting rid of its private banking department. The Journal also understands that the employees being laid off make [...]

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The national flower of The Bahamas the Yellow Elder in full bloom. (Photo: Lamond Johnson)

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The bill to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) could be introduced in the House of Assembly this month, according to officials in the finance ministry. The sources confirmed to the Bahama Journal over the weekend that the reason the bill has not been tabled is because there are “still pieces of it that need to [...]

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An eight-woman, one-man jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on all counts yesterday for the two men now convicted of the attempted murder and attempted armed robbery of a police superintendent yesterday. Maurice Armbister, 23, of Faith Avenue and Excell Josey, 21, a Ball’s Alley resident sat emotionless in the Supreme Court as the guilty [...]

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Nearly 200 Haitian immigrants were attempting to sneak into the country when their sloop was intercepted by Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) officials near Rose Island on Wednesday morning. According to RBDF Senior Lieutenant Carlon Bethell, the immigrants were trying to enter through the western side of the Nassau Harbour. He said the fact that [...]

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Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson yesterday threatened to disclose the names of past and present Opposition Members of Parliament who, at one time or another, were delinquent in paying their taxes amid lingering questions of the fate of a top government official now under fire after admitting that he dodged property taxes for [...]

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The man accused of trying to kill a retired College Of The Bahamas lecturer, her son and her grandson was on Tuesday arraigned in court exactly two weeks after he allegedly committed the crimes. Initially police said they were looking for two men, but on Tuesday 22-year-old Fleming Street resident Adrian Stubbs was by himself [...]

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More than 300 retired police officers are preparing to sue the government for over $100 million in owed gratuity. In fact, attorney Glendon Rolle said a writ will be filed in the Supreme Court sometime this week. He explained that gratuity is paid to police officers as compensation for their “due diligence” over the years. [...]

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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found on a jitney Monday afternoon, Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said last evening. ACP Ferguson said the driver of a route No. 1 jitney alerted officers at the Southern Police Station on Quakoo Street sometime after 6:00 p.m. about [...]

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The march against crime, dubbed the “Freedom March,” was a success, according to the march’s organisers. Anti-crime activist, Rodney Moncur told reporters that he was pleased with the turnout on Saturday and that he hopes that the government took note of it. “Today you see a coalition of Bahamians who will march and continue to [...]

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