The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A Cable Beach woman ended her life inside her Devonshire Street home yesterday. Bahama Journal sources have confirmed that the woman is 34-year-old Danielle Farrington. Family members and church friends flooded the scene as news spread of Farrington’s death. Sobbing relatives could be seen consoling each other. Farrington’s twin brother also showed up on the […]

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Suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill appears to be avoiding meeting with the Board and NIB Shane Gibson over the allegations he faces. Mr. Cargill was suspended last year after allegations surfaced about conflict of interest and mismanagement of NIB funds. While speaking with reporters yesterday, Minister Gibson said he and the Board […]

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney has given the Christie administration a ‘D’ grade for its first year in office claiming the government performance thus far has been “disastrous.” Mr. McCartney delivered a scathing review of the government during a press conference at his Halsbury Chambers office Monday. He noted that the Progressive Liberal […]

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After coming under heavy scrutiny from members of the public and the business community the Minister of Immigration Fred Mitchell has placed his full support behind immigration officers. Minister Mitchell, in a press statement yesterday, said immigration officers have a difficult and dangerous job and that moral has been low and neglected in the department […]

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Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell is defending his immigration officers who detained and removed an American Atlantis employee from off the Paradise Island property because she allegedly was not authorised to work in The Bahamas. The woman, who is a sea lion trainer at Dolphin Cay, was taken off the premises after she failed to produce […]

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A top U.S. diplomat is defending his embassy’s decision to issue travel advisories about crime in The Bahamas, noting that he has an obligation to ensure that American citizens are fully aware of potentially dangerous situations. In January, the U.S. Embassy warned Americans living in or travelling to The Bahamas to be on guard due […]

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The alleged leader of the infamous Fire and Theft gang was killed late Wednesday night in the Carmichael Road area. Julian Collie, also known as ‘Heads’, was shot to death at 10:45 p.m. shortly after he and another man, who died yesterday evening in hospital, had pulled up to a Miller’s Heights home. Police said […]

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Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson announced yesterday that thanks to Swift Justice, there has been an 18 per cent increase in the conviction rate. The attorney general credits the programme with moving faster in its attempts to clear the decades of backlogged cases. According to Mrs. Maynard-Gibson, from May of last year to December there has […]

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Contestants are now being cast nationwide for the popular BTC an on-air television show BTC STARMAKER airing on ZNS and on-line this May and June. BTC STARMAKER features Bahamian contestants between the ages of 13 and 30, vying for the chance to become the next face of BTC for their extensive advertising and PR campaigns. […]

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All major crimes in the country are down by 13 per cent, according to Commissioner of Police, Ellison Greenslade. Mr. Greenslade, who held a press conference with the media yesterday, said everything with the exceptions of attempted rape, armed robbery, attempted robbery and shop breaking has all seen a decline in the first quarter of […]

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