The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said he had been in talks with Senator Zhivargo Laing about Mr. Laing’s desire to leave front line politics well before he made his resignation from the Senate public this weekend. At a press conference held at the party’s Mackey Street headquarters on Sunday, Dr. Minnis said […]

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In an effort to establish regulations for stem cell therapy and research in The Bahamas, Health Minister Dr. Perry Gomez has assigned a task force that will make recommendations to the government to set guidelines for the controversial practice. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the capacity to renew themselves and to differentiate into […]

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Government officials said they are “cautiously optimistic” following high level bilateral talks with Dominican Republic officials concerning the years long problem of Dominican poachers in Bahamian waters. The meeting was held in that country from October 30 to 31 and it was the first meeting of that kind to ever take place. And according to […]

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The country’s murder count climbed to 97 Monday after a man’s partially clothed bullet riddled body was found lying in the street. The unidentified man, believed to be either in his mid 20s or early 30s, was found just before noon on a street just behind the PDX Affordable Air Freight Solutions store just off […]

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North Abaco MP Renardo Curry said his first order of business as the constituency’s parliamentary secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister is to find a way to lure investment to the nation’s third island-city. Mr. Curry was officially given his instruments of appointment during a brief ceremony at Government House yesterday. After a […]

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Despite the backlash for its decision, the government moved ahead with renaming the Paradise Island Bridge after Academy Award winning actor Sir Sidney Poitier this past Friday. Hundreds of students and government officials packed the Betty Cole Park for the official renaming ceremony. Many of Sir Sidney’s family were also there – some of whom […]

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Academy Award winning actor Sir Sidney Poitier is urging the government to place more focus on the arts in order to develop that industry in The Bahamas. The 85-year-old, who has been dubbed by Prime Minister Perry Christie as the “most famous Bahamian in the world,” made the charge during a news conference at Atlantis […]

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Thirteen seniors were honoured as nation builders for their various contributions to the country and their respective communities during an awards ceremony at Government House Monday. The 15th Annual Nation Builder Awards Ceremony was the climax of a month-long list of activities held in observance of Older Persons Month. The honourees, whose ages ranged from […]

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Police are investigating the alleged murder of a man whose body was found in an open lot on Kenwood Street off Mount Royal Avenue Sunday afternoon. The deceased man, whom family members on the scene identified as 55-year-old Gregory Sands, was found just before noon at the rear of the open lot. Head of the […]

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A union leader’s complaint that the hundreds of jobs set to come on stream in Grand Bahama could negatively affect the quality of employment has ruffled the feathers of another trade unionist. Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) President Nicole Martin has criticised elements of the government’s partnership with Hutchinson Whampoa Limited – […]

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