The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Electro Telecom proprietor Paul Smith believes hard work should be rewarded. That’s why his company has committed itself to ensuring that primary school students who have excelled scholastically get something in return. Some of the island’s brightest primary school students received laptops yesterday afternoon – all gifts from the generous businessman. In its first year, […]

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Two men were charged in court yesterday with murdering a police officer last week. Andrew Gibson, 28, who was dragged to court without shoes and 22-year-old Clemison Edgecombe were charged with murdering police reservist Dennis Clarke. The 55-year-old was gunned down outside of the Superwash Laundromat on Prince Charles Drive on May 31. He was […]

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Earl Sturrup IV sleeps on a tattered, insect infected, yellow stained mattress every night. Navigating his Quarry Mission Road home has become like navigating a land mine. Every step he takes must be clearly calculated to avoid falling through pit-like holes in the floor, which are littered with trash. Portions of his roof are non-existent, […]

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Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday made a string of serious allegations against the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), claiming that it received election campaign funding from drug dealers, owners of illegal number house operations and seedy foreign investors seeking to influence the government for personal gain. However, the Opposition leader offered no […]

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The government jumpstarted its highly-touted Urban Renewal 2.0 Programme yesterday by demolishing an abandoned house on the intersection of Apple and Peach Streets in the Centreville constituency. Prime Minister Perry Christie, who also represents the Centreville constituency in the House of Assembly, was on hand for Tuesday’s exercise. Mr. Christie, who heavily referenced the previous […]

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Stephen “Die” Stubbs was charged in magistrates’ court yesterday for a murder that happened three years ago. Stubbs, who was recently a wanted man until being caught last week, was under heavy police guard. In fact, many officers guarded him with high powered weapons. The 37-year-old Ridgeland Park resident appeared before Magistrate Gullimina Archer. Stubbs […]

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A man accused of shooting a police officer in the face as he tried to escape police custody over the weekend was arraigned in court on Monday on a laundry list of charges. Twenty five-year-old Reginald Kenton Chase is accused of shooting police officer 3337 Herman Pinder on June 2. According to police, Chase was […]

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One of the men who were allegedly a part of last week’s bank robbery in New Providence has been captured, while two of three men who held up a bank in Long Island are still on the lam. Police worked throughout the holiday weekend to find the duo, but were unsuccessful. Last Thursday at 10:00 […]

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The country’s workforce marked the Labour Day holiday by recommitting itself to seeking to improve the overall working conditions in the country while ensuring they continue striving to be productive on the job. Politicians marched along with a cross section of the country’s workforce representing various unions during Friday’s parade. Labour Minister Shane Gibson, a […]

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The Opposition says the Christie administration’s 2012/2013 Budget is a “lame, blame and more of the same” budget and said the newly elected government has demonstrated that it does not have a concise plan to move the country forward. In an hour long speech, Prime Minister Perry Christie read his communication detailing various programmes that […]

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