The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Eduardo Carey, 40, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in four separate shootings. In handcuffs and shackles, Carey turned to the crowd standing outside court and said, “I ain’t charge for that.” The crowd was made of up his alleged victim’s family […]

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With many questions arising about immigration and the repatriation of illegal immigrants following Hurricane Dorian, former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson questioned whether the country’s immigration policy is racist. “How could it be fair to round up and deport people who have been for 10, 15, 20 years living and working amongst us?” Maynard-Gibson said in […]

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Travis Davis, 25, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday with four counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. During the arraignment, Davis claimed his innocence by shouting he didn’t do it and said he was railroaded while exiting the Nassau Street Police Station.  Waiting outside court, were the families of some […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received $5 million in relief funds from various international communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Dr. Minnis, speaking for the first time in Parliament following Hurricane Dorian, updated legislators to what has been collected and […]

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said he is concerned about the country’s credit rating following the massive devastation Hurricane Dorian left in Abaco and Grand Bahama. “Obviously, in any circumstances like this where you’re losing a significant portion of your GDP, there is concern,” Turnquest told reporters yesterday, before attending his […]

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Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed yesterday that Bahamasair probably suffered a loss of millions of dollars by offering free evacuations to residents of Abaco and Grand Bahama following Hurricane Dorian. “It hasn’t been quantified into a number, but I’m sure for as many days they did it and the number of flights […]

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The government has accessed the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) $100 million contingent loan for natural disasters and according to Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest, it will be used to restore public utilities and to provide shelter.  “We’re also using some of that money to provide temporary shelter for residents as we try to encourage them […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper said the government made a “tragic mistake” by only declaring East Grand Bahama as an economic recovery zone and urged the government to make Abaco and Grand Bahama VAT-free zones. According to Cooper, while he surveyed the government’s short-term economic plan for Grand Bahama and Abaco, there […]

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The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) confirmed that 27-year-old Marine Seaman Arnold Amerthil died in a traffic accident on Sunday. According to police, shortly before 6 a.m., Amerthil , who was the driver of a Honda Saber, was driving south on Baillou Hill Road in the area of the Farmer’s Market, when he collided into […]

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Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreira responded to the backlash he’s gotten in the wake of Tuesday’s comment outside Cabinet, where he said “one goat and three birds” were affected by Equinor’s oil spill in Grand Bahama.  Environmentalists argued that the minister did not take the matter seriously.  “I was in the process […]

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