The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Human Rights and Constitutional Lawyer Fred Smith  is seeking leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the controversial immigration case of  Jean –Rony Jean Charles. Recently,The  Court  of Appeal found that the  Justice Gregory Hilton  was not  entitled  to   consider  or   grant  the   Jean- Rony’s application for  relief  pursuant to Article  […]

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Centreville Member of Parliament Reece Chipman offered up no apology when he addressed the Free National Movement’s conclave this weekend, leaving many a little skeptical if the party was as united a force as it claimed it was. When questioned on Monday, Mr. Chipman told reporters he felt good coming out the closed-door meeting. In […]

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Two  of  the four so-called  “rebel  backbenchers”  of  the governing Free National Movement  apologized this past weekend in  a party  conclave for their behavior over  the  last several months. The  Journal confirmed that Pineridge Member of Parliament Frederick McApline  apologized to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert  Minnis  “if he offended him” and Bain and Grants Town […]

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         Some 500 nurses across the Bahamas  yesterday walked out over a shift change which they said lacks any input from or agreement of the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU). “Today it’s a walk out, it’s not a strike. Today the nurses have taken their lunch hour to come to express to the public their concerns with […]

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The Progressive Liberal Party is  mourning the lost of a champion and fierce fighter, its  longtime party Chairman and Former Cabinet Minister Bradley Roberts. He  passed away early yesterday afternoon. Mr. Roberts succumbed to a heart attack at his residence on Skyline Drive. The 74-year- old businessman, served as the former national chairman of the […]

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In a scathing attack against corruption in government,  the Member of Parliament for the Golden Isles  constituency Vaughn Miller said yesterday that the Free National Movement government’s resolution to lease the Town Centre Mall from a Cabinet Minister  “is a continuation and perpetuation  corruption.” In his lengthy debate on the resolution, the maverick backbencher said, […]

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More taxes potentially on the way for Bahamians, as the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), yesterday released a policy paper that outlined how the health scheme will be funded.  National Health Insurance’s (NHI) employer mandate will require businesses and employees to share the cost of the standard health benefit (SHB) premium, that is, with some […]

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Conservationists and Environmentalists  suffered a  blow  last  Friday evening as the proposal submitted by Disney Cruise line Island Development Ltd for Lighthouse  Point was   approved  by the government.  Negotiations for a  heads of agreement will now begin.  In a  Press release  following Friday’s cabinet meeting,  the government emphasized that  Lighthouse  Point – considered by […]

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  Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said that the government has released to public domain the request for proposal for the Prince George Dock. He said that this will transform the Prince George Wharf  into a premier cruise destination in the Caribbean. He added that the real challenge is not  getting more tourists here,  but getting […]

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Bahamian-born Jean Rony-Charles was reportedly drawn to tears following the verdict of his case in the court of appeal yesterday. The Justices of the Court of Appeal,  Sir Hartman Longley, Sir Michael Barnett and  Mr. Justice Jon Isaacs  allowed  an appeal by the Attorney General, who was the appellant along with the Minister of Immigration […]

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