The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell lamented over what he described as a shrinkage of the financial sector in the country during his contribution to debate on the Banks and Trust Companies Amendment Regulation Bill in the House of Assembly on Monday. Given that the Caribbean has been labeled by the international community as a […]

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To ensure the successful implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI), cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Duane Sands is calling for the government to privatize the healthcare system. Dr. Sands, who was a guest on Love 97’s Jones and Co. talk show yesterday, suggested that local unions should buy shares in the health care system. He pointed out […]

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Weeks before Baha Mar resort opens its doors, hundreds of Bahamians were welcomed to Fort Charlotte on Sunday for an event sponsored by the luxury hotel development to thank the community for their support and to give a taste of the new experiences that the resorts will showcase. Exciting musical performances, free culinary delights and […]

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Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin began celebrations for the upcoming International Women’s Day yesterday morning with a roundtable discussion focusing on a number of issues impacting women. Students from schools across the capital gathered at the BCPOU Hall eager to start their discussions with the panel consisting of four speakers from various government agencies. Minister […]

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Leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Branville McCartney called the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) a “crime scene” after he said there are way too many scandals involved. During a press conference yesterday with other DNA members, Mr. McCartney questioned the millions of dollars invested in the North Andros institute. “From the […]

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A week after a Florida politician of Haitian decent called on all tourist and cruise lines to boycott The Bahamas in opposition to the enforcement of new immigration policies, representatives from The United Association of Haitians and Bahamians (UAHB) organisation here in the country has condemned the call for a boycott and blasted the politician […]

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A member of The Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) yesterday cast doubt that there will be any reprieve for the nearly 200 employees of the Crystal Palace Hotel who were displaced Friday following a major lay off exercise. Dave Beckford blames the union for allowing the workers to meet this fate by […]

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A family will now have the gruesome task of identifying the charred remains of a man found burnt beyond recognition in a home in the Oakes Field area Thursday morning after police said the house he was in went up in flames. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident they said happened shortly after […]

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Young men armed and dangerous are apparently taking aim at each other and firing on their assumed enemies. For a long time, police have had to contend with this phenomenon in New Providence, in particular where pedestrians and motorcyclists are being shot and at times fatally wounded. Retaliatory violence appears to be behind two early […]

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Two men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a home invasion that resulted in the murder of 44-year-old Andre Cartwright. Tiano D’Haiti, 23, of Thompson Lane is accused of murder and burglary while his accomplice, 24-year-old Kevin Andrews of Montell Heights, is charged with accessory after the fact. The two who […]

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