The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis on Wednesday said while his party fully supports major changes to the country’s constitution, especially as it relates to gender equality, he said the government is going about this process the wrong way and suggested that the entire plan be revised. While delivering his contribution to the […]

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Police officials said a man who is believed to be responsible for two of the four murders that occurred on Monday was gunned down the same night, only hours after he allegedly committed the crimes. Officer-in-Charge of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Superintendent Paul Rolle said yesterday that the man’s lifeless body was found along […]

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After having to rush to the scenes of four murders in 13 hours, police officials were also called to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Sunday night to investigate “a violent disturbance” in the Accident and Emergency Department involving a doctor, hospital staff and a group of angry visitors. It is reported that Emergency Medical Services […]

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Homicide detectives found themselves scrambling from one bloody scene to the next after a spree of shootings between Sunday night and Monday morning claimed the lives four people within a matter of hours, prompting authorities to again urge Bahamians to stop taking matters into their own hands. In the most recent incident, it was around […]

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Eight months after terror and carnage erupted in the Fox Hill community due to gun violence which left four dead and seven others wounded, the tight knit community’s remaining residents are once again making steps to ensure that their loved ones’ death were not in vain. Wednesday night, joined by area pastors, family and friends, […]

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Parliamentary Secretary Reward Wells has created a “financial nightmare” for hard working Bahamian taxpayers and the government; this according to Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis who charged that the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed to Stellar and Waste Energy binds the government to financial penalties that would exceed $40 million. Dr. Minnis issued a purported […]

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In an effort to reinforce training, networking, sharing information and addressing the injustices affecting fire fighters, more specifically those in the United States, the International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters (IABPFF) hosted its convention here in The Bahamas at the Melia Cable Beach Resort. The Bahama Journal met with the association’s President James Hill […]

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Labour Minister Shane Gibson said he was shocked to learn that the multi-billion dollar Baha Mar project had to delay its winter grand opening to next year and added that during a meeting with the hotel’s executives that announcement was never made. For weeks there had been much speculation that the resort, which is still […]

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A number of young men from the Family Islands continue to suffer annually from decompression sickness (the bends) due to a lack of medical equipment, this according to Opposition Deputy Leader Loretta Butler Turner who recently urged the government to improve health care facilities throughout the Family Islands. Given the recent death of fisherman Glen […]

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Although the recent announcement by Baha Mar officials to push back its winter 2014 grand opening to spring 2015 has left many Bahamians worried about the economic future, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said the delay now forces the multi-billion dollar resort to now open at a time when tourism is at its peak in […]

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