The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Hundreds of Ministry of Works employees, armed with signs and passionate pleas for better working conditions and increased salaries, stormed Rawson Square to protest what they feel is unfair treatment on the job. A number of Cabinet ministers were bombarded on their way into their weekly meeting as the rowdy crowd of workers from the […]

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Protecting the country’s borders, warding off illegal immigration and fighting drug, gun and human trafficking will soon be made easier for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) after the first boat in a fleet of nine arrived in the capital Monday. The HMBS Arthur Dion Hanna sailed into The Bahamas ahead of schedule after making […]

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Police are yet again seeking the public’s assistance in their investigations after a bloody weekend left three people – two men and one woman – dead in separate attacks. In what appears to be the most gruesome of the three, the Bahama Journal received reports of a woman whose throat was slit and her body […]

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If the Opposition has evidence to support its claims that the government is illegally spying on Bahamians through the controversial National Intelligence Agency (NIA), it should produce the proof, Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney charged yesterday. Mr. McCartney raised concern about the operation of the agency and like the Free National Movement (FNM), […]

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A business that began over 70 years ago with a hotdog cart in California has made its way to The Bahamas, only the third Caribbean country to boast the taste of Carl’s Jr. There are nearly 3,500 such charbroiled burger joints around the world in 30 other countries. Boasting a reputation as America’s leading burger […]

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Prime Minister Perry Christie said although The Bahamas has enjoyed more than eight decades of a thriving financial services sector, it is no time for the country to become complacent and announced that his government is in the process of restructuring the current model. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the Society of Trust […]

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Five months after allegedly committing the crime a 25-year-old man was on Tuesday arraigned in the Magistrates Court for the New Year’s Day murder of Jason Clarke. Daran Neely of Avacado Street appeared in Court Number 11 to answer to one murder charge, two attempted murder charges and one charge of possession of a firearm […]

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Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday that elements of the government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) will be implemented ahead of the new January 2016 deadline. Mr. Gibson said the government is serious about ensuring that all Bahamians have access to healthcare. Last week, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis announced in […]

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The family of murdered banker Stephen Sherman said they are “one step closer to closure” after the man convicted of his murder was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Roy Jones handed down the sentence to murder convict sentenced 24-year-old Janaldo Farrington. He also received life imprisonment for conspiracy to […]

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Over 100 junior and senior police officers went behind the wheels of patrol cars and on motorbikes and headed into hotspot crime areas yesterday afternoon as part of an “aggressive and vicious assault” on crime; a vexing issue one senior police officer said has left the country at a crossroad. Leaving behind office work, the […]

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