The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Fire completely destroyed the former home of the country’s first Bahamian Governor General the Late Sir Milo Butler and caused considerable damage to nearby structures yesterday, the head of Fire Services Superintendent Walter Evans said. The blaze started around 9:30 a.m. at the now abandoned home on Ernest Street just feet away from where the […]

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The government adopted a no nonsense approach to members of the Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU), who despite losing a bid to have the matter overturned in court have refused to work as assigned under the controversial shift system. During a press conference at the Public Services Department Acting Minister of Labour […]

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The woman accused of human smuggling denied knowing one of her accusers before finally surrendering the woman’s passport, an immigration officer testified at the trial yesterday. Chevaneese Sasha Gaye-Hall, 24, is the first person to be charged for human trafficking in persons for prostitution in The Bahamas In the second day of testimony at the […]

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Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday maintained her position that the criminal justice system is being improved despite threats from lawyers to sue her over the removal of court reporters from the Magistrate’s Court. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet, Mrs. Maynard-Gibson declined to comment on the lawsuit because she had not yet seen it. Nonetheless, she […]

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Four police officers, including an assistant superintendent of police, could be fired from the force pending investigations into what Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade called a “disturbing and embarrassing” event where officers at the Central Police Station allowed a man who was in custody to marry his fiancé while he was incarcerated. In fact at a […]

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A man suspected of attempting to push more than $50,000 worth of drugs through the country was reportedly allowed to marry his fiancé while in custody at the Central Police Station over the weekend, the Bahama Journal understands. Police sources close to the matter told the Journal on Sunday that the man was arrested the […]

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Family members, who gathered on Cowpen Road yesterday, believe the body of a female found in the area is that of 24-year-old Nyoshi Adderley. Adderley reportedly went missing on February 22 around 10:00 a.m. Reports are that she was last seen at her home on Scott Street off Rupert Dean Lane. Police did not confirm […]

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Close to 70 employees of UBS (Bahamas) will join the unemployment line as a result of the company shutting down one of its departments, the Bahama Journal confirmed on Thursday. A source has confirmed that UBS is getting rid of its private banking department. The Journal also understands that the employees being laid off make […]

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The national flower of The Bahamas the Yellow Elder in full bloom. (Photo: Lamond Johnson)

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The bill to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) could be introduced in the House of Assembly this month, according to officials in the finance ministry. The sources confirmed to the Bahama Journal over the weekend that the reason the bill has not been tabled is because there are “still pieces of it that need to […]

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