The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The fact that the Miami Heat basketball team is holding a training camp session in The Bahamas ahead of the 2013/2014 season is good news for the country during a time which is an otherwise slow tourism period for the country. Senior Vice President of Communications at the Atlantis Resort Ed Fields said it is […]

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The Christie administration plans to bring new legislation to parliament that will address how the local fisheries industry is governed. Government officials are now seeking feedback from industry stakeholders, many of whom took part in a National Validation Workshop at the British Colonial Hilton yesterday. The draft Fisheries Act is a framework law that makes […]

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The Bahamas has just won a bid to host a major tourism conference for the Americas early next year. Tourism officials made the announcement yesterday that the 2014 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference for the Americas will be held in New Providence next February. This successful bid was just one of the accomplishments officials […]

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Authorities are trying to piece together the circumstances surrounding an early morning fire that claimed the lives of six people including a toddler yesterday as speculation from relatives and neighbours over the incident intensifies. The fire started just before 2:00 a.m. at the family’s home off Homestead Avenue. “At this stage we are not in […]

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Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson said she’s ready to take her disputes to the international arena if Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald does not budge. The union has been at odds with education officials over what they call poor working conditions, which include non-functioning air-condition units as well as rodents. The union president […]

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Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson has placed all public school teachers from Grand Bahama to Inagua on alert. The union leader made the announcement through a press statement this weekend. The announcement hints that more severe industrial action may be on the way. Last week teachers at Charlton E. Francis Primary staged […]

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The Ministry of Education will soon conduct two nationwide surveys on thousands of school aged kids to obtain an accurate picture of the state of children’s health and to gauge the prevalence of tobacco use among youngsters in the country. On Friday, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald announced that his ministry had teamed up with the […]

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Six aircraft were among the items tossed about as a funnel cloud closely resembling a tornado touched down at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) yesterday. Officials at the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) said that the airport’s tower was forced to shut down temporarily yesterday as a precautionary measure. Meteorologist Clyde Johnson from the […]

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Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson said Tuesday that negotiations between the union and officials at the Department of Labour are not going as smoothly as she would like and added that the BUT is possibly seeking to have some of the matter heard in court. “We are looking at all of our […]

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Education, Science and Technology Minister Jerome Fitzgerald confirmed yesterday that both the Stephen Dillet and Uriah McPhee Primary Schools will resume classes today after both schools were closed last week to undergo repairs. The closure of the schools came less than two weeks after classes resumed for the new academic year. Teachers complained of mold […]

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