The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

A man was charged in court yesterday with murdering his girlfriend’s two-year-old son. Tion Morley was fatally beaten on August 16. Sources tell The Bahama Journal that he was beaten with a frying pan. On Thursday, Trevor Carey, 22, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt. He was not required to enter a plea to […]

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In a shocking announcement, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday revealed that then ambassador designate to the United States Dr. Elliston Rahming withdrew his name from consideration for the top post in May and asked to be reassigned. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced via press statement that Dr. Eugene Newry had been […]

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The College of The Bahamas (COB) campus came alive yesterday with the entrance of over 800 freshman students. Students were shown around the campus and given tips to help them along their new journey. An array of sponsors and businesses were also on campus to offer a number of services for the new college students. […]

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In the wake of dismal Bahamas General Certificate for Secondary Education (BGCSE) results, Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson is calling for a change in the national curriculum to achieve more desirable results in the national examinations. Last week, Ministry of Education officials announced that this year’s BGCSE results revealed that the average […]

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When Thomas Rigby appeared in the Supreme Court Friday morning he expected to be sentenced for damaging over $1 million worth of the newly paved John F. Kennedy Drive but his sentencing never happened. On July 18th, Thomas Alexander Rigby pleaded not guilty to the charge of damage, but now he apparently had a change […]

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Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday refuted claims from US legislators that The Bahamas acted inhumanely in deporting 24 Cubans to their hometown on Friday. A South Florida newspaper reported on Saturday that US Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said that it’s “shameful that the Bahamian government would not even consider the humanitarian asylum offer made […]

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Opposition senators sat out of Senate proceedings yesterday after being denied the opportunity to make a communication when Senate proceedings began. The Free National Movement’s senators instead held a press conference in the Minority Room. Senator Kwasi Thompson, flanked by Leader of Opposition Business, Senator Desmond Bannister and Senator Heather Hunt, gave the communication to […]

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A 64-year-old man was sentenced to 16-years in prison yesterday as punishment for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Justice Vera Watkins, who handed the down the sentence, explained that the aggravating factors of the case far outweighed the mitigating ones. The man committed the acts on a nine-year-old girl first in November 2009 […]

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It was a soaking mess at the Main Post Office building on East Hill Street Tuesday as a broken pipe in the building’s air condition unit connected to the main water supply sprung a leak flooding the basement forcing workers to be sent home for the day. Water rained down from the overhead pipe and […]

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Tires, dry palettes and the intense summer heat was all it took to get another fire going at the Harrold Road dumpsite yesterday, creating thick plumes of smoke that blanketed the sky for hours. When the Bahama Journal arrived on the scene, fire fighters were still trying hard to reduce the fire’s intensity, using brake […]

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