The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

1.Holy Cross Anglican Church Highbury Park P. O. Box SS-5808 Nassau, Bahamas 2. Epworth Hall Shirley Street P. O. Box SS-6145 Nassau, Bahamas 3. Pilgrim Baptist Church SL James Road P. O. Box N-J88 Nassau, Bahamas 4. St. Mary’s Hall, St. Augustine Bernard Road, Fox Hill P. O. Box N-3940 Nassau, Bahamas 5. Golden Gates […]

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Leader of the Christian People Movement (CPM) Stephen Serrett was brought before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez to face three charges of incest. According to court dockets, the 51-year-old had sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old that is related to him. Police also say that between 2011 and 2012, Serrett had sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old boy, […]

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Insurance Companies are being hit from both directions since torrential rain, last Tuesday, left major flood damage to be claimed. Managing Director for Netherlands Antilles General Insurance Company (NAGICO), headquartered in St. Martin, Vibert Williams said that insurance companies in The Bahamas are now facing the task of dealing with motor and house insurance claims. […]

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A four-year-old boy struck a match and started a fire that destroyed a Lovely Bay, Acklins home over the weekend. Jacqline Simms, the mother of the four-year-old, said the fire started in her children’s bedroom. Her son lit the bed with the matches he got from the kitchen. The fire started at 11:00 a.m. Saturday. […]

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More than 100 Bahamians gathered at the top of Fort Charlotte on Whit Monday for Hope Floats—a balloon release ceremony to remember Bahamians who have lost their battle with lupus. For the second year in a row, Lupus 242 partnered with event sponsors The Balloon People for the ceremony, which included poems, tributes by loved […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts says the National Insurance Board (NIB) debacle is just another mess the former Ingraham administration left behind for the PLP to clean-up. In a press statement yesterday, Mr. Roberts said that Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham can hide from the media all he wants, but it is a […]

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For months he has been tight-lipped, but National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson finally revealed yesterday that the National Insurance Board (NIB) forensic audit cost the government a whopping $861,606. The government hired the Grant Thornton (Bahamas) accounting firm to carry out the audit after now axed NIB Chairman Gregory Moss and NIB’s Board wrote Minister […]

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Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday summoned RIU General Manager Pedro Cepeda to the Department of Labour a day after the Paradise Island resort fired a group of its workers. Mr. Gibson, while outside parliament yesterday, said he is disappointed in the decision by the executives at the RIU hotel to fire 30 employees. The workers […]

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Suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill will be fired, according to sources within the government and NIB. The embattled director could also face criminal charges, according to a top cabinet minister. The Bahama Journal understands that NIB’s Board decided yesterday to give Mr. Cargill his walking papers. Board members were locked in a […]

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Seeing the clothes her son had on the last time she saw him alive caused Tryphemia Meadows to break down in floods of tears Wednesday. Trembling and grieving, Ms. Meadows recounted the final moments of her conversation with 11-year-old Marco Archer on September 23, 2011. Khofe Goodman, also known as Edwardo Ferguson, is on trial […]

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