The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

BY DESTINY JOHNSON Bahamian center Bahamian Basketball player Kai Jones, who made it to the NationalBasketball Association (NBA) back in 2021, will be away from his team the CharlotteHornets indefinitely for ‘personal reasons’ according to NBA analyst ShamsCharania; there is no timetable for his return.It comes on the heels of Jones posting multiple bizarre videos […]

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By: Licec Bastian The government has rebooted its measures to tackle unregulated communities orshantytowns in The Bahamas beginning with the posting of notices in selected areasto notify affected person with illegal structures in shantytowns of the demolitionexercise.The Ministry of Works in a statement on Wednesday said “The Ministry hasestablished the Unregulated Communities Action Task Force […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSON There is still no indication as to what may have caused the death of 22-month-oldAnwar Miller nearly a month after the toddler was found unresponsive on a bed in anapartment complex on Family Street, off Soldier Road, but police said investigationsare ongoing.Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander gave an update on the toxicology […]

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Licec Bastian and Delvardo Emmanuel What started off as a bright Monday morning eventually turned into a sad and gloomyday. Monday, September 25, 2023, will be etched in the annals of history with thesudden death of Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting, veteranjournalist Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe.A government is now mourning as condolences and tributes […]

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Members of the Bahamian delegation attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New Yorkjoined Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell for a reception following his address at the UN on FridaySept. 22, 2023. Photographed from left to right: Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations, Stan Smith; Minister of State, Myles LaRoda; […]

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By Deandre WilliamsonUnited Nations RAF Fellow New York, N.Y. – The Bahamas will not accept “no” as an answer on climate change andreparations, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell.As he addressed the 78 th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Mitchell said, “TheBahamas wants the world to know that whether on reparations for […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSON Members of the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) were at the polls on Wednesday (Sept.27th ) casting their votes for the next slate of officers to serve on the executive team for the period2023- 2026, and after the ballots were counted unofficial numbers revealed incumbent presidentKimsley Ferguson of the ‘Workers Team’ won […]

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By Deandre WilliamsonUnited Nations RAF Fellow New York, N.Y. – Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, CARICOM heads of governmentand other world leaders pleaded with the United Nations Security Council for a resolution on amultinational force for Haiti.In the midst of the growing chaos in the CARICOM member state, the leaders agreed that theworld owes […]

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By Delvardo EmmanuelJournal Staff Writer Tourism, Investments and Avaiation Director General Latia Duncombe touted thatThe Bahamas is on pace to reach the eight million mark for tourists arrivals thisyear as she revealed that so far, to date The Bahamas has welcomed over 6 millionvisitors to its shores.As World Tourism Day 2023 was celebrated globally on […]

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Life is like a vapor.  It is fleeting.  A few hours before his passing between Sunday night and Monday morning of this week, Obie Wilchcombe spoke with a number of individuals expressing his sadness over the passing of a few friends, among them the wife of one of his cabinet colleagues.  It was therefore with […]

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