The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer From Over-the-Hill to Mount Fitzwilliam, the life of Cynthia “Mother” Pratt has been aninspiration for many and today she’s expected to be sworn-in as the 12 th governor general ofThe Bahamas.The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Government House on Mount Fitzwilliam at 9:00a.m.Prime Minister Philip Davis announced recently that […]

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By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer The results of the 2023 Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) and Bahamas General Certificate ofSecondary Education (BGCSE) national examinations have been released and despiteimprovements in some areas, only 10.9 percent of Bahamian students who took the BGCSEexams got a ‘C’ grade or above in five subjects, while only 5.62 percent received […]

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By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer Police issued another stern warning to Bahamians and residents regarding falsereports being made to the police on serious matters. For the second time in a week,police have had to report that incidents reported to them were in fact not as reported.On Tuesday, August 29, what was reported as the quick […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer In less than a week, cases of dengue fever in The Bahamas have gone up to 21, with one of thoseinfected a child.Just last Thursday, Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Michael Darville, during a press conferenceat the Ministry of Health, told reporters that there were 16 cases of dengue confirmed […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer As reports of domestic violence and violence against women and girls are on the rise in thecountry and around the world, Wife of the Prime Minister Anne-Marie Davis explained the signsof an abuser during a rally on Saturday.The South Bahamas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Women’s Ministry Department helda motorcade and […]

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By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Uriah McPhee Primary School was expected to reopen on Thursday for the new school yearafter reopening was postponed because of issues with air conditioning and environmentalsanitation, according to Acting Director of Education Dominique McCartney-Russell.“It is expected, I haven’t gotten an update yet, but it is expected that school will open […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer As most children are back in the classroom, the Ministry of Social Services and UrbanDevelopment is continuing to ensure students are ready for the classroom.Minister of State for the Social Services Lisa Rahming said school assistance is a yearlycommitment for the ministry.“As we always do, you know, persons were given […]

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By Licec BastianJournal Staff Writer A retired corrections officer was granted bail in the sum of $20,000 on Monday afterhis attorney Bjorn Ferguson made an emergency bail application to the SupremeCourt.Sixty-six-year-old Jeffrey Sherman was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court after heallegedly shot his 62-year-old girlfriend Bridgette Ingraham during a domestic disputelast Thursday.According to police reports, […]

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By Keile CampbellJournal Staff Writer Though the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP28, isa few months away, two of the top performing male and female meteorology trainees of theNiccolo P. Small Meteorology Cadet Programme discovered during the closing ceremony ofthe summer-long program that they will be joining the traveling party from […]

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BY DESTINY JOHNSONJournal Staff Writer A new study from the University of The Bahamas (UB) has found that married women are morelikely than single women to have experienced non-consensual sexual intercourse.The peer reviewed research paper, led by Associate Professor Dr Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, isentitled ‘In The Bahamas she must give it up: Sexual abuse of […]

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