The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper urged persons living in The Bahamas with legal status to move to Abaco to assist with rebuilding and recovery efforts. “It is the PLP’s policy that you should have legal status if you want to live and work in The Bahamas.  We do not see any reason […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper said the government made a “tragic mistake” by only declaring East Grand Bahama as an economic recovery zone and urged the government to make Abaco and Grand Bahama VAT-free zones. According to Cooper, while he surveyed the government’s short-term economic plan for Grand Bahama and Abaco, there […]

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PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Caribbean firms and U.S. Charitable Foundation collectively donated $375,000 to help The Bahamas hurricane relief and recovery efforts. On Thursday at the company’s week-long conference, partners and staff from the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, Trinidad and Tobago and eastern Caribbean countries donated items such as diapers, clothing and baby […]

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Minister of Works Desmond Bannister estimated that it will cost more than $110 million for the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) and Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) to restore services throughout Abaco.  Bannister made the announcement at the contract signing for Abaco shantytown cleanup on Friday. He added that Cabinet has made provision funding for […]

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The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) confirmed that 27-year-old Marine Seaman Arnold Amerthil died in a traffic accident on Sunday. According to police, shortly before 6 a.m., Amerthil , who was the driver of a Honda Saber, was driving south on Baillou Hill Road in the area of the Farmer’s Market, when he collided into […]

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The Police Training College held its graduation ceremony and passing out parade on Thursday for the 100 recruits who successfully completed the 18 weeks course.   The program includes training in self defense, firearm, legal studies, traffic investigation, crime scene and physical skills. It was noted that the cohorts are a diverse group, as they […]

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Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreira is uncertain as to whether the government would proceed with Oban Energies multi-million dollar plan for East Grand Bahama. Following Hurricane Dorian’s devastation, many may wonder whether the government is still considering the Oban deal. The initial agreement called for a $5.5 billion oil refinery and storage […]

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Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreira responded to the backlash he’s gotten in the wake of Tuesday’s comment outside Cabinet, where he said “one goat and three birds” were affected by Equinor’s oil spill in Grand Bahama.  Environmentalists argued that the minister did not take the matter seriously.  “I was in the process […]

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Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) President Christine Wallace-Whitefield said she was not able to see how Hurricane Dorian has affected the housing market, as the market needed time to settle and the recovery process had been done.  She advised homeowners to wait and observe the housing situation in Abaco and Grand Bahama.  “I just want […]

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Police are left to figure out what led to a Grand Bahama woman’s death and a man’s subsequent attempt to end his own life on Tuesday night. According to police reports, officers responded to an apartment complex in South Bahamia shortly before 9 p.m. where they met the lifeless body of the woman with multiple […]

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