The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The near collapse of the economies of Abaco and Grand Bahama caused by Hurricane Dorian will drastically reduce the government’s income for a few years.  According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest, it is estimated that the country’s revenue will be hit with a $200 million shortfall because of the hurricane’s […]

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Police are investigating two separate homicides which have left three persons dead and two others with non-life threatening injuries.  According to police, on Tuesday shortly after 4 a.m. they responded to an apartment complex on Gladstone Road where they discovered a male and female unresponsive with visible injuries to their bodies.  Paramedics were called to […]

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Surinamese national 55-year-old Ifna Magda Pinas appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for an arraignment, but it was postponed due to a language barrier. The lawyer, originally planned to represent Pinas, found out that she only spoke a Creole dialect called “Taki Taki”- a mixture of Dutch and English.  In addition, Pinas did not […]

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Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreria estimated that it will cost tens of millions of dollars to remove some 1.5 billion pounds of debris from Abaco following Hurricane Dorian. While potential lay down sites have been identified on that island, Minister Ferreira said it will only swamp the Abaco landfill. “Marsh Harbour has […]

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University of The Bahamas (UB) introduced a new scholarship, MBE Memorial Scholarship Award, worth $25,000 in honour of the renowned Bahamian preschool educator Helen “Annie” Russell.  The award will fund higher education for a deserving student enrolled in the Early Childhood Education programme at UB. At the signing ceremony were her children Dr. Barry Russell and Barbara […]

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East Grand Bahama Member of Parliament Peter Turnquest said Equinor has declared the oil spill area safe, as recovery efforts are in full swing and a cleanup has been team dispatched.  Aerial footage has been released and according to Minister of the Environment and Housing Romauld Ferreria, it shows that the berms system is containing […]

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While 1,300 persons are missing following Hurricane Dorian, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said it could take up to seven years for a missing person to be declared dead. “Just because you are missing doesn’t mean that you are dead.  So if you were on Abaco, then your family would not be able to […]

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Opposition Leader Philip Davis is calling for the reversal and reconsideration of the prime minister’s appointment of the hurricane relief coordinators, as he said they are “not in accordance with best practices and violate constitutional norms”. “It is inappropriate for the president of the Senate to work for the executive branch of the government, subject to […]

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A Surinamese woman was arrested on Sunday at the Bahamas Immigration Detention Center after she was found in possession of dangerous drugs. According to police, shortly after 11 a.m., the woman arrived in The Bahamas via Copa Airlines from Panama and was refused entry by Bahamas Immigration.  The woman was transported to the Detention Center […]

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Cabinet is in discussion about what Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday called a man camp and tent city for Abaco evacuees in hopes that as many of them as possible return home to help rebuild the hurricane torn island. “The man camp will be able to house all staff personnel who have travelled with […]

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