The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Supreme Court granted an injunction yesterday, which ordered that striking junior doctors return to work. The injunction was granted around at 5:45 p.m. by Justice Ian Winder.  It was ordered that the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) be restrained from contravening sections 76, 77 and 83 of the Industrial Relations Act. Further, the union was […]

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Immigration officer Edwin Morley was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for conspiracy to commit fraud and fraud by false pretences.  Morley, 31, of Pinewood Gardens was arraigned along with 48-year-old Clive Schroeter of Lady Slipper Avenue. According to police, the men allegedly obtained $2,000 from Jamal Forbes by false pretences. Morley was also […]

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Minister of Transport Renward Wells announced on Tuesday that the government is planning to roll out the unified bus system pilot program early next week. According to Wells, the pilot program is expected to begin on September 2.  Before the weekly Cabinet meeting, Wells said the six month pilot program is basically a study to […]

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Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) President Dr. Melisande Bassett said yesterday that the “war wages on” as she responded to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes’ announcement that he referred the union’s matter to the Industrial Tribunal.  Yesterday marked day seven of the union’s strike action stemming from a decade of outstanding holiday pay.  “As many of […]

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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper called the recent junior doctors’ strike and protest by the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) “the highest level of union unrest and deterioration of union relation” with the government. After a ceremony on Monday commemorating former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling’s death at his mausoleum, Cooper said […]

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Disney Cruise Line Island Development unveiled its plans for what the experience at the $400 million cruise port and entertainment facility at Lighthouse Point in South Eleuthera will be like. The unveiling which came at Disney’s D23 expo in California on Sunday, according to Disney, will celebrate the culture and spirit of The Bahamas.  At […]

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It’s been 19 years since the death of former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling and yesterday members the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), along with Pindling’s wife Dame Marguerite commemorated his death. “All I’m asking of you is don’t forget him. Look around this Bahamas, you can’t help but to remember. No matter where you go,” […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and other senior government officials toured the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) yesterday getting a firsthand look at classrooms at the Old Trail Road campus. Some $2.6 million have been budgeted towards free tuition for students at BTVI and according to BTVI President Dr. Robert Robinson, registration at the […]

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Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Ross Corner on Sunday, leaving a man dead.  According to police, shortly after 10 p.m., two men were standing in front of a home on Ross Corner, when the occupants of a white vehicle opened fire in their direction, hitting one of them before speeding away.  […]

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While the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) wants junior doctors to return to work, it believes their extra demands made the strike illegal.  Responding a press release issued by the Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) yesterday, the PHA explained its negotiations with the union and acknowledged that the government agreed to settle the issue over holiday pay. […]

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