The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar called the treat made by Compass Point owner Leigh Rodney to leave The Bahamas ‘silly’ and said he is not threatened by it and doesn’t want to meet with Rodney because he has exhausted all of his routes as minister. “I just think the threat is so nonsensical. It’s so […]

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Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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We  applaud the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for issuing a statement condemning  the recent carnage in the United States of America  in which  some nine  persons were killed in  a popular nightlife district  in Dayton, Ohio and  22 killed in a shopping mall in  El Paso, Texas. The level of violence in America should be […]

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The Free National Movement’s Pineridge Constituency Association’s wants their Member of Parliament Frederick McAlpine to resign and while some may reason it’s a blow that may weaken the governing party’s chances at the polls come 2022, Deputy Prime Minister and fellow Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest isn’t at all convinced. “This makes us stronger as […]

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Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis maintaining the party’s stance to move a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis despite Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest calling it a “fools errand”, as well as Dr. Minnis himself, welcoming the idea, adding that move will only show the strength of the Free National […]

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Three homicides and a police involved shooting made quite a bloody holiday weekend in the capital and still there is the assurance from National Security Minister Marvin Dames that police are on top of the fight against crime. “You can’t find any country that can boast about having a zero murder rate and so these […]

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Director of Education Dr. Marcellus Taylor believes there should be more government policies to provide self-directed and smaller learning environments. While appearing as a guest on Love 97’s radio talk show Jones and Co. on Sunday, Dr. Taylor said he has no objections to homeschooling and other specialized learning provided they are basic prescription. “If […]

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Two men were charged with a string of fraud related charges in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.  Former track and field athlete and coach 41-year-old Allan Mortimer was arraigned for seven counts of credit card fraud. Between January and July of this year, it’s alleged that Mortimer obtained a credit of more than $2,800 from Fusion […]

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Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is investigating the causes of this past weekend’s power outages which resulted in intermittent load shedding throughout New Providence.  Yesterday, BPL Director of Public Relations K. Quincy Parker confirmed information revealed earlier this week by Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Paul Maynard that three of the corporation’s generation assets […]

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Police shot a man dead in Fox Hill on Tuesday. According to police, shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday they responded to reports of gunshots on Grant Street, Fox Hill where they encountered a male acting in a suspicious manner.  Police said as they approached the suspect, he produced a firearm, pointed it in the […]

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