20 June 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor The Free National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard said his party’sforward-looking policy platform reflects their commitment to accountableleadership, inclusive economic growth, and real solutions for the Bahamian people.He said, “The FNM is not in the business of wishful thinking. We are here to lead,to govern, to offer the […]
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20 June 2025
Tynia BrownJournal Staff Writer The Davis administration has begun dismantling its long-standing contractual agreements withCuba for the provision of healthcare professionals, following growing scrutiny from the UnitedStates and concerns about potential violations of international labour standards.Minister of Health, Dr. Michael Darville, announced in Parliament that existing agreements withthe Cuban government will be cancelled and replaced […]
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20 June 2025
By Gerrino J. SaundersBahama Journal News Editor For decades residents and second home owners on Harbour Island and mainlandEleuthera have had to deal with unreliable electricity services with frequent andsometimes lengthy power outages, well the Davis administration is seeminglytaking the bull by the horns and will attempt to address this growing concern.Jobeth Coleby-Davis the Minister […]
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20 June 2025
BY CLEMIA NEELYJournal Staff Writer As the number of cars increase in the capital and in other parts of the country, theneed to register and license them grows too. Transport Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis, said on Monday during the Budget Debate in the House of Assembly thatthe Road Traffic Department plans to expand its services to […]
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20 June 2025
The decision of former Prime Minister and the displaced former Leader of the Free NationalMovement Doctor Hubert Minnis to seek re-election for the Killarney Constituency in the next general election elections has left many stalwarts of the party in a state of confusion. Dr. Minnis announced his decision during the budget debate in the House […]
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20 June 2025
We are living in serious times when medical professionals in the United States are bewildered by an unprecedented decision by the Trump administration. Bahamians like others around the world are likely to see diseases that we have not seen before. That is the view of a range of Epidemiologists in the United States and the Caribbean as […]
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30 May 2025
By Julian Reid Bahama Journal News Editor Prime Minister Philip Davis told businesspeople in New York on Thursday that The Bahamas offers certainty. “Certainty in our governance. Certainty in our legal framework. Certainty in our business environment. And certainty in our direction as a nation committed to stability, integrity, and sustainable growth”. His comments were […]
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30 May 2025
The budget communication in the House Assembly on Wednesday by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Philip Davis is receiving high praises across the length and breadth of The Bahamas. It has in it a number of firsts which placed the governing Progressive Liberal Party in an enviable position and must now force […]
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30 May 2025
A balanced budget has been a common phrase tossed around by successivegovernments, but something that has been seemingly unachievable, at least untilnow.During his 2025/2026 budget communication in the House of Assembly PrimeMinister Philip Davis who is also Minister of Finance announced that, in summary,his Government’s expenditure and policy actions in the budget included measuresthat will […]
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30 May 2025
By Arianna NeelyJournal Staff Writer Michael Pintard Leader of the Official Opposition Free National Movementdescribed The Davis administration’s 2025/2026 Budget Communication thatboasts of achieving a balanced budget and a surplus as an “unbalanced reality.”During a press conference from the Minority Room following the Prime Minister’scommunication Mr. Pintard accused the Prime Minister of trying to sell […]
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