08 April 2014
Blame the United States for the many social ills facing The Bahamas right now, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie who on Monday said the societal, economical and developmental problems which Caribbean countries suffer are the direct result of the proximity to the US. The prime minister was delivering a speech on the role of […]
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08 April 2014
It took fire fighters and local residents three days to do it, but officials said a fire that was burning in the Berry Islands is finally under control. Officials said the fire started early on Tuesday April 1 and was finally contained on Friday April 4. According to a release, residents were mobilised and used […]
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08 April 2014
The deputy secretary of the gaming board was “wrongfully terminated,” according to attorney Wayne Munroe who claimed that his client Bridgette Outten was fired simply because she refused to accept another position. Mr. Munroe said she had the right to refuse the offer. “They were not abolishing the post of deputy secretary and they were […]
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07 April 2014
Police officials could not confirm the official murder count up to press time but two more were recorded Saturday night after two men were killed and two others shot in separate incidents; one in a deadly shootout on East Street and the other stabbed to death in the Bain Town area. According to The Bahama […]
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07 April 2014
The traffic fatality victim who died last Thursday after being struck on a major thoroughfare has been identified as an international recording artist and popular Bahamian entertainer. He is 75-year-old Brad Lundy of Stapledon Gardens. Mr. Lundy was born and raised in Calabash Bay, Andros, a settlement with a population of approximately six hundred, according […]
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07 April 2014
Bahamas Red Cross Society officials dubbed the 73rd annual Red Cross Fair, held this past Saturday, a success. Bahamas Red Cross Director General Caroline Turnquest told the Bahama Journal that everything went off without a hitch for the event as well as for the 77 vendors who occupied stalls providing the games, food and excitement. […]
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07 April 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie left the country for Trinidad and Tobago yesterday where he will participate in the continuing Distinguish Lecture Series at one of the Caribbean’s premier tertiary institutions. There, Prime Minister Christie is scheduled to deliver a lecture on the role of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas in CARICOM and the future policy […]
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07 April 2014
Two men spent the weekend in jail after they were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs amounting to $20,000. According to reports on Friday around 6:30 p.m., officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) acting on information went to the Lucayan Harbour and searched two men with luggage. Police found six clear plastic bags each […]
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07 April 2014
One of three men arrested in connection with that nearly million dollar drug bust in waters near Andros last week pleaded guilty to drug charges while his co-accused maintained their innocence in court Friday. Pedro Brown, 45, Raymond Bain, 40, and Jacob Curtis 34, are charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, […]
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07 April 2014
The attorney for the man accused of the fatal stabbing of a man last Saturday in Yellow Elder claimed her client acted in self defense during his arraignment Friday. Laquinton Dean, 29, is accused for the March 29 incident. It is alleged that he stabbed to death Jermaine Black aka ‘Blacks’ during an altercation along […]
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