The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Police officers engaged in a special training session on gender-based violence on Friday.   ‘Sensitivity’ was the theme for the training session held at the Police Headquarters, where Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Family Island District Ismella Davis-Delancey told The Bahama Journal that there is no discrimination and everyone is entitled to protection.   […]

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Member of Parliament for Bains and Grants Town Travis Robinson, along with Bahamian actor Van Brown, partnered with corporate Bahamas to give back to residents of the community and distribute school supplies this past Saturday. Brown, who lives in Los Angeles, has been coming back to his childhood community for more than 10 years to […]

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Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd suggested that of the 180 school buildings throughout The Bahamas, half of them need to be demolished. Mr. Lloyd’s suggestion came on Monday as he addressed administrators at the National Public School’s Administrators’ Conclave and estimated that some $500 to $700 million is needed to complete renewal and improvement of […]

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Three young Bahamians have been selected to participate in a five-week entrepreneurial program to take place in the United States of America. Constentina Hamilton, Kerel Pinder and Xavier Knowles were selected from among 3,000 applicants to attend this year’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. Hamilton is the founder and president […]

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Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell has suggested that raising the cost of permanent residency in the country could be a possible economic stimulus. His comments came while addressing supporters in Exuma after constituency elections were held there. “What is the cost of permanent residency if you’re the managing director of a hotel down here? The cost […]

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The $2.4 million repair of Stephen Dillet Primary School is not going according to plan as there seems to be delays. Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd revealed on Wednesday that construction will be delayed by one week for the installment of new furniture and equipments. Lloyd estimates about “75 percent or maybe 80 percent” of […]

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A new report by local law enforcement agencies revealed that a number of prolific offenders are back on the streets. In a prisoner release report compiled by the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services that was obtained by The Bahama Journal, it was revealed that 32 inmates were released from […]

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A total of 151 Haitian migrants were apprehended in Bahamian waters in two separate incidents between August 9 -11. In the first incident on August 9, the U.S. Coast Guard vessel with a Defence Force shiprider on board apprehended 73 Haitian migrants aboard a freighter. Under the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement between the U.S. and The […]

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Two of the more vocal figures on the opposition side have claimed that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has more to do with the recent drop in unemployment than the previous administration. Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts and Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell have reiterated similar claims, with the pair indicating that the previous administration […]

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The Department of Statistics released its unemployment statistics last week which revealed that the unemployment rate in The Bahamas has dropped by 1.7 percent from 11.6 percent to 9.9 percent. The drop is due to the increased number of employed people which now sits at 7,770 versus a decreased number of unemployed people which translates […]

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