The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Freeport based Queens Counsel Maurice Glinton says  without a substantive Chief  Justice appointed, the Judiciary branch no longer serves as an independent branch of government.   Mr. Glinton has joined a large number of the members of The Bahamas Bar Association  who are agitating for  Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis to  make the appointment under  the […]

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Rights Bahamas once again urges the FNM government in the strongest of terms to permanently shelf its invasive and oppressive Spy Bill.  In a statement released yesterday, Rights Bahamas said, the citizens of the Bahamas, who cherish their freedom and jealousy guard their fundamental rights, do not need clandestine spy agencies invading their privacy. The […]

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With the Minnis Administration’s one-year anniversary on the horizon, former Minister of Works Bradley Roberts expressed some of his major concerns this weekend as he called the Prime Minister a “dishonest bafoon”. Mr. Roberts outlined in a statement issued yesterday the government’s “corrupt” dealings with Oban where convicted felon Peter Kreiger signed for Satpal Dhunna […]

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Investigations are ongoing into a  shooting incident   in Abaco that’s left a man in his early 20s dead Friday night.  The  victim  is Perez Dames, a young man who moved to the island only a few months  ago. Police say they were called to the area of Charles Sawyer Highway after 9pm,  they met […]

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“We are safer today than we were yesterday, but the threats of tomorrow are different”,  said National Security Minister Marvin Dames. In  an  address at the CEO Network conference,  Mr. Dames mentioned that illegal arms trafficking generates approximately $1 billion annually, cocaine generates an estimated $85 billion and human trafficking an estimated $23 billion annually. […]

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The police are getting high marks from a Baptist Bishop,  Reverend Doctor Simeon Hall Pastor  who  has applauded the police for the reduction in murders so far this year. He said, “I commend the Minister of National Security The Honorable Marvin Dames and the Commissioner of Police Mr. Anthony Ferguson for this significant step in […]

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The Department of Public Health offered vaccinations in the Marathon Mall this weekend.  Nurse Joyanne Cartwright, a nurse at the Gambier Clinic, told the Journal  why it is important for children to keep up-to-date with their shots.  She said, “some people feel that it makes you sick or that there is some conspiracy behind it, […]

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In an effort to prove that there a still good individuals left in the world, Minister of State for Grand Bahama J. Kwasi Thompson honored a local doctor for his 22 years of giving back to the community.  Dr. Malik Kavala is best known for serving lunch to the elderly in Grand Bahama.  He came to […]

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A grueling training program that starts  bright and early at 4:45 each morning paid off for 80 police and customs officers. On Friday morning these officers graduated from the Police Training College’s School of professional development. For two weeks, the group soaked up classroom instructions, presentations, physical fitness, control tactics and firearm certification and according […]

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On Saturday, April 21st , at the Centre for Training & Innovation (CTI), Rock Sound, One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) and its partners staged, its 7 th Annual Earth Day Fest under the theme “Plastic Free Paradise”.  The week leading up to Earth Day was filled with an explosion of related activities beginning April 17th. These […]

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