Author: Eyewitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Long-time Bahamas Crisis Centre Deputy Director Donna Nicolls passed away on Monday after a long battle with stomach cancer. The well-known human rights defender was 67 years old. The Bahamas Crisis Centre said in a statement it was “deeply saddened” over the loss, with Crisis Centre Director Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson remembering Nicolls […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Our Islands, Our Future (OIOF), a coalition of business owners, environmental groups and individuals who oppose oil drilling in Bahamian waters, announced yesterday it will host a live webinar on the future oil drilling in The Bahamas on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The event aims to take a closer look at the […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — COVID-19 turned the world upside down, closing schools to in-person learning, shutting down tourism and forcing countries to ramp up healthcare operations. But there is one thing it did not dampen — Bahamian students’ desire to go to college. More than 600 applicants in The Bahamas applied for a Lyford Cay Foundations […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Kiwanis Clubs of The Bahamas made history this weekend by donating gift baskets containing infant supplies to the patients at several birthing centers in the country, including Doctor’s Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on New Providence and Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama. Kiwanis Clubs pooled their resources to purchase […]