Author: Eyewitness News

Rolle: 5-10% of staff quarantined  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) Chairman Julian J Rolle stated that the country cannot sustain the continued rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations “for much longer”, adding that both resources and staff remain stretched beyond capacity. During a virtual PHA press conference on September 10, he noted that […]

PAHO recommends measures to protect children from the pandemic’s indirect and direct effects More than 1.9M children and adolescents reported infected with COVID-19 in 2021 WASHINGTON, DC — Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F Etienne said yesterday that COVID-19 has severely impacted the mental and physical health of children and adolescents in the […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — One of the world’s top marine scientists applauded The Bahamas for its decade-long shark sanctuary status, but told Bloomberg News last week that it would take regional cooperation if the world wanted to live up to its international goal of 30 percent ocean conservation by 2030. Dr Austin Gallagher, who has been […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Meet Bahamian female educator, Dr Patrice Juliet Pinder, a STEM-based scholar recently identified by the American National Council for Black Studies as a “leading scholar” for her continuous work in equity, social justice and advancing the educational cause of Black and African children in K–12 schools. Pinder has teamed up with Dr […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) personnel attached to the Southern Command are currently assisting in security details after a group of Haitian migrants was apprehended in the southern Bahamas on Thursday in a joint operation between OPBAT, RBDF and immigration officials. The group of 41 Haitian migrants that was sighted on Little […]